Diabetes
DDS screens for diabetes
Discount Drug Stores pharmacists are set to offer free diabetes risk screenings over July and August Every five minutes an Australian is diagnosed with diabetes, the group says. The pharmacy’s …
Keto dieters stripping pharmacies of crucial tests
A pharmacist has called on colleagues to avoid selling urine-testing strips to dieters and keep them for people with diabetes The ABC has reported on the rising interest in weight …
Clinical tips: diabetes and flu
People with diabetes need a sick day management plan before they fall ill, write Esther Lau and Lisa Nissen The 2018 flu season is on track to be one of …
Meet the Pharmacy of the Year
We take a closer look at the Southcity Pharmacy Wagga Wagga, which was named winner of the Excellence in Community Engagement Award, and winner of the overall Pharmacy of the …
People with diabetes treated unfairly
People with diabetes face significant discrimination in the workplace, new Amcal figures have found Amcal’s 2018 Diabetes Care Review has revealed that a third of people with diabetes have received …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest in research news Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors and incidence of inflammatory bowel disease among patients with type 2 diabetes A large UK-based cohort …
New combo therapy to be listed
A new combination therapy for type 2 diabetes, which can be prescribed alongside metformin, is set to be listed on the PBS from 1 April Glyxambi, a new oral, fixed-dose …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest in research news Changes in Prescribing Symptomatic and Preventive Medications in the Last Year of Life in Older Nursing Home Residents A …
Women with Type 2 diabetes lose CVD protection
People with diabetes are twice as likely to suffer sudden cardiac death, a new report shows Released by the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, The Dark Heart of Type 2 …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest in research news Association Between Inhaled Corticosteroid Use and Bone Fracture in Children With Asthma In this population-based nested case-control study, no …
Collaboration study shows health boost
A new study shows pharmacists in patient-centred medical homes can boost vaccination rates and diabetes and hypertension outcomes The study, Community Pharmacist Collaboration with a Patient Centered Medical Home: Establishment …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Effect of monthly high-dose vitamin D on bone density in community-dwelling older adults A two year substudy of a trial with …