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The incidence of women of reproductive age filling scripts for ADHD medicines has soared, up to 700% in one age group The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have …

Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest in research news  Effectiveness and safety of oral anticoagulants in older patients with atrial fibrillation A systematic review and meta-regression analysis of …

The idea that food is medicine has been widely acknowledged for centuries, so it’s no surprise that pharmacists should be called upon to offer advice on optimal nutrition at all …

Women who are iron deficient during pregnancy many be two and a half times more likely to develop prenatal depression, a study suggests While there is a known link between …

With ambiguous messages surrounding nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy, Aussie experts have tried to pin down the best advice Smoking cessation experts and public health physicians from the University of …

New data suggest young women need more education around contraception choice, and pharmacists are perfectly positioned to help A new survey of over a thousand women aged 18 to 27 …

Dr Google has 3.4 million searches per month on “how to get pregnant” – so what can you do in the pharmacy to help couples to conceive? AJP spoke with …

Should women’s reproductive health be a core competency for all pharmacists? Quality Use of Medicines is vital to supporting women before conception and beyond delivery, says a pharmacist researcher in …

Five million Australians are affected by incontinence, but many don’t seek help or don’t know the most appropriate product… This presents a huge opportunity for pharmacy Sue Blinman, manager of …

Reports that the vitamin prevents miscarriage and birth defects are overblown, writes Claire Roberts Claire Roberts, Lloyd Cox Professorial Research Fellow, University of Adelaide Reports on a new study claim supplementation with vitamin B3 during …

NSW researchers have made a discovery about miscarriages and birth defects that has been likened to the folic acid breakthrough After 12 years of research, a team from the Victor Chang …

Use of prescription opioids and psychotropic meds during pregnancy increases risk of drug withdrawal in newborns, US study finds Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School have …