sexual health
Women’s health matters
With 80% of pharmacy patients being female, there is no doubt that Australia’s 5450 plus community pharmacies play a critical role in women’s health. More often than not women are …
Clinical tips: menstrual disorders
Pharmacists have a key role to play in referring women with menstrual trouble for investigation, writes Karalyn Huxhagen The customer that asks about menstrual disorders is opening up a very …
Clinical tips: safe sex explained
From latex allergy to why you shouldn’t wear two condoms, Louis Roller takes a look at this most important of contraceptive devices “Safe sex is an act of self-love.” …
Clinical tips: HIV explained
Ben Basger takes a look at antiretroviral therapy for HIV… Here is a brief story in point form about drug treatment for adults infected with HIV that you might find …
Biggest syphilis outbreak in 30 years prompts screening call
Queensland’s peak Aboriginal and Islander health body has called for changes to health screening and increased investment into sexual health in the face of Australia’s biggest reported syphilis outbreak in …
Condom purchase behaviour mostly unchanged—except for gay men
At 11%, the proportion of Australian adults buying condoms in any given six-month period remains unchanged since 2011, with 59% of total purchasers being men and 41% being women, the …
Cardiovascular, sexual dysfunction link to be examined
A Deakin University researcher is looking to lift the taboo on the sexual dysfunction that is often an unspoken side-effect for the 3.72 million Australians living with cardiovascular disease. Dr …
HIV diagnoses stabilise, treatment uptake strong
New figures released by the Kirby Institute from its 2015 Annual Surveillance Report indicate that in 2014, HIV diagnoses in Australia remained stable, following a sharp rise in 2012. Australia …
Almost 30% of girls turning 15 not fully immunised against HPV
Around 38,400 of the estimated 137,460 girls aged 15 in 2013 were not fully immunised against the contagious virus that can cause cervical cancer, with coverage rates as low as …
Kiwi call for oral contraceptive downschedule rejected
New Zealand pharmacies won’t be able to supply the oral contraceptive pill over the counter, following the Medicines Classification Committee’s decision not to reclassify them from prescription to restricted medicine. …
Victorians score best in three-dose HPV vaccine coverage
Victoria is leading the nation for full three-dose coverage of the HPV vaccine among 15-year-olds, new figures reveal. New figures by the National HPV Vaccination Program Register show that for …
Cancer Council welcomes easier meds access for hepatitis, HIV patients
Patients with chronic hepatitis B and HIV will be able to access their medicines more easily under changes welcomed by Cancer Council Victoria. The federal government changes will allow medicines …