News
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Butterfly given wings
Wednesday | Sep 20 2017THE Butterfly Foundation, which supports people with eating disorders, is to get an injection of funds from the Federal Government enabling it to launch it's new 'National Agenda for Eating Disorders'.
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World Pharmacists Day competition
Wednesday | Sep 20 2017THE 25th of September is World Pharmacist Day, a time to celebrate the contributions pharmacists make to health services, and the Tasmanian branch of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia is giving away a morning tea to one lucky Tasmanian pharmacy.
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Beta-blockers blocked
Wednesday | Sep 20 2017HEART attack sufferers over the age of 65 years who have been prescribed beta-blockers along with their standard-of-care statin and ACE inhibitor, actually derive no additional survival benefit from the beta-blocker, according to a new Monash University study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
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Dispensing sans script
Wednesday | Sep 20 2017NEW Zealand pharmacists will now be able to supply funded nicotine replacement therapy and emergency oral contraceptives to eligible patients without a prescription under new regulations to take effect later this year.
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Epilepsy in Medadvisor
Wednesday | Sep 20 2017ASX-LISTED digital medication management company, MedAdvisor, has announced a partnership with the Epilepsy Foundation in order to improve health outcomes for those living with the condition.
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OTC codeine misuse costs
Wednesday | Sep 20 2017SERIOUS misuse of OTC painkillers containing codeine is costing one South Australian hospital around $1 million per year, according to a University of South Australia five-year review of hospital admissions relating to their impact.
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Guild Update 19 Sep 17: Making the most of vaccination services
Tuesday | Sep 19 2017MAKING the most of vaccination services.
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Dispensary Corner 19 Sep 17
Tuesday | Sep 19 2017THE drinking of alcohol in the bewitching hour (or the "It must be five o'clock somewhere" syndrome) has been shown to be associated with an individual's circadian rhythm, according to University of Adelaide researchers.
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Parkinson’s live study
Tuesday | Sep 19 2017RESEARCH teams at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) have announced they will be trialling an innovative in vitro platform to study live brain cells directly from Parkinson's patients, rather than using classical animal models.
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ADEs from dispensing
Tuesday | Sep 19 2017ADVERSE drug events (ADEs) and medication errors associated with drug dispensing in mental health hospitals were reported at 4.6% of "opportunities for error" in a meta-analysis published in Drug Safety.
