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Affordable and convenient probiotics may help prevent cancer-related cognitive impairment.
Presenting the most current evidence from an overview of Cochrane reviews.
Pharmacists from all practice settings can identify opportunities to create a more sustainable workplace.
Pharmacists in aged care facilities are optimising medicines management – and changing the lives of residents
Pharmacists routinely prescribe Pharmacist Only Medicines for minor ailments such as chloramphenicol (Chlorsig) for bacterial conjunctivitis in humans. But what can you do if someone asks for a Schedule 3 medicine for animal use?
Emergency supply of medicines allows a pharmacist, in an emergency without a prescription, to initiate a small quantity supply (usually 3 days’ worth) of a Prescription OnlyMedicine (S4) for a patient when it’s not possible to contact the prescriber.
Offering travel health services to support travelling patients can be complex, but is very rewarding.

The Great Pox

From 1493 onwards, everyone who was anyone caught syphilis. Ivan the Terrible, Henry VIII, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gauguin, Keats, Oscar Wilde, Beethoven, Manet and Al Capone all allegedly picked up the disease. Given that the ‘Great Pox’ was a known venereal disorder, it is no surprise Casanova also made the ever-growing list.
Instilling quality and safety into conversations around the provision of Pharmacist Only medicines. Effective provision of Pharmacist Only medicines requires a thorough understanding of a patient’s needs in order to ensure the medicine is safe and therapeutically appropriate. This can only...