The business of pharmacy: tensions in retail healthcare

Researchers in New Zealand have explored the perceived tension in pharmacy between their roles as retailers and healthcare providers, and how such tension is...

Early elixir: Caffeine, the most widely used psychoactive drug in the...

It’s effective, cheap, legal and relatively safe. Caffeine is the most widely consumed psychoactive drug in the world.

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.

Pharmacy superstar crowned consultant pharmacist of the year at CPC23

Deborah Hawthorne MPS is an innovator, mentor, facilitator and rural general practice and consultant pharmacist role model.

New Zealand model of OTC sildenafil earns praise

A small study has investigated community pharmacist attitudes to the over-the-counter (OTC) supply of sildenafil in New Zealand, finding it has enhanced their primary...

Home truths: overcoming barriers to Home Medicines Reviews

Pharmacists performing Home Medicines Reviews overcome many barriers in daily practice to deliver this vital service. When Dr Lisa Kouladjian O’Donnell MPS first contacted...