Breast cancer awareness more important than ever

This Breast Cancer Awareness month, pharmacists should urge women to remain vigilant about screening after months of lockdown for many.

Burning need for change

Climate change is the most pressing health issue of our time. Pharmacists need to recognise and address this before it’s too late.

Is combined NRT therapy the best bet for smoking cessation?

Groundbreaking new research has found that current smokers are three times more likely to die from cardiovascular disease (CVD), but these risks greatly decrease...

Australia’s rise in accidental drug-induced overdoses

As the rate of accidental prescribed drug-induced overdoses continues to climb, pharmacists have an increased responsibility to focus on early intervention. The Penington Institute’s Australia’s...

Opioid therapy challenges in rural Australia

For more than a decade, healthcare workers in rural and remote areas have been aware of the rising incidence of non-prescribed opioid medicines use....

The science of safety

All about PSA Lifetime Fellow Dr John McEwen’s evolution from pharmacy apprentice to international authority on pharmacovigilance.