New healthcare rights charter focuses on patient partnership

The new Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights has a strong focus on the partnership between healthcare professionals and patients to improve health outcomes. With...

Complementary medicines: Heart failure

Heart failure (HF), also referred to as congestive cardiac failure, is present in 1–2% of the Australian population.1 It is the end result of...

Myths around asthma remain strong, new research finds

Fewer than half of all Australians can correctly identify asthma as a chronic disease that doesn’t go away, according to new Asthma Australia research.¹ In...

The role of pharmacists in managing gastrointestinal disorders in infants

An estimated 50% of infants suffer from colic, constipation, reflux, or a combination of these disorders.1 These functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) are one of...

Choosing wisely to achieve medicine safety

The quality use of medicines is vital to ensure a sustainable healthcare system and better health outcomes for consumers. This was the dominant theme at...

Don’t forget about tuberculosis

TB is an infectious disease that has massive mortality globally; however, due to public health initiatives is mostly eradicated in Australia. Despite this, cases can still occur, and pharmacists should be aware of TB and its recommended treatment to ensure appropriate management.