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Oncology pharmacists
13 December 2018
Helping cancer patients understand treatment one prescription at a timeOncology pharmacists face an increasing workload with the number of new cancer diagnoses in Australia predicted to grow to 138,321 in 2018. With such a high rate of diagnosis, many patients…
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FPP Blog: Issue 59: Is a Pharmacy Website Really Worth It?
29 November 2018
Short answer — yes, yes it is. Overwhelmingly, yes.I guess you don’t have to read the rest of this article now, but if you want to know why and access free resources for your pharmacy, perhaps stick around.…
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Collaboration prevents medicine misadventure
27 November 2018
Preventable negative medication events through non-compliance and misadventure are causing increasing concern among health authorities and the Federal Government.And one leading community pharmacist believes better communication between pharmacist and doctors could be a key to addressing the issuesLuke van der…
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Weather warms up for tick bites
19 September 2018
Community pharmacies have a critical role in helping patients suffering from Lyme or Lyme-like disease, or to use the Government’s preferred definition - Debilitating Symptom Complexes Attributed to Ticks.Many of the patients are suspicious of the health profession after often…
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It’s all in the language
21 August 2018
The need to ensure people in the community gain maximum benefit from their medicines through adherence has seen WA pharmacist Hannah Mann and her team develop unique symbols to inform when and how medicines should be taken.Hannah, of Kimberley Pharmacy…
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AF screening in pharmacy
7 August 2018
Opportunities for pharmacists to become involved in atrial fibrillation (AF) screening could help dramatically reduce the number of AF-related strokes, experts in the field say.AF is the most common arrhythmia and increases the risk of stroke five times with research…
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Pharmacies role in COPD management
30 May 2018
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD as it is commonly referred to, is a growing problem across the globe with the World Health Organization predicting it will become the third leading cause of death by 2030. Community pharmacies are playing…
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Harm minimisation: the year that was and the challenging one ahead
27 March 2018
It really has been an eventful 2017 in the Harm Minimisation sector. A second Australian injecting room has been approved in Melbourne, and the second year of naloxone OTC availability has almost ticked over. Some would be unaware of these,…
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