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Influenza in older adults and higher-immunogenicity influenza vaccines
As trusted healthcare professionals, pharmacists are well-placed to provide education and improve health literacy around influenza vaccination, ensuring each patient receives specific and personalised advice and is comfortable with their …
Earn CPD points and learn more about pregnancy nutrition
The Bayer Continuing Medical Education Series is a range of CPD activities on maternal nutrition, including preconception and beyond. Check in to see new CPD activities as they become available. …
Considerations for maternal B vitamin adequacy: preconception and beyond
This first article in the Bayer Continuing Medical Education Series explores maternal B vitamin adequacy, focusing on the role of folic acid and vitamins B6 and B12 in one-carbon metabolism …
Vitamin D: an overview
Vitamin D is essential for bone and muscle health. However, robust trials are needed to determine the full value of vitamin D aside from its action on muscles and bones. …
Chronic urticaria and its management
Living with chronic urticaria has many impositions on the patient, their family and their everyday life. A sound understanding of the condition is important for pharmacists to provide optimum advice …
Allergic rhinitis: quality of life impact on patients
As the most accessible healthcare professional, pharmacy teams can play a vital role in patients’ management of allergic rhinitis. By Chrysa Giannellis, consultant pharmacist and managing director, Hummingbird Pharmaceutical Consulting …
Simplifying gastro-oesophageal reflux disease management
This article discusses how the management of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) can include over-the-counter (OTC) pharmacotherapies. It will review the available OTC treatment options for GORD, particularly the place of …
Impact of parental misconceptions on management of teething pain
This article discusses the misconceptions about teething, delving into false beliefs that may be held by parents. It also reviews the recommended non-pharmacological and pharmacological strategies for managing teething symptoms, …
Managing the burden of comorbidities in Allergy Rhinitis: a focus on asthma, rhinosinusitis, otitis media and mental health considerations
Pharmacists must be able to correctly diagnose and appropriately treat allergic rhinitis to ensure that the most appropriate treatment option is selected, considering patient-centred management. By Yee Mellor BPharm, MCncrSc, …
Paediatric allergies: management of allergic rhinitis, nasal congestion and rhinosinusitis
This two-episode podcast will help listeners differentiate between allergic rhinitis (AR) and common cold in children, understand how AR can affect school performance and how pharmacists have an important role …
Constipation: the physiology of the gastrointestinal tract, pharmacotherapies and counselling tips
Pharmacists have an important role in determining the potential cause and contributing factors of constipation, and providing advice on the most appropriate treatment options. By Lyndel Millynn BPharm, AACPA Learning Objectives …
Common cold: early intervention and symptom management
It’s a common request in pharmacy: “I can feel this cold coming on and I just want to nip it in the bud before it takes holds.” While there are …