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PPI link to higher death risk
ASMI has moved to reassure patients after a study linked PPIs to a higher risk of death The study’s authors have suggested it may be time to restrict the indications …
Pharmacists in “unique” position to reduce fall risk
Falls are behind the vast majority of external-cause deaths among Australian nursing home residents, study finds The retrospective study of a cohort of nursing home residents used routinely recorded coronial data …
Pharmacy vital but overlooked in palliative care
Pharmacists represent an enormous untapped potential in end-of-life care, says Palliative Care Australia’s CEO Liz Callaghan is encouraging Australia’s pharmacists to take an interest in palliative care, including not only …
Suspicions over statin status
Giving over-65s a statin to help prevent heart attack and death may not be useful, new research suggests—but one expert disagrees A new study published by JAMA Internal Medicine analysed …
Woman overdoses on drugs prescribed by boyfriend
A woman died after taking a cocktail of drugs prescribed by her doctor boyfriend Coroner Simon Cooper found that Pamela Diane McCall died in February 2013 from an overdose of …
World news wrapup: 4 May 2017
Surprise audits in New Zealand; pharmacist prescribing push in the UK; pharmacy assistant jailed for supplying drugs in England; opioid abuse campaign in Utah Auckland, New Zealand: Pharmacists in Auckland …
Coroner warns against daily long-term paracetamol use
A coroner has concluded the death of a Tasmanian man was due to paracetamol toxicity after daily use for more than a decade Maxwell John Free passed away aged 64 …
Back pain linked to higher death risk
The 600,000 older Australians who suffer from back pain have a 13% increased risk of dying from any cause, University of Sydney research has found Published in the European Journal …
TGA not good enough on homeopathic teething products
A range of homeopathic teething products is still available in Australian pharmacies despite being linked to the deaths of 10 infants in the US The fact that the products, which …
Man found dead after robbing pharmacy
A man suspected of stealing cash and drugs from a Toowoomba pharmacy was found dead three days after the incident According to Queensland police, preliminary information suggested that at around …
Cancer diagnoses nearly triple since 1982
More cases of cancer are being diagnosed, but the death rate is dropping The latest cancer report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows that while cancer is …
Consumers warned: be wary of death clocks
Online “death clocks” that claim to be able to tell you how long you’ve got vary widely in their estimates of personal doomsdays… and their predictions should be taken with …