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A new prescription
“Food as medicine” intervention shows positive results for Australians with type 2 diabetes Researchers from The George Institute for Global Health and UNSW Sydney have tested the feasibility of a …
Exploring attitudes around antibiotic use
New study to investigate what affects parental decisions when giving their children antibiotic medicine A new study at Charles Darwin University (CDU) aims to provide insights into parent-related attitudes and …
RMMRs changing lives, with on-site pharmacists on the way
First study of its kind finds RMMRs reduce mortality by nearly 5% among older Australians in residential aged care facilities, providing “strong basis” for incoming Royal Commission changes Researchers have …
High-risk prescribing under scrutiny
Leading pharmacist reviews the risks of polypharmacy, underprescribing and use of potentially inappropriate medicines in older people A review into medicine safety and preventing avoidable medicine-related harm in older patients …
Research focus
PSA and APSA have reaffirmed their partnership to bridge the evidence to practice gap The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia and The Australasian Pharmaceutical Science Association say they are delighted to …
‘Dramatic increase’ in cannabis approvals in past two years
Medicinal cannabis has been prescribed for over 140 conditions since the beginning of the program, with anxiety a leading indication, new study finds Since Australia’s medicinal cannabis program began in …
Pharmacist review reduces error rates
A new Australian study has found pharmacists are crucial to reducing medicine errors in this group of high-risk patients A study of medication errors affecting people with Parkinson’s disease at …
Cracking the genetic code of Parkinson’s
Researchers contributing to the largest study of Parkinson’s genetics ever undertaken are looking for participants Researchers at the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, with funding from the Shake It Up …
No ‘golden’ list, but some are better than others
What are the best potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) lists for Australian pharmacists to use? Researchers from Deakin University and the University of Western Australia have set out to explore which …
‘Created by students, for students.’
NAPSA publishes inaugural issue of the first peer-reviewed pharmacy students’ journal in the world A scoping review conducted by fourth-year pharmacy students Vasilios Sotiropoulos and Matthew Perry in 2018 found …
Pharmacist boosts drug safety
A study has found that a pharmacist-led clinic reduced opioid consumption by 15%, while 90% of GPs planned to implement at least one recommendation A study has found positive impacts …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news The value of domiciliary medication reviews Medication reviews are recognised as essential to tackling problematic polypharmacy. A thematic analysis of patient …