Patients with chronic illness need support and encouragement to take their medications. SMS messaging is a simple, cheap and seemingly effective way to keep them on track.
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Pharmacists are trained to do far more than dispensing medicine, but outdated policies keep them from taking on a greater role in patient care.
Pharmaceutical companies can use prescription medication ads to mislead an unwitting public for the sake of profits. While Australia prohibits such ads, the laws don’t go far enough.
As people with chronic conditions age or as their health changes, they sometimes need less medication. So when, should a person’s drugs be scaled down?
Some people are incapable of swallowing tablets because of physical or psychological reasons. What should they do when the doctor prescribes a drug that comes in tablet form?
Four years ago, just before Christmas, my hospital ran out of cytarabine, an essential drug used to treat and cure certain kinds of acute leukemia. This drug was suddenly in short supply across the nation…
Hospitals and pharmacies around the country are facing severe shortages of essential drugs. These shortages can limit access to critical medications and compromise patient safety, resulting in serious…
A variety of medications can help curb alcohol problems, despite doctors not knowing enough about them, according to new…
A visit to the pharmacy for pain relief can be complicated. As consumers, we are faced with a bewildering choice of pain relief options. But why? Within the Nurofen range we have Nurofen for back pain…
Immune system cells, called T-cells, fight foreign tissue which often results in the rejection of transplanted organs, researchers…
Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) still endure symptoms long after their original diagnosis…
Children receiving ADHD medication don’t have an increased risk of heart problems during treatment. A new study of 1.2 million…
Nanotechnologies can be used to ensure disease-conrolling drugs are absorbed into the body much more effectively than traditional…
People with psychosocial deficits, such as poor health literacy, depression and impaired cognition, are at a higher risk…
The first in-human testing of a wireless medication dispenser was a success, according to a study published in the latest…
Trade negotiations currently being conducted behind closed doors could see a major setback to providing access to essential medicines for the world’s poorest people. The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement…
Older Australians are being over prescribed with psychotropic medications, according to a University of Queensland research…
People who take anti-depressants are more likely to suffer a serious reoccurrence of depression, according to researchers…
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Associate Professor of the School of Pharmacy, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Dementia Care, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Public Health, Newcastle University
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Palliative Medicine Physician, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine Director of Clinical Ethics, Duke University Hospital, Duke University
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Lecturer in Criminology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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PhD Candidate, University of Tasmania
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Senior Lecturer and Ethics Coordinator for the School of Social Sciences Science and Technology, University of Westminster
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Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, Co-Director of the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine, University of Michigan
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Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, MedStar Washington Health Center
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Associate Professor in Public Health, La Trobe University
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Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan
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Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan
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Clinical Lecturer, University of Michigan
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Conjoint Clinical Associate Professor, Deakin University School of Medicine and Specialist Pain Medicine Physician, Deakin University
