Many Ordinary Meds Cause Depression; Public Trust in Pharma Hits New Low
For years, I’ve been writing about the medical system’s self-feeding mechanism: Give a patient a drug to treat his symptoms; the drug causes new symptoms, […]
Polypharmacy
An Opportunity Opens Up – Will Pharmacy Leaders Grab It?
As pharmacists and coalface health practitioners we accumulate a lot of knowledge that other health practitioners do not have access to. This is because we […]
Screening over-70’s for memory issues – what can it achieve?
An international panel has recommended all people over 70 be tested each year for problems with memory and reasoning. They claim that the goal is […]
Nurse practitioners ‘fill a gap’ in aged care
Editor’s Note: Nurse Practitioners established themselves as independent practitioners with prescribing rights about 12 years ago. Since that date they have been exploring opportunities for […]