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Tiredness and fatigue tend to be more common in women than men due to physiological differences between the sexes. Pharmacy owner HeeSeung Lee speaks to Jonathan Chilton-Towle about what pharmacy staff can do to help

Tina Hillier from ENGAGE Pharmacy Group in Christchurch, tries out a couple of New Zealand brands and a nasal spray

Late last year, we (Moore Markhams) released our ninth annual pharmacy benchmarking survey. The survey covered a range of financial measures based on 170 pharmacies of various types and sizes from all corners of the country

With Aotearoa at red in the traffic light settings in a bid to keep Omicron at bay, stockpilers have returned in droves and cleared entire supermarkets and pharmacies of their pain-relief stock.

Pharmacist Arnold Louis Solomons, ALS, as he was affectionately known in the pharmacy industry, died at the age of 91 in Waikanae in early January.

Sports injuries usually involve damage to the soft tissues: tendons, muscles and ligaments. They need immediate treatment to ensure further damage doesn’t occur.

Tina Hillier, from ENGAGE Pharmacy Group in Christchurch, takes an in-depth look at latest beauty and suncare products

Sweating helps the body regulate its temperature. When we get too hot or exercise, sweat evaporates from the skin and has a cooling effect. However, about 1–3 per cent of the population suffer from primary hyperhidrosis, or excessive sweating.

We are on our summer break and the editorial office is closed until 17 January. In the meantime, please enjoy our Summer Hiatus series, an eclectic mix from our news and clinical archives and articles from The Conversation throughout the year

Pharmacies are using COVID jabs to offset their retail losses as sales continue to slide, Anna Lee writes