August 2020

ProPharma key account manager Karn McIntosh has hung up her hat after 21 years of supporting her pharmacy clients through good times and bad

With police attending one call-out every five minutes to a domestic violence incident, it is clear domestic abuse is a huge problem in New Zealand. Auckland pharmacy owner HeeSeung Lee speaks to Jonathan Chilton-Towle about how pharmacy staff can recognise signs of abuse and what, if anything, they can do to help victims

With discharges, lumps and redness, eye conditions can be quite disgusting and also embarrassing. Life Pharmacy Dunedin pharmacist Darshana Kanjee writes about the best way to treat some common eye problems 

Tina Hillier, programme coordinator at the ENGAGE Pharmacy Group in Christchurch, tries a newly launched skincare range, a supplements range for mums-to-be and a tried-and-true nail polish kit 

In the post-lockdown world, there’s still plenty to be done in community pharmacy to control res­piratory infections to keep staff and other patients well, writes infectious disease specialist Richard Everts 

Patients might be concerned about what they read and hear in the news regarding the use of renin–angiotensin system blockers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cardiologist Chris Ellis reviews recent research and current recommendations

Brendon McIntosh, executive member of Ngā Kaitiaki o Te Puna Rongoā – The Māori Pharmacists’ Association, and kaiwhakahaere at Kia Kaha Chemist, describes how he engages with kaumātua when delivering influenza jabs 

Sarah Williamson subverts the iconic Barbie doll’s stereotype of femininity to draw attention to gender and diversity issues in art

For the past five years, Unichem Upper Hutt Pharmacy technician Kay Gooch has been using most of her holiday leave to go walking. It isn’t just any old tramp, her goal is to walk the entire length of New Zealand. Jonathan Chilton-Towle speaks to Kay about her journey along Te Araroa, the long pathway 

Pharmacy technician Melissa Wood’s day began with a bang on 8 July – she got a flat tyre as she made her way over the wet and windy roads to her rural home town of Te Aroha in the Waikato