February 2021

The summer holidays are a time for getting outdoors, getting healthy and catching up on sleep. These timely products are reviewed by Tina Hillier, programme coordinator of ENGAGE Pharmacy Group in Christchurch 

The holidays are over and around New Zealand kids are heading back to the classroom. Pharmacy owner HeeSeung Lee speaks to reporter Jonathan Chilton-Towle about common ailments children might encounter at school and what pharmacy staff can do to help parents protect them 

GP Jo Scott-Jones wants to help all those working in primary care to understand how they may be unknowingly contributing to racism, and what they can do about it

Pharmacist and medical herbalist Phil Rasmussen looks at recent studies supporting the use of valerian to prevent cognitive decline, plus early studies looking at treating depression and headaches

Abas Mirzaei of Macquarie University looks at the history of ‘woke’ and how it has been tilted to serve many purposes

Waitematā DHB chief pharmacist Marilyn Crawley, has retired after an award-winning career spanning half a century writes Anna Lee

I just about threw it in the bin,” admits retired pharmacist Grahame Hamblin, confessing that his self-published book Pharmacy of Yesteryear took nearly half a decade to complete