June 2021

Leaders of the Pharmaceutical Society and New Zealand Medical Association are insisting sunscreens should be true to sun protection claims in the wake of a US laboratory being found to have falsified test results

Darshana Kanjee, a pharmacist at Life Pharmacy in Dunedin, tackles
a topic on many customers’ minds – how to lose those extra kilos

Cold sores are itchy, annoying and unsightly and they only get worse in winter. Pharmacy owner HeeSeung Lee speaks to Jonathan Chilton-Towle about what pharmacy staff can do to help their suffering customers

Somehow, between running Ranolf Pharmacy in Rotorua, raising two young children, studying for a postgraduate diploma in public health, learning te reo Māori and sitting on several governance boards Charlotte Schimanski finds time to run marathons. Jonathan Chilton-Towle finds out what keeps her going 

Dry eye disease affects a large number of people and causes a significant degree of morbidity. It can usually never be cured, but good management of the underlying causes can allow significant improvements in quality of life. Nick Mathew provides an overview of this common condition and its management in primary and secondary care

Christchurch pharmacist Sarah Mooney says pharmacists and pharmacy staff are not off the hook when it comes to realising the seriousness of coeliac disease, as commonly dispensed medications and over-the-counter products may contain gluten

Pharmacist and medical herbalist Phil Rasmussen explains endophytes and their potential uses in healthcare