October 2022

Pharmacist Darshana Kanjee from Life Pharmacy in Dunedin, looks at ways to minimise the look of keratosis pilaris, otherwise known as “chicken skin”

If a doctor makes a script medication error, it is a breach of the patient’s rights if the pharmacist fails to rectify it, writes non-practising legal expert and pharmacist Máté Hegedus-Gaspar in the first of two articles on this topic

Healthcare Handbook technical editor Carmen Fookes looks at fertility, ovulation and pregnancy planning

This article is the first in a three-part series designed to highlight the role pharmacists can play in reducing “the pill burden” in our society, writes Katrina Azer, clinical pharmacist at Tend Health. The articles will focus on polypharmacy, deprescribing and social prescribing, with the patient’s perspective front of mind

Seaweeds are not just weeds from the sea; they are showing huge potential for treating a range of conditions, as well as addressing climate concerns, writes pharmacist and medical herbalist Phil Rasmussen

Australian GP Jonathan Bentley shares a case study in which a war is waged and won against hair loss, and against the mood disorder that accompanied treatment

Specialist GP Jo Scott-Jones discusses long COVID, including who is at risk for developing it, the symptoms people experience, and what you can do to help

American researcher Michael T Bertrand looks at how a post-war consumer culture helped to shape the young Elvis, and wonders whether we ever got to know the man behind the voice and stage presence

Hutt Valley pharmacist prescriber Kerry Muller has won the Clinical Advisory Pharmacists Association’s inaugural Dr John Dunlop Award, reports Jonathan Chilton-Towle