Seltzer is shorthand for carbonated water
In 1772 Joseph Priestley used vitriol, chalk, and water to create ‘an exceedingly pleasant sparkling water, resembling seltzer water’.
The White way
Joint PSA Lifetime Achievement Award winners Terry and Rhonda White AO discuss the origins of one of pharmacy’s most recognisable brands.
FODMAPs and the healthy gut
The acronym ‘FODMAPs’ is used to describe types of short-chain carbohydrates (sugars) that are poorly absorbed in the small intestine of some individuals.
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Medicine safety – the importance of health literacy
Communication is key to ensuring patient health literacy.
Pharmacists to administer MMR vaccine in Tasmania
Free catch-up MMR vaccinations will be available to all eligible Tasmanians from pharmacists following a health department-approved online training program, as well as GPs.
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A bitter pill to beat malaria
Quinine’s use in treating malaria is linked to the expansion of European colonisation over the last 400 years.
Quinine is derived from the bark of...














