July 2021

Head colds are unpleasant, common and unfortunately cannot be cured. Pharmacy owner HeeSeung Lee talks to Jonathan Chilton-Towle about what pharmacy staff can do to provide relief to their patients this winter

This month Tina Hillier, programme coordinator of ENGAGE Pharmacy Group in Christchurch, reviews new versions of favourite products and an oldie but a goodie

With reflection activities now part of the Pharmacy Council’s new recertification framework, community pharmacist and academic Stephanie Yee explains the how and why of learning this skill

Professor Peter McIntyre outlines key concepts for understanding what herd immunity does and does not mean, and what this can tell us about the new COVID-19 vaccines

Occupational health expert David McBride looks at the association between occupation and rheumatoid arthritis, and highlights the lungs as an initial site of inflammation and autoimmunity

Disney’s latest live-action films are providing origin stories for female villains of old, extending them a degree of sympathy, discarding the usual focus on the “good” princess, writes Michelle Smith of Monash University

The pharmacy community is mourning the loss of well-known Christchurch pharmacist Peter Cooke who died of cancer on Sunday