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We are on our summer break and the editorial office is closed until 17 January. In the meantime, please enjoy our Summer Hiatus series, an eclectic mix from our news and clinical archives and articles from The Conversation throughout the year
This article, written by Cathy Stephenson, Alex Ker and Rachel Johnson, covers the diverse aspects of providing gender-affirming healthcare for Aotearoa’s transgender and non-binary people, including the use of puberty blockers and hormone therapy, as well as the general principles for pharmacists to be aware of.
In this article, Sue Frankland looks at the global problem of wastage of medications, including causes such as overprescribing and non-adherence. She also presents information from her master’s dissertation on how people understand, and respond to, medication expiration dates
Why recognising the signs of dehydration is important...
