Medicines and Therapies

Healthcare Handbook technical editor Carmen Pope looks at heartburn, including its causes, symptoms and treatment, as well as how to distinguish it from a heart attack

A pharmacist working towards a business degree at the University of Canterbury has won an international award for software designed to reduce medication errors

An urgent hospital-level recall has been issued for some batches of saline solution because of possible contamination overseas with a bacterium that can cause infections in immunocompromised people 

Te Whatu Ora Tairāwhiti failed to provide a man with appropriate care after he was denied access to treatment for HIV exposure, according to the Health and Disability Commissioner

Pharmac board chair Steve Maharey has resigned

Patient advocates want Pharmac to adopt an open-door policy as the ACT Party leader says the agency’s culture must change

Medsafe group manager Chris James looks at the problem of medicine shortages and how these are handled, along with the behind-the-scenes work to prevent them

Covered up in hair net and gown, Zach Thompson ventures behind the fence and into the Helius Therapeutics medicinal cannabis growing and manufacturing facility

With holiday season upon us, it’s time to improve your understanding of motion sickness. Healthcare Handbook technical editor Carmen Pope discusses possible causes, symptoms and treatments

Clinical pharmacist Katrina Azer writes about pharmacogenomics, the promising field that helps tailor medications to genes. She reviews its impact on clinical practice and the challenges that need to be overcome to adopt it