Pharmacist prescribers Linda Bryant and Leanne Te Karu discuss positive polypharmacy for heart failure. Current evidence shows the intensive implementation of four medications offers the greatest benefit to most patients with heart failure, with significant reductions in cardiovascular mortality, heart failure hospitalisations and all-cause mortality
A treatise on silica and the effects of engineered stone benchtop manufacturing
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A treatise on silica and the effects of engineered stone benchtop manufacturing
Sunday 29 December 2019, 06:00 AM

Engineered stone is a popular kitchen benchtop, but cutting it can lead to accelerated silicosis
As part of our Summer Hiatus we have selected some Practice pieces from throughout the year that you might like to revisit over the summer. This article links through to ELearning
Silicosis is an incurable lung disease that can affect a wide range of occupations. In this article, occupational health expert David McBride summarises the most significant occupational lung disease since asbestosis
The recent debacle with silicosis and engineered stone benchtops gave the impetus for this article, originally about a patient with long-standing chro