{"results":[{"title":"Pharmacy program to boost healthcare across WA","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/pharmacy-traning-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/february/pharmacy-program-to-boost-healthcare-across-wa","publisheddate":"2026-02-13","summary":"
A program at The University of Western Australia is providing qualified pharmacists with the training needed to diagnose and provide treatment for certain common health conditions across the State, including regional areas.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Pharmacy"},{"title":"School of Allied Health"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"}]},{"title":"Pharmacists respond differently to patients at risk of suicide depending on gender","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/pharmacists-suicide-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/january/pharmacists-respond-differently-to-patients-at-risk-of-suicide-depending-on-gender","publisheddate":"2026-01-29","summary":"
Community pharmacists are more likely to show empathy towards women but to take men more seriously when they are perceived to be at risk of suicide, according to new research that echoes wider gender bias across the healthcare system.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Business School"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Pharmacy"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Study finds more men taking multiple medications","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/man-and-mutiple-medications---card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/january/study-finds-more-men-taking-multiple-medications","publisheddate":"2026-01-20","summary":"
Research tracking polypharmacy – people regularly taking five or more medications – found an increase in multiple medicine use during the past decade, largely driven by a growth among men.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Pharmacy"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"School of Allied Health"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"UWA research recognised in Innovator of the Year Awards","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/innovator-awards-2025-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/november/uwa-research-recognised-in-innovator-of-the-year-awards","publisheddate":"2025-11-07","summary":"
Companies developing a new treatment for insulin resistance and a medication-assisted therapy program for post-traumatic stress disorder have been recognised with 2025 WA Innovators of the Year Awards.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Health and biotechnology"},{"title":"School of Molecular Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Pharmacy"}]},{"title":"Guidelines for clinicians to desprescribe medications","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/elderly-meds-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/september/guidelines-for-clinicians-to-desprescribe-medications","publisheddate":"2025-09-25","summary":"
Researchers from The University of Western Australia led the development of clinical practice guidelines for deprescribing medications to people aged 65 years and older that are now available.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Pharmacy"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"School of Allied Health"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Our-community"}]},{"title":"Older Australians collect an average of 31 PBS scripts a year – new research","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/elderly-doctor-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/september/older-australians-collect-an-average-of-31-pbs-scripts-a-year-new-research","publisheddate":"2025-09-16","summary":"
Australians are living longer than ever before. While this is broadly good news, ageing well comes with a range of challenges.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Pharmacy"},{"title":"School of Allied Health"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Study finds push to prescribe fewer antibiotics is working","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/antibiotics-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/september/study-finds-push-to-prescribe-fewer-antibiotics-is-working","publisheddate":"2025-09-10","summary":"
Efforts to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use are working, with researchers from The University of Western Australia finding a decade-long decline in the number of antibiotics dispensed to Australian children.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Paediatrics"},{"title":"Pharmacy"},{"title":"School of Population and Global Health"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Health and biotechnology"}]},{"title":"Strategies to improve suicide prevention training for pharmacists","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/pharmacy-advice-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/july/strategies-to-improve-suicide-prevention-training-for-pharmacists","publisheddate":"2025-07-23","summary":"
Lived experience with suicide significantly affected how pharmacists supported at-risk patients and could be used to improve patient care, according to experts at UWA.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Pharmacy"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"School of Allied Health"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Nutting out an allergy treatment","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/dr-michael-osullivancard.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/uniview/winter/nutting-out-an-allergy-treatment","publisheddate":"2025-06-19","summary":"
Accidental ingestion of peanuts can cause a life-threatening reaction for people who are allergic.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Pharmacy"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Uniview"},{"title":"LandingFeatured"}]},{"title":"Leading pharmacist awarded Federal funds to help older Australians","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2024/amy-page-award-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/may/leading-pharmacist-awarded-federal-funds-to-help-older-australians","publisheddate":"2025-05-20","summary":"
A pharmacist and biostatistician from The University of Western Australia has received Federal funding to reduce medicine-related harm while balancing symptom control for older adults.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Pharmacy"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"School of Allied Health"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Research"}]}]}