EDITORIAL For Monday 29 September, 2014
Well, what an interesting week just gone by where we see the AMA promote the idea to medical prescribers that they deprescribe! Has it not […]
Month: September 2014
Deprescribing – the New Kid on the Block!
When I see words such as “deprescribing” I immediately think of advertising spin and the need to address our “sick” society. And make no mistake, […]
Self Care – Its Time Has arrived With Positive Health Outcomes by Design
Wishing vs. doing By giving people more ways to speak up and more tools to take action, we keep decreasing the gap between what we […]
US Clinic Design: The Exam Room
The US style of walk-in clinic that is now starting to gain wide acceptance has at its heart a room they call the Exam Room. […]
Vitamin D – Why Can’t We Be Proactive?
Vitamin D, the “sunshine vitamin”, forms the core of one of the longest fortification stories in the nutritional sphere. New research continues to support the […]
Workplace Changes Needed to Upgrade Employee Health
Five or more hours of sedentary sitting, according to researchers, is the health equivalent of smoking a pack and a quarter of cigarettes. Yet sitting around […]
Fighting Quackery
I’m not popular with many cancer patients, particularly those who love their alternative practitioners. Many of us seem to want to believe in voodoo and […]
NPS Media Releases – FINDING RELIABLE INFORMATION ABOUT MEDICAL TESTS: NEW INFORMATION-SHARING COLLABORATION
A new information-sharing collaboration between NPS MedicineWise and Lab Tests Online Australasia means consumers and health professionals will have access to additional, reliable information on medical tests […]
PSA Media Releases – 1. World Pharmacist Day 2. Lloyd Sansom at PAC14 3. Tasmanians get 90 percent Funding
1. World Pharmacists Day, Thursday 25 September 2014 Pharmacists and pharmacy students around Australia will celebrate World Pharmacists Day on Thursday 25 September, with a […]
ASMI Media Release – Consumer behaviour expert says Australian consumers want more prescription products as OTC
24 September 2014 – Australia’s system of scheduling medicines means that Australian consumers cannot access several non-prescription medicines over-the-counter (OTC) that are available without a […]