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Little Spiders
Spider veins, those small, web-like networks of purple, blue, or red veins that can appear on the legs and face, are a common cosmetic concern for many. While they’re typically not harmful, understanding why they manifest can help in managing and preventing them effectively. Causes of Spider Veins Management and Prevention While entirely preventing spider…
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EDITORIAL for Monday 29 June 2015
Welcome to this weeks’ edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated Monday, 29 June 2015. Well there was certainly a flashpoint over an article written by Mark Coleman and published in our last edition. Titled “Homeopathy – a Political Diversion Rather than a Valid Issue” it attracted a range of “diversionists” and some of…
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Are Your Consumers Customers or Patients?
It seems that as pharmacies become more corporate in nature and larger in total business transacted, the concepts of pharmacy are tested, with the view of providing more financial benefit to the owners, either in the format of paying lowest possible wages to employed pharmacists, illegal removal or manipulation of award requirements (such as meal…
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Provider Numbers are the key to clinical services rollout
A few years ago I read a biography on the life of Joseph Stalin. The story of how Stalin rose to power and then ruled Russia with an unrelenting grasp for thirty years was quite an interesting read. Despite all his paranoia, ordered executions and sending millions to the gulags it is an interesting fact…
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The Gap Report & Its Opportunities
Self Care has been a platform of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia for as long as I can remember. It is good that it is at last receiving government recognition, particularly as it so easily fits a platform of patients taking responsibility for their own care and that the education required for patients is a…
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Reinventing the Condom with a range of useful benefits
A group of scientists in Australia is developing a series of condoms which it claims could feel even better than wearing nothing at all. A team at the University of Wollongong (UOW) have been experimenting with hydrogel materials, which they say have a range of benefits over latex. Ultra-strong and flexible, hydrogels have been around…
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Weasel words, fuzzy phrases and other chiro “cons”
Claims advertising therapeutic services, unless supported by high level evidence, can mislead. With many chiropractors suggesting that spinal manipulation can alter the course of childhood diseases, why do regulators duck for cover? If you believe that you are being misled or deceived by a chiropractor, you can complain to the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency…
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News Roundup for Monday 29 June 2015
This week: * Australian Pharmacy Council Insights Bulletin * New Drug Approvals taking 15 months longer than other countries ___________________________________________________________ APC INSIGHTS Volume 1, Issue 2: June 2015 In this Issue It’s on again! 2015 Colloquium Advanced practice pharmacists – pilot program reaches a new phase May Council Update Changes to APC Constitution New Councillors…
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PSA Media Releases – 1. UNE Students Welcomed 2. Self Care Support Welcomed
June 26, 2015 University of New England pharmacy students welcomed to the profession The newest cohort of pharmacy students at the University of New England have been welcomed to the profession in a ceremony held this week. The ceremony was held as part of the pharmacy discipline’s first intensive residential program for first-year students. The…
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ASMI Media Releases 1. Expert Panel Falls Short 2. Self Care and the GAP Report
Expert Panel recommendations fall short on key OTC industry issue 25 June 2015 – The Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) today said that the Expert Panel report on the regulatory framework for medicines and medical devices falls short in its recommendation to retain restrictions on the advertising of Schedule 3 medicines. ASMI’s Executive Director, Deon…