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ASMI Media Releases – New PSA President
ASMI congratulates new PSA National President 17 June 2015 – The Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) today congratulated Joe Demarte on his appointment as the new National President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA). ASMI Executive Director, Deon Schoombie, welcomed Mr Demarte and thanked outgoing President Grant Kardachi for his strong leadership of the…
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EDITORIAL for Monday 15 June 2015
Welcome to this weeks edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated 15 June, 2015. Well, if it has not become obvious pharmacy is set to be pulled apart and deliberately damaged by a multi-faceted group of pharmacy critics aided by government. The 5CPA management is about to become the focus of a parliamentary investigation…
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The Start-Point for Community Pharmacy Clinical Services – The Walgreen Model
There is no doubt that when an individual undertakes fitness training they measurably do better if they have a fitness coach supervising the process. And it works even better if there is some form of reward attached when goals are reached. Jenny Craig weight loss programs would not have the success they have had without…
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Supermarket Comparisons – are they individually different?
i2P began reporting on Aldi well before they opened their first store in Australia and it has always been favourable. They are renowned for their constant attention to detail in designing their internal systems and their continual auditing of costs. They also tend to put cost savings back into their retail prices. And by putting…
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Organise online to succeed offline – the connected world
Business online architecture is driven by the culture of cloud computing adapted for use with mobile technologies. And it creates a “constantly connected” environment that we either master to serve us in three major themes, or we become slaves to our own electronic environment. Those themes are effectiveness and productivity, balance and awareness, growth and…
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Step out of your comfort zone
A few weeks ago daredevil Nik Wallenda walked – untethered – atop Orlando’s 400-foot high Ferris wheel – as it was spinning. This is the same guy who traversed a tightrope stretched across the Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls and between two Chicago skyscrapers. In an interview he said he wants to be an inspiration for…
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Zinc and kidney stones
New research on kidney stone formation reveals that zinc levels might contribute to an increased risk. Research from the University of California, published in PLOS ONE opens a new perspective into the cause of urinary stones and related diseases. We all have patients who are prone to kidney stones. Once you’ve developed a first stone,…
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Gardasil Survivors in Ireland Launch Support Group
The R.E.G.R.E.T. Support Group was launched recently in Ireland by parents of chronically ill teenage girls. These parents blame an injection the girls received at school as the cause of their daughters’ illness. The drug in question is called Gardasil and is being marketed as an anti-cancer vaccine. R.E.G.R.E.T. is an acronym for “Reactions and Effects of Gardasil…
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PSA Media Releases – 1. Aboriginal Health Services & Pharmacists 2. Samuel Turner – QUT Student of the Year
June 15, 2015 National Rural health conference supports PSA’s call for more pharmacists in Aboriginal Health Services Rural healthcare professionals have supported PSA’s Budget submission in calling on the Australian Government to urgently address the lack of medication management and pharmacy services in rural and remote areas. Delegates at the 13th Rural Health conference in Darwin said…
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NPS Media Releases – 1. Statins: See Your Doctor if You Stopped use. 2. Chronic Cancer Pain
15 JUNE 2015 SEE YOUR DOCTOR IF YOU’VE STOPPED YOUR STATIN WITHOUT MEDICAL ADVICE: NPS MEDICINEWISE NPS MedicineWise is today urging anyone who has stopped taking the cholesterol-lowing medicines known as statins without medical advice to make an appointment with their doctor to discuss their medicine choices. A University of Sydney study published in the Medical Journal of…