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EDITORIAL for Monday 22 August 2016
Welcome to the current edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine dated Monday 22 August 2016. Well, it was a refreshing change of pace since our last edition when on Saturday 13 August we attended the third Blackmore’s Symposium. This event was characterised by quality speakers who delivered the latest research on a range of…
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The Starting Points for Change – Education and Cultural Adjustment
Most people working in community pharmacies recognise that there is a need to change. But the change needed is so broad that the starting point remains hidden. What needs to be changed? How do we achieve change? And how do we go about it? The essential starting point is a progressive change in culture and…
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Have you changed?
You have donated a Saturday to learn about an area of your professional skill set that some marketing groups, along with some official Pharmacist bodies, have deemed “unscientific, no evidence and snake-oil territory”. Complementary medicines…….your patients are asking questions about these issues and you don’t have the answers. So, what has changed? Do you know…
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Get to the root of your problems
A rancher left 17 horses as a bequest for his three children. When the rancher passed away, his children opened his will. The will stated that the eldest child should get half of his 17 horses. The middle child should get one-third of the 17 horses. The youngest child should be given one-ninth of the…
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It’s The Tip Of An Iceberg
Editor’s Note: A few months ago i2P promised to do some background research on the state of the pharmaceutical industry and other health professions and why there seemed to be an underlying culture of disruption and suppression, particularly in policies surrounding issues like vaccination. A general unease that all is not right with the world,…
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Cell types like astrocytes regulate metabolic processes – Discovery of a brain sugar switch
Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) discovered that our brain actively takes sugar from the blood. Prior to this, researchers around the world had assumed that this was a purely passive process. An international team led by diabetes expert Matthias Tschöp reported in the journal ‘Cell’ that transportation of sugar into the brain…
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OMNS – Supplements Are Safe: Who Is Lying to You Now?
Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, August 12, 2016 by Helen Saul Case Once again, the media threatens the public with the false notion that supplements of essential nutrients and minerals are dangerous and should be treated “like a medication.”[1] (And doesn’t “treat it like a medication” just reinforce the point that prescription drugs are dangerous? But I digress.) Bad…
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PSA Media Releases 1. Joint PSA-CPA Conference For Global Issues 2. Future Pharmacy Example 3. Health Care Homes Applauded
Joint PSA-CPA conference to discuss global pharmacy issues Pharmacists will be able to attend a global conference jointly hosted by Australia’s peak national body for pharmacists, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) and the Commonwealth Pharmacists Association (CPA) in 2017. Following the highly successful PSA16 event held in Sydney in July, which attracted around 900…
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ASMI Media Releases – 1. Sensible Non-Prescription Medicine labelling reforms set to roll out
Collaboration pays off, says ASMI –Sensible Non-Prescription Medicine labelling reforms set to roll out Sydney, 17th August 2016 – The Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) welcomed today’s publication of the new Therapeutic Goods Order (TGO), which marks the conclusion of the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) review of medicines labelling and packaging. “We greatly appreciate the…
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NPS Media Releases – 1. Be Medicinewise Week 2. Medicines & Ageing Populations Recommendations Released
MONDAY 22 AUGUST 2016 BE MEDICINEWISE WEEK: HELPING AUSTRALIANS TAKE CHARGE OF THEIR MEDICINES Be Medicinewise Week (22-28 August) kicks off around Australia today, with the theme of ‘take charge’ of your medicines.Now in its sixth year, this NPS MedicineWise initiative reminds Australians about the importance of using medicines safely and appropriately. A new survey of 1,000…