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Soil Health Impacts Human Health – A New Perspective to Consider
Are pharmacists fully engaged with the full spectrum of health and an understanding of their patient’s lifestyle? Some information currently appearing in this edition of i2P suggests that Health Literacy ought to be a prime focus for pharmacists to assist their patients in understanding what impacts exist that are involved in health changes that can […]
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OMNS – Sugar Fraud
Fear may be an effective technique for promoting drug sales and gaining votes, but should not displace the calm presentation of a healthful life style factor. For example, recently the “sugar is good; fat is bad” mantra has been exposed to the light of truth.[1] A recent Medscape report began with: “Highly respected, high profile U.S. medical […]
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The Balance Tips for Better Health – Major Chemical Companies are to be Held Accountable
On December 14, 2015 i2P published an article regarding the setting up of an International Citizen’s Tribunal (titled the Monsanto Tribunal) that was designed to prosecute the crime of “ecocide” as practiced by Monsanto and associated global chemical manufacturers. While not recognised legally, it will provide a court of public opinion based on evidence and […]
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How Australia is losing the health fight
Imagine telling the good folk of 1990 that in the near future, we’d be redesigning hospitals to accommodate the influx of obese patients.Or that almost all of our sporting legends would be contractually obliged to advertise alcohol. Or most kids would be driven less than a kilometre to and from school. Twenty-five years ago, these […]
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Fast Food Leading the way – Annihilate Dispensing or Enhance it?
The fast food industry is rapidly moving to replace employees with robots to eliminate payroll, health benefits and human unreliability. It will prove to be a template for pharmacy evolution and it’s under way right now. Also, it’s very likely that, within your professional lifetime, you’re going to see a huge revolution in robotics. It […]
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GM Lobby Will Damage Australian’s Health Future
On Tuesday, 9 September 2015 I tuned in to the ABC broadcast of the address given to the National Press Club , by John Entine, described as a “journalist, scholar, skeptic and GMO advocate. I have followed the genetically modified organism (GMO) debate for some years and had personally arrived at a conclusion that GM […]
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Half of All Children Will Be Autistic by 2025, Warns Senior Research Scientist at MIT
Editor’s Note: In our last edition we ran information pertaining to Homeopaths and the NHMRC committee investigating the effectiveness of this modality. A number of inconsistencies and procedures were highlighted as the NHMRC appeared to be manufacturing a report to conform to certain extreme views of some medical groups, rather than a true evidence-based approach […]
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Fish oil – is it on the nose?
Considerable confusion and many unsubstantiated beliefs abound when it comes to fish oil supplements. An estimated one in four Australians currently take them for a wide range of conditions, even though good research is unconvincing. However, there are suggestions that increased doses of fish oil might provide health benefits. What are fish oils – and […]
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Food Processors and Obesity
How responsible are food and beverage manufacturers for Australia’s obesity issue? Australia has a weight problem, and the finger of blame is frequently pointed at food manufacturers, their products and marketing strategies for the country’s collective expanding waistline. Australia is one of the fattest nations in the developed world. Obesity rates have doubled in the […]