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Magnesium Supplementation Without the “Coke and Fries”
Elderly patients (increasing by the day as “baby boomers” turn 65) are at risk from magnesium deficiency, most commonly when they are taking diuretics, proton pump inhibitors, or both simultaneously. If you need help with your estate planning, you can check it out here! Magnesium deficiencies can also occur in the diet because many pasture…
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ASMI Media Releases – 1. Complementary Medicines Research 2. Repositioning Pharmacy
1. ASMI sponsors new complementary medicines research leadership program 30 September 2014 – The Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) is proud to support a unique program for up and coming complementary medicine researchers at the Australian Research Centre in Complementary and Integrative Medicine (ARCCIM) at the University of Technology, Sydney. This international leadership program is…
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Pharmacists need to adapt for patients with multiple chronic illnesses
October 3, 2014: Pharmacy practice needs adapt to meet the challenges of an increased complexity of healthcare and medication which is a result of increasing numbers of people living with multiple chronic health conditions. Writing in Australian Pharmacist this month, Professor Libby Roughead highlights that in the 1980s, one in 10 Australians was living with three or…
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RE-PRICING AUSTRALIA
Global forces are at play. Marketplace reality is becoming more conspicuous. In essence, Australian products, services, labour, skills, brands, and entities are being repriced, – and not at the discretion of owners, managers and directors. There is no better example than the recent decision by the multi-national corporation Chevron to import from Scandinavia, over 11,000…
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New centre to unlock the secrets of cheaper, quality healthcare
An Australian-first health research centre at UNSW promises to realise the potential of big data to reduce the costs of healthcare while simultaneously improving the prevention and management of many diseases. UNSW’s new Centre for Big Data in Health will put Australia at the forefront of global innovation in medicine and healthcare by linking, scrutinising…
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Road to recovery: reversing the effects of binge drinking on mental health
Alcohol binge drinking is bad at any age. But binge drinking if you’re young and have a mental health issue is a recipe for disaster.Hence, join now in outpatient programs to improve mental health and to get rid off alcohol addiction.The good news is that intervening early with appropriate treatments can reverse the harmful effects…
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NPS Media Releases – 1. Tricks of the Trade 2. Diagnostic Approach to Fatigue
1. TRICKS OF THE TRADE IN DRUG PROMOTION An article in the latest edition of Australian Prescriber looks at the controversies of promoting drugs to doctors. While direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs is prohibited in Australia, drugs are advertised to healthcare professionals. Author Paul Biegler, Adjunct research fellow at the Centre for Human Bioethics, Monash University, dissects…
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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 occurred to them that for their polypharmacy patients it should be now mandatory for an HMR to be ordered? Government take note. Here is an area of savings for the…
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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, these new spin words are introduced through the medical profession to highlight doctors as “good guys” and pharmacists as “bad guys”. “Deprescribing” is simply overprescribing inappropriately by doctors, directly creating…
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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 wish for and what we can do about it. If you’re not willing to do anything about it, best not to waste the energy wishing about it. Seth Godin Self…