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Understanding Medical Cannabis – 1. Sydney Criminal Lawyers: Facing Prison for Providing Free Cannabis Medicine: An Interview with Jenny Hallam 2. Ganjapreneur : Vermont Public Safety Commissioner Pushes for Roadside Saliva Tests 3. Medical Search: Victorian medicinal cannabis industry powers ahead
1. Sydney Criminal Lawyers: Facing Prison for Providing Free Cannabis Medicine: An Interview with Jenny Hallam By Paul Gregoire The benefits of medicinal cannabis have been rediscovered over recent years. Clinical trials and research papers have documented evidence that shows cannabis medicines can treat conditions, such as chronic pain, seizures in children with Dravet syndrome and multiple sclerosis.In the US, medical…
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The Safe Vaccine Debate – 1. World Mercury Project: The Vaccine Program’s Unintended Consequences: A Tale of Two Hepatitis B Studies 2. Dr Judy Wilyman Report: Newsletter #188 – Newsletter #189 – Newsletter #190 3. AVN Newsletter: Pro vaccine death threats against Dr Humphries and the Tommey family + The Truth about Vaccines -What every parent needs to know
1. World Mercury Project: The Vaccine Program’s Unintended Consequences: A Tale of Two Hepatitis B Studies By the World Mercury Project Team In 1991, US public health authorities began recommending that all infants get the hepatitis B (HepB) vaccine, stipulating that they receive three doses within the first six months…
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OMNS – Plenty of Food but not Plenty of Weight Or, “So that’s why those good-looking French eat the butter and cream dishes!
Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, January 19, 2018 by Tom Taylor “Say it ain’t so Joe!” (1) Really? You mean what you have heard all your life just ain’t so? You have probably believed fat is bad. “It ain’t so.” You have probably believed that starvation is the main way to lose weight. “It ain’t so.” You…
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Dig your well before you’re thirsty
If I had to name the single characteristic shared by all the truly successful people I’ve met over a lifetime, I’d say it is the ability to create and nurture a network of contacts. Although I never met David Rockefeller, he certainly would have fit in this category. When he passed away in March 2017…
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PSA Media Releases – 1. Pharmacists welcome new pain management service 2. Exceptional pharmacists receive Australia Day honours 3. Consultation begins on My Health Record Guidelines 4. New online training to support people who use drugs 5. Pharmacists welcome landmark National Asthma Strategy
1. Pharmacists welcome new pain management service January 25, 2018 Pharmacists have welcomed a new $20 million trial by the Federal Government to support people suffering from ongoing chronic pain, the peak national body for pharmacists, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) said today. Launched by Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt in Melbourne, the Pain…
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ASMI Media Releases – 1. Major progress on access to medicines and consumer awareness of pharmacist-only meds 2. Filomena Maiese departs ASMI 3. Pregnant women reminded to check medicines with pharmacist or doctor
1. Major progress on access to medicines and consumer awareness of pharmacist-only meds 24 January 2018 The Australian Self Medication Industry has announced its support for the TGA’s commitment to change restrictions on the advertising of pharmacist-only (Schedule 3 or S3) medicines, and the establishment of a working group that will proactively identify prescription medicines…
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NPS Media Releases – 1. Codeine dependency – is it more common than we think? 2. Video guidance on the five commonly asked questions about codeine changes 3. Speakers announced for National Medicines Symposium 2018
1. Codeine dependency – is it more common than we think? 23 January 2018 Codeine-containing medicines will become prescription only from next week. An editorial in Australian Prescriber explains that this change was made because of increasing concerns about codeine dependency in Australia. Clinical pharmacologist Darren Roberts and senior research fellow Suzanne Nielsen write that it is…
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EDITORIAL for Monday 22 January 2018
Welcome to the first edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine for the new year of 2018. Have you made any New Year’s resolutions? Given that 2017 was a difficult year for most pharmacists many are still trying to establish a suitable direction for their profession. When looking for a bit of personal inspiration, I…
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Pro Bono Pharmacy Services Create a Social Dividend
Pharmacists have always embraced a culture where service provision for health problems have been provided free of charge to local communities, while the physical product that resulted as a solution to those health problems attracted a monetary value. In contrast, GP’s charged for their services (consultations) and basically avoided selling products. Given that pharmacists and…
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Are your patients involved in a clinical trial?
A 90-year-old patient of mine has given me two invitations sent to her by her surgery and signed by her GP, to participate in the STAREE trial. She has (one year ago) diagnosed early-onset Alzheimer’s and was unsuccessfully given one of the usual drugs which worsened her mental state. Interestingly, before that prescription was offered,…