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Statin Therapy – A new Low?
I have a 90 year-old female patient who is physically OK but starting to face the reality of dementia. She showed me the “lovely” invitation from her GP to enroll in the StaREE trial. StaREE is the acronym (don’t you love them!) for “Statins in Reducing Events in the Elderly”. A quaint idea, brilliantly conceived…
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Understanding Medical Cannabis – 1. The Canna-Nanna Movement 2. Peer Reviewed Journal “Cannabis & Cannabinoid Research” 3. Lucy Haslam Petition
1. Greendorphin Aug. 16th, 2017: Australia’s Canna Nanna’s Movement – Aussie Grandmas with Big Vision for Cannabis When remarkable women unite behind a noble cause, mountains move easily and seemingly impossible results are achieved.Being a woman comes with wonderful qualities that are not just essential to be a loving and devoted partner and mother, and…
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Safe Vaccines Debate – 1. World Mercury Project: MMR & Glyphosate 2. Jon Rappoport: Interview with Vaxxed producer who was just banned from Australia 3. The Dr Judy Wilyman Report: 1. Newsletter #168 – Censorship and Indoctrination on Vaccination in Australia 2. Open Letter -University of Wollongong 3. Newsletter #169 – Newsletter # 169 Richard Di Natale (Greens) and John Cunningham and the Removal of Medical Freedom in Australia
1. World Mercury Project (Robert Kennedy): Weeding Out Vaccine Toxins: MMR, Glyphosate, and the Health of a Generation Aug. 16th, 2017 By Dr. Stephanie Seneff Glyphosate, often sold under the brand name “Roundup,” is the most widely used weed killer in the U.S. Glyphosate is a “non-selective herbicide,” which means it kills many plants, not just weeds.…
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Sales techniques that work as hard as you do
Whether you run your own business or work for a company in a sales-related role, you’re always looking for sales techniques that work. I’ve developed and learned many over the years from readers providing great advice. One person advised me to ask yes and yes questions. He worked for Hyatt and asked himself, “What else…
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PSA Media Releases 1. Support for Real-Time Monitoring 2. Bob Buckham – New Executive Director of Policy, Advocacy and Innovation
1. Pharmacists support real-time monitoring across Australia August 9, 2017 New legislation to deliver a real-time prescription monitoring system in Victoria has been welcomed by the peak national body for pharmacists, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA). Legislation introduced into the Victorian Parliament yesterday will establish the legislative framework for a Victorian real-time monitoring system. PSA…
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ASMI Media Releases – New Self Care Models Needed to Help Consumers Help Themselves to Health
New self-care models needed to help consumers help themselves to health 11 August 2017 Ageing populations, rising healthcare expenditure and lifestyle diseases have combined to create a pressing need for new models and mechanisms that will encourage and enable consumers to better self-manage their health – yet Australia has no formal policy of self-care. This…
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NPS Media Releases – 1. Medicine Misuse 2. Australian Prescriber early release
Medicine misuse can happen to anyone The 7th annual Be Medicinewise Week is on this 21-27 August 2017, promoting the safe and wise use of medicines. This year we are reminding Australians that medicine misuse can happen to anyone. What is medicine misuse? If people are NOT taking medicines as directed then they may be misusing…
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EDITORIAL for Monday 7 August 2017
Welcome to the current edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine, dated Monday 7 August 2017. I recently came across the following “one-liner” – a little philosophical “pearl” that tends to crystallise your thinking when you are looking for perspective on a current problem or issue. It was: “Accountability is hard. Blame is easy. One…
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Medical Culture (and others) in Decline – the real reason for attacks on pharmacy and other health modalities.
We have been witnessing some extraordinary behaviour by the leaders of the medical profession (AMA, RACGP) that might make you wonder what hallucinogen they may have been taking, given the extreme claims of pharmacy creating a turf war, and their ridiculous claims of highly-trained pharmacists lacking skills to perform at different levels. They act panic-stricken…
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A Glimpse of the Future – The King Review Interim Report Nightmare
That the King Review is a front for something more sinister would be obvious to most pharmacists and the industry at large. That it purports to be a review towards a positive future for community pharmacy is an insult to anyone’s intelligence. i2P has already made the case for what the real agenda for Australian…