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Australian Vaccination Policy and Autism/Chronic Illness
Since I publicised my graduation in December 2015 there have been many inaccurate stories written about my research in the mainstream media. Most of these stories and comments have been made by journalists who have presented statements from my thesis out of context and used labels such as ‘conspiracy theory’ and anti-vaccination’ to influence the…
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Australian Research Illustrates a Reason for Irrational Skeptic Behaviour
In last week’s edition some of our staff writers put together an article that featured Australian research on Asperger’s syndrome and the behaviours associated with that condition. That article was titled “People with high autistic tendencies see the world very differently, and a Swinburne magazine summary of their research is found here: What started out…
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The Formal Documents Required for a Functioning Pharmacy Business
Many pharmacy businesses (even some of the larger variety) often do not conduct important aspects of their business by having basic contracts/agreements in place for each activity. You do not have to be a legal expert, when often all that is required is an exchange of letters confirming details of your mutual discussion and your understanding…
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MedsASSIST May Prove To Be A Useful Long Term Monitoring Tool
The MedsASSIST system, designed to monitor pharmacy sales of codeine products, has reached the stage of progressing to stage two of a pilot, involving approximately 150 pharmacies in the Newcastle and North Queensland regions. The system is being introduced because government was intending to reschedule codeine to schedule 4 (prescription only) status. Addiction to prescription…
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Managed Alcohol Programs – (MAP). Slow progress of effective hostel protocol to save money, suffering and dignity of our most marginalised citizens.
Dear Colleagues, I have been writing these summaries for many years but there is little more dramatic I can think of than the findings of three published studies and numerous other reports of allowing alcohol to alcoholics in refuges under strict supervision with psychosocial supports. I wrote enthusiastically about a Canadian study by Tiina Podymow…
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PSA Media Releases – 1. Health Destination Roadshow 2. Rural Pharmacist OAM Honour 3. South Africa Conference 2016
Register at this link Rural pharmacist humbled by OAM honour 27 January 2016 Respected rural pharmacist John Holds has been bestowed with an Order of Australia (OAM) medal to honour more than 40 years of his service to the community. Mr Holds’ outstanding dedication to rural pharmacy was applauded by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia…
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ASMI Media Release – 1.New Chairperson Elected 2. Country of Origin Labelling
ASMI announces new Chairperson 28 January 2016 – The Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) today announced industry veteran, Lindsay Forrest, as its new Chairperson. ASMI Chief Executive Officer, Deon Schoombie, congratulated and welcomed Lindsay Forrest. “Lindsay has a long and distinguished history in the consumer healthcare products industry and is a recognised industry…
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EDITORIAL for Monday 25 January 2016
Welcome to i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine, dated Monday 25 January 2016. This week we review the new flagship retail store developed for Blackmores, the highly successful manufacturer of vitamins, minerals and a range nutritional supplements and functional foods. Blackmores has independently incorporated many concepts researched or developed by i2P, so it is with a…
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Blackmore’s New Flagship Store – Now There’s a Model for Pharmacy!
Blackmores have designed and opened an innovative flagship store that offers the complete wellbeing experience, with rooms for private consultations with qualified naturopaths, a modern ‘Mindful Ocean’ system to assess mindfulness, the Wellbeing Bar for food and drink tasting as well as offering the comprehensive Blackmores’ product range. Located on Level 5 of Westfield, Bondi Junction, the…
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Local Education –Forums to the future
As a management consultant my objective was always to delegate an owner-manager out of their business. The process usually took two years and during that period every single staff person was retrained to a different way of thinking about their workplace through on-the-job mentoring and the process of delegation. Thus, the business owners could actually take…