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NPS Media Release – New Fatigue Tool
NEW TOOL TO TAILOR INFORMATION FOR PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH FATIGUE In Australia, people often seek medical advice because of fatigue. However it is often not associated with underlying disease,particularly in young to middle aged adults, and may remain unexplained. Managing patients with this symptom can present a range of challenges for general practitioners. As part…
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EDITORIAL for Monday 9 February, 2015
Welcome to this weeks’ edition of i2P E-magazine (Information to Pharmacists) dated Monday 9 February 2015. While we have the greatest respect for the skills of our doctors and nurses there is always a point of competition at the boundaries of our professions where we have to fight each other to define these boundaries. Generally,…
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The Patient-Centred Primary Care Collaborative
This article contains an evidence-based report on US physician-led Patient Centred Primary Care (PCPC) “Homes” that are likely to be modeled and supported here in Australia. i2P would simply like to expand the debate for pharmacist-led models that will initially evolve from clinics that will be established in community pharmacies. Many of these clinics will be…
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Withdrawn drugs – our patients deserve better
Patients are dying because of year-long delays in withdrawing dangerous drugs from the global market, according to Oxford University researchers. They say that the danger could be reduced by better reporting of the deaths, and quicker action by manufacturers and regulators. Unbelievably, the time between the first death being reported, and the drug being withdrawn,…
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Top Vitamin D Research of 2014
Higher vitamin D blood levels may reduce the risk of many types of disease including autoimmune diseases, cancers, cardiovascular disease, dementia, diabetes mellitus and falls and fractures. Research into the health effects associated with vitamin D continued to be strong in 2014. The number of publications with vitamin D in the title or abstract listed…
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Marketing Focus – Current Marketing Trends
Greetings from the driest continent on Earth. No, not Australia … Antarctica. The scenery and setting are inspiring. A different dimension of serenity is experienced, enabling one to clear the mind and to shorten the focus, devoid of the ubiquitous distractions of the contemporary digital world. I am onboard the ship Sea Adventure, among a…
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I’ve been thinking about drugs, wars, Christmases, and your hospital (the one you work in and/or the one you go to as a patient).
On my daily walks, I’ve been listening to Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. I’m at Christmas of 1943—the year Bing Crosby’s newly recorded “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” began tugging at souls on radios across America. The tug persists. Though the bestseller’s central figure, Louis Zamperini, did…
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Success is not about your lack of resources, it’s about being resourceful with what you have
Do you remember the TV show “MacGyver”? He was the epitome of resourcefulness. He would get trapped, usually in a building that contained a ticking time bomb, but he was able to free himself by being resourceful and using what was available to him, like duct tape or chewing gum. I was always intrigued –…
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Failure – Avoid or Embrace?
Failure is something that most people try to avoid. This is perfectly natural as no one likes to admit failure – particularly if that failure results in the collapse of a business and the impact that has on the owners, team members, suppliers and customers! However, the fear of failure also has the effect of…
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ASMI Media Releases – Labelling NSAIDS
ASMI welcomes TGA consultation on labelling of NSAIDs 5 February 2015 – The Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) today welcomed a Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) consultation on the labelling of oral over-the counter (OTC) nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Last year the TGA conducted a review of the cardiovascular safety of NSAIDs and the safety of…