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NPS Media Releases- 1.Australian Prescriber 2. Choosing Combined OC Pills
2 FEBRUARY 2015 Latest edition of Australian Prescriber out now CHOOSING A COMBINED ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE PILL Between 50 and 80% of Australian women use the pill at some stage during their reproductive lives. There are over 30 registered brands of the combined oral contraceptive pill available in Australia, but not all are subsidised by the…
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EDITORIAL for Monday 2 February 2015
Welcome to this week’s edition of i2P- Information to Pharmacists dated Monday, 2 February, 2015. Politics, both state and federal has been dominating the news of late, and that can be unsettling at a time when pharmacy generally is struggling to come to terms with the massive price reductions of the past six months, plus…
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What is Primary Health Care?
The term is used commonly within all health professions globally. Australian doctors continually make the claim to be the natural leaders of any primary health care initiative within Australia, often disruptively. But Primary Health Care is bigger than any single profession no matter how inflated its point of view. Just how did the term arise,…
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Biometric Services
Will patient screenings and advanced, gene-based diagnostics become a standard and universally accepted part of community pharmacy’s service platform? Absolutely, and sooner rather than later, many industry experts predict. This is in line with the basic training pharmacists receive from within their pharmacy schools and is well within the scope of competency for pharmacists. For…
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Nuvola: floating a new Health & Beauty store concept into Saudi skies
Fiona Sartoretto Verna AIAPP Architect, landscape architect and painter Fiona has lived for several years in the United States where she worked on the East Coast. Married with two small daughters she travels all around the globe researching innovative concepts in retail pharmacy. She graduated with honors in Architecture, Faculty of Architecture “La Sapienza”, University…
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Walking Group is a Step to Better Health
Joining a walking group may be just what the doctor orders, because research suggests it is one of the best ways to improve your overall health. The British Journal of Sports Medicine states that it’s easy to stick with this type of exercise program, which offers a wide range of health benefits and has virtually…
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3D-Printed Liver Cells Commercially Available
I’ve sometimes wondered, though, why people care so much about space when there are so many real problems back on Terra. One company that is attempting to improve the quality of life on Earth is Organovo. This year will be described in history books as the year that the first 3D printed liver cells were…
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Is Chelation an ‘integrative’ SCAM?
An increasing number of medically trained ‘integrative‘ doctors are targeting older patients with offers of chelation for improved blood circulation and for other illnesses. Does this intervention reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease? Chelation is the administration of chelating agents, including vitamin C, vitamin B complex, heparin, sodium, minerals, trace elements, man-made amino acids, such…
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Leadership – How it Fails
In the past, Australian Pharmacy leadership has been characterised by a single word – “reprisal”. This is what you learned to expect if you dared to openly challenge a pharmacy leader. As you might imagine, i2P has survived a number of “reprisal” attacks that eventuated simply because i2P said what it genuinely thought. We have survived…
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Five Principles Combine to Make Great Logos
A great logo identifies you to the public quickly and memorably to distinguish your business from your competitors. A great logo will visually convey the qualities of business and make it stand out from the crowd. Colours, themes, and styles of your logo should help your customers gauge your price, what you offer and your…