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EDITORIAL for Monday 9 July 2018
Welcome to the current edition of i2P (Information to Pharmacists) E-Magazine for Monday 9 July 2018. The RACGP executive have continued their unwarranted and unprofessional commentary regarding supposed “turf encroachments” by pharmacy. This fractured organisation appears to have been led by an executive determined to create a disruptive distraction. i2P believes that this is simply…
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Countdown as Australian Pharmacy Begins the Transition as Part of a Global Network
In an i2P editorial dated May 29 2017, an analysis of the rift between Sigma and Chemist Warehouse was provided. Please take the time to revisit this analysis. While dialogue between the parties continued since that date, the inevitable has now happened and the rift has become a split. In the i2P analysis at that…
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Cannabis Confusion
Recent and quite mischievous reporting in the medical media is confusing the issues around our willingness to accept medicinal cannabis into the analgesic arena. I refer particularly to the “world’s longest in-depth community study” in which the four-year study of 1500 people examined the effect of cannabis on pain. The report goes on to say…
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Next Generation Vaccines Built to Alter Human Genetics
Altering human genetics through vaccination The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has launched efforts to create a vaccine that would protect people from most flu strains, all at once, with a single shot. Over the years, I’ve written many articles refuting claims that vaccines are safe and effective, but we’ll put all…
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The Safe Vaccine Debate – 1. Samer Hakim: Gardasil/Cervarix HPV Vaccination – to jab or not to jab? 2. Dr Judy Wilyman: Newsletters #201 & #202 3. Robert Kennedy’s World Mercury Project: Vaccines and the Liberal Mind
1. Samer Hakim: Gardasil/Cervarix HPV Vaccination – to jab or not to jab? Editor’s Note: We are pleased to publish a research report from an Australian pharmacist who has some issues with some vaccines marketed in Australia. He makes his comments independently, even going to the extent of producing a video to record his findings. All…
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Understanding Medical Cannabis – 1.CannabisTech: Distillation becomes another invaluable step towards a better understanding of individual cannabinoids. 2. CBD Testers: World Health Organization To Possibly Reschedule Cannabis 3. Jerusalem Post: A higher calling: How Israeli marijuana research changed the world
1.CannabisTech: Distillation becomes another invaluable step towards a better understanding of individual cannabinoids. Short path distillation is an innovative process of cannabinoid separation and recapture. It’s highly technical but has recently become a crucial step in the production of cannabis vape products, edibles, and other refined cannabis products, which require higher purity than which is…
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Mistakes Are Opportunities To Learn
A young vice president was appointed by the board of directors of a bank to replace the retiring president and founder. With fear and trepidation, he made an appointment to visit with the seasoned retiree to seek his advice. “Mr. Clark, I need your counsel. How can I possibly be successful in this job?” The…
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Marketing Focus – 1. THE “HAWTHORNE EFFECT” LIVES ON. 2. SERIOUSLY, FUN 3. TRUE TO YOURSELF 4. INITIATING, NOT MANAGING CHANGE 5. GUARANTEED – REALLY?
1. THE “HAWTHORNE EFFECT” LIVES ON. It warrants attention, involvement and refinement by all the lessons learnt have been profound, but often unexpected. During the 1950s academics from University of Chicago undertook a study of employee performance at The Western Electric plant in the locality of Hawthorne, Illinois, United States of America. They were studying,…
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PSA Media Releases – 1. Pharmacy Shark Tank finalists to take the plunge 2. Pharmacists and GPs must work together for the best patient outcomes 3. New training for pharmacists to re-enter the profession 4. New PSA Early Career Pharmacist Director to focus on the future
1. Pharmacy Shark Tank finalists to take the plunge July 2, 2018 PSA has announced the three finalists who will pitch their innovative pharmacy idea or product to the Pharmacy Shark Tank at PSA18 for a chance to share in a $10,000 prize pool. Pharmacists and researchers from across the country submitted applications for the…
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NPS Media Releases – Australian Prescriber
MEDICINEWISE UPDATE JUNE 2018 Asthma webinar on-demand Watch our CPD-accredited webinar Difficult-to-treat and severe asthma: changing the paradigm to find out about new therapies, and how to identify and manage difficult-to-treat and severe asthma. Download replay ______________________________________ Neuropathic pain: current definition and review of drug treatment The definition of neuropathic pain has changed and opioids…