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Soil and our future – health, climate change and feeding the world
The impact of soil on children’s blood lead levels to how farmers can respond to climate change are among the hot button issues under discussion at the 2015 Agriculture and Environment Research Symposium. The University of Sydney’s Faculty of Agriculture and Environment brings together leading experts from Australia, New Zealand and the United States for…
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Power of the media’s impact on medicine use revealed
More than 60,000 Australians are estimated to have reduced or discontinued their use of prescribed cholesterol-lowering statin medications following the airing of a two-part series critical of statins by ABC TV’s science program, Catalyst, a University of Sydney study reveals in the latest Medical Journal of Australia. The analysis of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme medication…
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Novel mHealth app detects depression
Passive app requires ‘no effort on the part of the user’ Feeling down? Your smartphone will most likely know before you or your doctors do, after a recent study showed promise for an mHealth app that detects depression and monitors at-risk populations. Researchers at Northwestern University’s department of preventive medicine have developed a novel mobile…
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Pharmacy as a Diabetes Information Resource – Really?
AccentHealth collected data in the US through an online survey conducted over a single week, to give a snapshot of where, and from whom, information on diabetes and advice was obtained Participants responded via AccentHealth’s national, online panel of network viewers, and the survey yielded 520 respondents who were at least 18 years of age,…
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Half of All Children Will Be Autistic by 2025, Warns Senior Research Scientist at MIT
Editor’s Note: In our last edition we ran information pertaining to Homeopaths and the NHMRC committee investigating the effectiveness of this modality. A number of inconsistencies and procedures were highlighted as the NHMRC appeared to be manufacturing a report to conform to certain extreme views of some medical groups, rather than a true evidence-based approach…
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News Roundup for 6 July 2015
ACCC to champion agribusiness supply chain transparency 05 July, 2015 Minister Joyce says the Australian Government is serious about ensuring farmers get a fair deal for their efforts. The Australian Government has acted on concerns raised by farmers about supply chain transparency during the consultation phase of the Agricultural Competitiveness White Paper. Minister for…
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Reinventing the Condom with a range of useful benefits
A group of scientists in Australia is developing a series of condoms which it claims could feel even better than wearing nothing at all. A team at the University of Wollongong (UOW) have been experimenting with hydrogel materials, which they say have a range of benefits over latex. Ultra-strong and flexible, hydrogels have been around…
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News Roundup for Monday 29 June 2015
This week: * Australian Pharmacy Council Insights Bulletin * New Drug Approvals taking 15 months longer than other countries ___________________________________________________________ APC INSIGHTS Volume 1, Issue 2: June 2015 In this Issue It’s on again! 2015 Colloquium Advanced practice pharmacists – pilot program reaches a new phase May Council Update Changes to APC Constitution New Councillors…
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Semi-starvation diets offer new hope for obesity with binge eating
Severe diets don’t necessarily lead to binge eating and could be used to treat obesity without risking the disorder, according to new research from the University of Sydney’s Charles Perkins Centre and the University of Western Sydney. The surprising discovery suggests that severe diets, such as those involving meal-replacement shakes, don’t necessarily exacerbate binge-eating behaviour.…
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News Roundup 22 June 2015
Sigma supporting Pharmacists’ Support Service The Pharmacists’ Support Service (PSS) has been given a boost through a generous donation of $2,500 from Sigma. The donation will be put towards further training for the volunteer pharmacists who provide the service and raising awareness that the service is available to all Australian pharmacists, pharmacy interns and students.…