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Australia a new growth market for cannabis
Australia has been flagged as a growth market for medical cannabis. A company that has listed on the Australian Securities Exchange hopes to capitalise on a growing worldwide demand for medicinal cannabis. Clinical trials are currently being organised in NSW and announcements are expected around mid-2015. According to Chicago cannabis industry attorney Davis Legal, PLLC,…
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Time for common sense and good science to prevail in the Australian vaccination debate
In recent weeks we have seen a media led campaign that has resulted in sensible debate about vaccination being sidelined by hysteria and misinformation.An artificial dualism has emerged where people are cast as either ‘pro’ or ‘anti’.This mitigates against myriad other positions, such as being in favour of vaccination in general, but having concerns about…
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Seth Godin and The Productivity Pyramid
The following quotation comes from marketing guru Seth Godin who somehow seems to formulate the essence of a contemporary problem in a few short words. If you study the words carefully you will come to think that he is speaking directly to you as a pharmacist. If the cap fits….wear it! The productivity pyramid (give…
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Good news! A compound in red wine may help prevent memory loss
Scientists have found that resveratrol, an antioxidant found in red wine, peanuts and some berries, isn’t just good for our hearts – it can also help us fend off memory loss as we age. The results suggest that the compound may even be able to help patients with severe neurodegeneration, such those with Alzheimer’s disease.…
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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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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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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…
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Telemedicine – Promising Opportunities For Clinical Pharmacists
As technology floods nearly every sector of the US economy and there is a move to convert providers from a fee-for-service model to one that reimburses based on patient outcomes, healthcare executives are gearing up for the industry’s next monumental shift. Telemedicine. The reality is that telemedicine is not a distant possibility. While few for-profit…
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15 Reasons to Date a Pharmacist
Trawling the Internet recently we came across the global dating site eHarmony promoting pharmacists as great life partners. Intrigued as to whether they were “fair-dinkum” we visited the site to see what they were saying and genuinely surprised when we realised that they were not being frivolous. As we discussed the implications of this material…
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E-Commerce Giant May Interest Pharmacy Inventors
Health and wellness, apart from providing opportunity in product retailing and the sale of health services, is also a rich source for research projects involving new inventions that represent a vast range of opportunities. Many pharmacists have an inventive component in their make-up and many useful products and services have been invented and designed to…