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Doctor’s “Party Line” Analysed By Mainstream Media At Last!
Editor’s Note: For as many years as I can remember, doctors have been pressing government to fund education for an increasing number of doctors and for doctors to control just about every aspect of primary health care, particularly in leadership roles. Suddenly the mainstream media is beginning to question the party line, along with government.…
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Not Just Foot Traffic But An Audience that Likes to Shop
It seems that the Westfield Shopping Centre Management is prepared to take a risk by merging Internet retailers with their physical tenants. The risk being that already pressured retailers will feel they are being leveraged and sacrificed to Internet retailers without a corresponding benefit. Others will say that the process simply legitimises what is already…
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Sleep’s Link To Learning And Memory Traced To Brain Chemistry
Almost a century after the discovery that sleep helps us remember things, scientists are beginning to understand why. During sleep, the brain produces chemicals that are important to memory and relives events we want to remember, scientists reported this week at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in Washington D.C. “One of the most profound effects of…
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New Pharmacy Paradigm – Drone Delivery
Editor’s Note: In keeping with our “over-the-horizon” view of pharmacy we allow staff writers to exercise their imagination and publish “what if?” material. Drone technology could become an integral component of a pharmacy-in-the home project, and because of its widespread uptake, it will be at a reasonable cost. We will check back in over time.…
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Drug Unlocks Malleable, Fast-Learning, Child-Like State In Adult Brain
Professor Carla Shatz of Stanford University and her colleagues have discovered a way to revert an adult brain to the “plastic”, child-like state that is more able to form new connections quickly. The technical term “plastic” implies the ability to adapt or shape itself to new conditions. The striking results were revealed through experiments on…
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Study shows marijuana’s long-term effects on the brain
The effects of chronic marijuana as stated by this site, use on the brain may depend on age of first use and duration of use, according to researchers at the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas. In a paper published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), researchers for the…
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Nurse practitioners ‘fill a gap’ in aged care
Editor’s Note:Nurse Practitioners established themselves as independent practitioners with prescribing rights about 12 years ago.Since that date they have been exploring opportunities for an expanded nurse practitioner role. Pharmacists on the other hand, while capable of an independent role and actually demonstrating that role through the development of Home Medicines Reviews (and derivatives) have been…
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Consumer Health Opportunities
People who are committed to healthful eating and lifestyles are well-informed about ingredients and food labels, and hard to sway with label claims. Yet they don’t fully appreciate the health benefits of frozen fruit and vegetables. Those are a few insights from a new report from Dunnhumby that analyzes the value and behaviors of “health-committed”…
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Vein Viewing Technology Use is an Australian First
Editor’s Note: The following information comes from the Australian Red Cross, who are trialling a device that utilises near infrared light to track blood vessels to improve the blood donation experience. Near infrared light is starting to appear in a range of medical technologies that can provide cheap and accurate metrics for patients for a…
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FOUR WAYS TO PREPARE YOURSELF FOR AN EBOLA OUTBREAK
Editor”s Note: The following article is republished from a US newsletter titled “Underground Insider”. It contains sensible and useful information for pharmacists to utilise within their own homes and families, or to pass on to any worried customers/patients. In Australia, we are fortunate that our location provides some defence against viruses such as Ebola, but…