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Don’t Vaccinate without Vitamin C
Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, October 22, 2015 My husband and I chose to have our children vaccinated after consulting arvada pediatrics. We think some immunizations are worthwhile. We are not in favor of others, but the law is not set up in such a way where doctors and parents can make decisions together about which…
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PSA Media Releases – Pharmacists have a real role in advising on use of complementary medicines
September 10, 2015 Pharmacists have a real role in advising on use of complementary medicines The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, the peak organisation representing pharmacists across all sectors of the profession, has issued a position statement recognising that complementary medicines may have a role in the management or treatment of some conditions and that pharmacists…
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Vitamin C Infusions – where’s the evidence?
Soon after finding an engorged tick in my hair, during a recent visit to northern New South Wales, I found myself nursing a sore head in the waiting room of a busy ‘Integrative Medicine Clinic’. This was not the first time I had experienced a tick bite, so, as a cancer patient concerned about infection,…
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Menopause and “alternative” therapies
The recurring press chestnuts just keep rolling on and on, just as predictable as the four seasons. It seems that medical efforts to classify menopause as a disease state have failed miserably. Women are now seeking advice on other options from their medical practitioner. However, because of poor training, poor understanding of what role menopause…
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Clinical Pharmacy – a US Working Model
There is an excellent US publication available online and its title is “Drug Topics”. I probably have some affinity because the range of topics discussed ranges from pharmacy management to clinical pharmacy, somewhat similar to material published in i2P. One recent article caught my eye, and it was titled: The new pharmacy: Revenue streams, Part…
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Bogus bed wetting interventions
I was recently contacted by a general practitioner who specialises in treating children who wet their beds. He raised concerns that he was seeing an increasing number of parents who had previously taken their child to alternative practitioners. One child had been to a chiropractor more than 20 times to be “adjusted”. This was causing…
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Am I missing something?
Old chestnuts aren’t allowed to settle. Unbalanced pharmacy media reporting just keeps on keeping on. I was puzzled recently about a debate around the value of homeopathy in the UK. The report keeps the pot boiling on how homeopathic remedies are a “waste of money” and more importantly, “may even cause harm”. More fascinating to…
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Macquarie Uni Resumes Chiropractic Courses
In what must be a major upset for The Friends of Science in Medicine, Macquarie University has decided to reinstate chiropractic courses to degree levels once more. Two years ago, the president of the FSM, Professor John Dwyer approached Macquarie University with a proposal to exchange the chiropractic courses with research grants in the biomedical…
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Professional images?
I’m still trying to cope with the image of a pharmacist announcing that he was “binning the crap” or words to that affect, as he proudly announced that he no longer wanted to keep homeopathic medicines. That is his decision and is to be respected, but why would he make a goose of himself, especially…
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Weasel words, fuzzy phrases and other chiro “cons”
Claims advertising therapeutic services, unless supported by high level evidence, can mislead. With many chiropractors suggesting that spinal manipulation can alter the course of childhood diseases, why do regulators duck for cover? If you believe that you are being misled or deceived by a chiropractor, you can complain to the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency…