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Nutrition issues – another opportunity
Deakin University has come to the conclusion that most doctors are ill-equipped to identify and manage the nutritional needs of patients. Listening to my patients tell me that their GPs never allows them to eat eggs, because of the effects on their cholesterol, supports that Deakin conclusion. Deakin found for example, that a mere 15%…
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ASMI – Media Releases 1. ASMI celebrates its 40th anniversary
17 November 2014 – The Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year at the ASMI 2014 Annual Conference and a gala dinner tomorrow. ASMI Executive Director Dr Deon Schoombie said: “Over the last 40 years ASMI has become the voice of Australia’s non-prescription medicines industry, significantly influencing medicines policy and…
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NPS Media Release – ANTIBIOTIC AWARENESS WEEK 2014: IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT ANTIBIOTICS
As Antibiotic Awareness Week 2014 is held across Australia from 17-23 November, NPS MedicineWise is asking all Australians to imagine a world without antibiotics and join the fight against antibiotic resistance. NPS MedicineWise CEO, Dr Lynn Weekes, says that Antibiotic Awareness Week is a timely reminder that we all urgently need to take action to change the course…
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Pricing- Get it Right While Marketing in the Right Direction
This article is intended as a reference article for the marketing of professional services to assist all pharmacists (owners and individual practitioners) to succeed in a new paradigm of pharmacy with its traditional core business of dispensing plus free advice, with the advice component being developed to paid professional services (core expansion). Pharmacists are highly…
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The Humble Shop Window Display – Maybe a Much Needed Ingredient?
The current physical presentation for a pharmacy does not generally include a specific area that was a future of the recent past, namely a shop window. Giving ground to the view that retail space is costly and every square metre needs to be allocated to consumer accessible displays, we have seen shop windows disappear and…
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PSA Media Releases – 1. Ignite 2015 Program 2. UTS Survey 3. PGA Service Campaign
November 4, 2014 Ignite 2015 leadership program applications open Applications for PSA’s prestigious ignite Pharmacist Leadership Program 2015 have now opened. The highly regarded ignite program has been developed by the PSA to meet the ongoing leadership and career development needs of early career pharmacists (ECPs). National President of PSA, Grant Kardachi, said ignite aimed to develop high-performing ECPs into future health leaders. “This…
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NPS Media Releases – Movember Men’s Health
4 November 2014 NPS MEDICINEWISE: MEN’S HEALTH ADVICE THIS MOVEMBER As the global men’s health awareness month Movember gets underway for 2014, the latest issue of Medicinewise Living fromNPS MedicineWise advises men to make sure they are being medicinewise. Take stock of your health this Movember and make sure you are keeping your medicines in working order by thinking…
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“Ask Your Pharmacist” – the New and Not so New PGA Initiative
The landscape of pharmacy, until very recent times, has lacked affirmation and direction. The latest television advertisement developed by the PGA exhorts the general public to “ask more” about what their pharmacy provides, and then has the walls of the pharmacy open out in the form of a cross, each arm of the cross suggesting…
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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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PSA Media Releases – 1. UTS Survey 2. PGA Campaign 3. Vaccination Course 4. Innovative Pharmacist Award 5. Immunisation Pilot Award
November 2, 2014 UTS survey shows support for greater focus on pharmacist professional services The pharmacy profession remains pessimistic about its future, but sees opportunities for a greater focus on professional services in the next Community Pharmacy Agreement, according to the latest UTS Pharmacy Barometer. The barometer, on which a score of 100 represents…