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Medical Fascism – The Plan to ban Even Discussion of Alternative Treatments
In Australia, an effort to label all alternative (traditional, complementary) medicine products as “based on pseudoscience” has failed. Traditional remedies (much older than mainstream medicines) are defended as appropriate, and can include health claims. The Crazz Files, a major defender of health freedom in Australia, reports: “In a major win, the Federal Government has ignored…
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Health by Stealth!
Are we being complicit in accepting the gradual lowering of thresholds for various treatments? There’s some interesting discussions at the moment on the Cholesterol Treatment Trialist’s Collaboration. This is an international group of doctors and statisticians that includes Australia’s NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre. This collaboration seems to have a dogmatic approach to advocating the wider…
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Understanding Medical Cannabis – 1. Echonet: Annual police cannabis raids on again 2. NZ Herald: Why cannabis is a gateway drug in the right direction 3. The Independent: How Greece is growing medical marijuana to tackle high unemployment
1. Echonet: Annual police cannabis raids on again February 8, 2018 Growers beware. The dope squad is back in the air. As part of its annual cannabis eradication program, NSW police have once again sent their ‘cannabis cowboys’ into battle against the easiest of targets – the region’s outdoor cannabis growers. Reports indicate that the dope…
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Understanding Medical Cannabis – 1. Ganjapreneur: Poland Medical Cannabis Law Takes Effect; Products to be Sold in Pharmacies 2. Global News: Shoppers Drug Mart looking to hire brand manager for medical marijuana – Toronto 3. Global News: University of Saskatchewan professor to study marijuana as medicine – Saskatoon
1. Ganjapreneur: Poland Medical Cannabis Law Takes Effect; Products to be Sold in Pharmacies Poland’s medical cannabis laws have taken effect and cannabis-derived products will be available in the nation’s pharmacies after they are registered with the Office for Registration of Medical Products, according to a Radio Poland report. The Polish Pharmaceutical Chamber estimated that 300,000 patients could…
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Analysis of new and Existing Global Retail Market Entrants and Their Effect on all retailers and Australian Pharmacy, and the Privatisation of Health
Indications are that at least two global retailers are in the process of setting up shop in Australia – Amazon, and the German-based Kaufland group (both having selected distribution sites in Melbourne), and a third, Costco, recently arrived in Australia, has major expansion plans. Aldi, established in Australia since the year 2000, has significantly altered…
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Orthomolecular Medicine News Service – Vaccinations: To Be or Not to Be
Whether or not to vaccinate their children is a big question for parents to ponder. Instead of encompassing a one-size-fits-all attitude, there needs to be the realization of individuality on both sides of the needle—the vaccine itself and the target patient. Some vaccines are ineffective, and may in fact be harmful. [1-4] In my experience…
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Clinical Services – What Patients Will Pay For
Pharmacists have always been well regarded by their patients for their ability to deliver health literacy programs, over the counter in semi-private spaces in roughly three to five minute segments. Generally, this service has been delivered free of charge and it has formed a nearly invisible component of “core” business. Only invisible because it was free,…
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Hysteria personified – the perceived “anti-statin” cult!
Well, it’s finally happened. The demand that every single Australian over 40 be placed on statin therapy hasn’t been fulfilled. Questions being being asked by patients include: Can you explain the different particle sizes of the cholesterol reading you have, and explain where the risk lies…..is it really all about HDL and LDL? You have…
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Scientism – A Sinister Method of Control
Seth Godin has this magical way of finding the exact words for some of the myriad of thoughts that pass through my mind when I attempt to write something relevant for my profession. And then it just happens. My “in-box” lights up with Seth’s latest blog and ignites and organises my thoughts into a straight…
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How contaminated is Australia’s Health Gateway?
Given the reports that flow in regularly from around the world, have you ever wondered how contaminated Australia’s health gateway is as a reality? While Australia has regulations that make payments to doctors from Global Pharma’s a mandatory requirement, does anyone have any real trust in what is actually disclosed? And as we go through the…