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News Roundup 22 June 2015
Sigma supporting Pharmacists’ Support Service The Pharmacists’ Support Service (PSS) has been given a boost through a generous donation of $2,500 from Sigma. The donation will be put towards further training for the volunteer pharmacists who provide the service and raising awareness that the service is available to all Australian pharmacists, pharmacy interns and students.…
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Gardasil Survivors in Ireland Launch Support Group
The R.E.G.R.E.T. Support Group was launched recently in Ireland by parents of chronically ill teenage girls. These parents blame an injection the girls received at school as the cause of their daughters’ illness. The drug in question is called Gardasil and is being marketed as an anti-cancer vaccine. R.E.G.R.E.T. is an acronym for “Reactions and Effects of Gardasil…
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HPV vaccine survivors in the Czech Republic
Editor’s Note: We continue to publish material that does not seem to enter mainstream press or medical journals. The following is similar to other reports made from a range of countries who are now reviewing their protocols and usage of this vaccine. i2P takes the position of supporting safe vaccination and would recommend to any…
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Implantable Device Delivers Medicine One Molecule at a Time
It could be used someday to treat fractured spines, pinched nerves, and epilepsy. It’s smaller than your index finger, and it might be the future of implantable devices to treat a fractured spine, pinched nerve, or neurological disorder like epilepsy. As they report in the journal Science today, a team of engineers and medical researchers in Sweden has…
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Making Universal Blood Through Enzymes
Universal blood is an appealing notion because it could be transfused into anyone regardless of blood type. Researchers have been kicking around the idea of using enzymes to create universal blood since the early 1980s, “but a major limitation has always been the efficiency of the enzymes,” says Stephen Withers at the University of British Columbia.…
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APC Insights – a newsletter from the Australian Pharmacy Council
A word from our CEO: Welcome to our first edition of APC Insights. This is our new style newsletter that we will be using to bring our news to you on a regular basis. We hope this … Read more> Advanced practice pharmacists – a new path for pharmacy in Australia A pilot program testing…