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Diluting the debate
When we are asked what sort of tea we want at a cafè, we select an option. We know what we want – English breakfast tastes different that Earl Grey, Green Tea and others. So, we acknowledge that teas have different properties, different tastes, different “actives”. What is it then so hard for pharmacists to…
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Marketing Focus – Essays on Management & Marketing
A little gratuitous advice to the Australian Prime Minster, Malcolm Turnbull: Schedule this year’s Federal election for September, or better still, October. At this time the Australian economy and commerce do not need a 5-to 6-week distraction that will impact on productivity, momentum and cash-flow. The later the better, is only a compromise. Now is…
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Charisma breeds success
Some people walk into a room and all heads turn. When they begin to speak, people are mesmerized. They instantly gain respect and trust. In a word, they have charisma, one of the most desirable and enviable qualities in the world. What is charisma? It’s hard to define, but it is many things, such as…
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BMJ Suppresses Information – Informant Responds
Please see below my email to Fiona Godlee, editor-in-chief of The BMJ. This is also relevant to other aluminium-adjuvanted vaccines, e.g. HPV and pertussis. The more I look into vaccination policy and practice, the more appalled I become. Vaccination policy has been effectively hijacked by the vaccine industry. Children all around the world are…
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A Pharmacy Clinical Service Model – Innovating and Adapting from Others
Recently, in my capacity as a management consultant, I was asked to review some policies for a security company I had an association with, in a health capacity. Security guards, because of their continual work during the night and early mornings, suffer from health problems related to their interrupted circadian rhythms. The first casualty is…
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Make the Right Turn at the Next Crossroads
In the latest edition of Drug Topics, senior pharmacist Truman Lastinger describes a scenario for what he describes as Retail Pharmacy in the US. Because US pharmacy is a bit ahead in evolution than Australian pharmacy his comments are very relevant for today’s Australian pharmacy, the practice of which has split into three components- Retail…
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Trust – It Always Has to be Worked at
Pharmacy always appears in national polls measuring trust, and always in the first three, with results for pharmacists, nurses and doctors all highly ranked and all close together. Trust is an elusive concept to quantify and when evaluating, only a subjective opinion can be formed as a measurement. But in human beings it is something…
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Japan stopped recommending HPV Vaccines in 2014!
All Australian adolescent girls and boys participating in school-based HPV vaccination programs need to be aware that the Japanese government placed a moratorium on the use of HPV vaccines (Gardasil) in 2014 and many other countries are considering similar action. This was due to its unproven outcomes. Gardasil and its GlaxoSmithKline equivalent, Cervarix, are vaccines which claim to…
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Murdoch Press Continues to Drive an Alarmist Zika Virus Agenda
The Murdoch press is at it again trying to stir up a bit of panic over the Zika virus being found in a Rockhampton visitor, which seems to i2P just a bit of a nonsense campaign to promote the way for a new mandatory vaccine to appear in the market place. In my last detailed…
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NAVIGATING THE ROAD AHEAD
Below, is a concise text which provides insights on just two of six key aspects which are impacting global, national and local economies and market places. I am confident that you, like delegates to a forthcoming conference, will recognise and successfully pursue your own objectives and outcomes from this information sharing. Enjoy. Profit. Share. Barry Urquhart…