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Health Fund Managed Care – Will it be a short-term positive or a long-term negative for Pharmacy
There seems little doubt that the Australian government is setting out to introduce a US style of healthcare management using health funds to “front” for some of their objectives. Despite the fact that the US has the worst health system in the world (as well as the most expensive), government seems to think that by…
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I’ve Been Thinking – She should have been home for Christmas too
I’ve been thinking about drugs, wars, Christmases, and your hospital (the one you work in and/or the one you go to as a patient). On my daily walks, I’ve been listening to Laura Hillenbrand’sUnbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. I’m at Christmas of 1943—the year Bing Crosby’s newly recorded “I’ll Be…
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Senior US Ex-Vaccination Researcher Interviewed
Editor’s Note: The following interview was conducted by Jon Rappoport with a senior US scientist and ex- vaccine researcher. As an investigative reporter, Jon Rappoport’s credentials are exceptionally high. He also publishes his own blog titled nomorefakenews and you can view it by clicking on the link. The vaccine researcher’s name has been suppressed for the…
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Leadership, Future Direction, Public Health and Triage Services
Most pharmacists recognise the need to expand their focus from dispensing to something wider. Community pharmacy is the most visible “face” of pharmacy, but its leadership struggles to keep its members focused on creative pathways that utilise the natural advantages of a community pharmacy – convenient location, health professional availability and access, a “core” duality…
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Crazy, cruel cancer ‘cures’
Some cancer patients, ignoring medical advice, are choosing ‘natural’ approaches to their disease. Steve Jobs (co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc), Penelope Dingle, Sharyn and her daughter, Jess Ainscough, all used alternative interventions before dying of cancer. Despite phenomenal progress with medical treatments, cancer quackery remains a flourishing and lucrative business throughout the developed…
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Medical Marijuana Creates Clinical and Financial Opportunity for Pharmacists
The Australian Government intends to amend the Narcotic Drugs Act to allow cannabis to be grown for medicine or science and ensure that Australia is not in breach of international drug treaties. In Australia currently Cannabis is prohibited or otherwise managed through Drug Scheduling: (a) when separately specified in these Schedules; or (b) processed hemp…
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Coercive Vaccination and Senate Submission
From Judy Wilyman Coercive Vaccination in Australia: A Breach of Good Medical Practice The concerned Australian community calls on the new Liberal team to put an end to coercive vaccination practices in Australia. The ‘No Jab No Pay’ policy that is currently before a Senate Committee Inquiry in Australia and due to be introduced into law by…
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Medical Marijuana and its Positive Possibilities for Pharmacy
The case for legalising marijuana for medical purposes has been tested – and has been won (Victoria has set in motion the regulatory arrangements for this to happen in their state-others will follow). Now it’s the turn of the regulators who have the problem of separating legal use from illegal use. As more research is…
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Public Forum Sydney to Discuss the Government’s ‘No Jab No pay’ Policy
The Australian Federal government is planning to amend its social welfare policies to make the continually expanding national schedule of vaccines compulsory for children of all ages to receive government welfare benefits. In this proposed legislation, the Social Services Minister is removing conscientious objection to vaccination (a medical intervention) based on ‘personal, philosophical or religious’…
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“Bite Back Campaign” – a toothy tiger?
Water fluoridation is one of the 20th Century’s most important advances in public health. It has been successfully practised for more than 70 years. However, tens of thousands of our children will continue to suffer from bad teeth as a growing number of anti-science local councils remain determined to strongly resist fluoridating their drinking water.…