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Health Station Central – Rebuilding Trust
The community pharmacy environment is really the public face of pharmacy and has been privileged by being protected by legislation. There is an obligation to do the job properly and utilise the space to accommodate highly trained staff to deliver a complete service. There is also an expectation that skilled staff will be paid appropriately…
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E-Commerce Giant May Interest Pharmacy Inventors
Health and wellness, apart from providing opportunity in product retailing and the sale of health services, is also a rich source for research projects involving new inventions that represent a vast range of opportunities. Many pharmacists have an inventive component in their make-up and many useful products and services have been invented and designed to…
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Light Emitting Devices Cause Sleep Havoc
Pharmacists who specialise in providing Sleep Hygiene Advice now have another item to tick off to improve the sleep of their patients Use of a light-emitting electronic book (LE-eBook) in the hours before bedtime can adversely impact overall health, alertness and the circadian clock, which synchronizes the daily rhythm of sleep to external environmental time…
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Insulin nasal spray shows promise as treatment for adults with dementia and Alzheimer’s
Editor’s Note: That a synthetic form of intranasal insulin improves Alzheimer’s Disease, in turn may prove to be due to lowering excess glucose levels in the brain. High brain glucose is known to be inflammatory and inflammation is thought to be one of the mechanisms causing Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia.A man-made form…
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Lifestyle medicine – the right idea at the right time
Eat well, stress less, move more and love more……these four simple principles of lifestyle changes have been shown to be of significant benefit in the management of chronic disease risk, influencing ageing and reducing health care costs. Speaking at the Personalised Lifestyle Medicine Institute’s Thought Leaders Consortium in Seattle, Dr Dean Ornish, President of the…
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Magnets – good for your home and car but what about you?
In our homes, there are hundreds of uses for magnets: from securing photos onto the fridge, keeping your cupboard doors shut, to the switches in your front door bell. Because claims have been made that magnets have healing properties, they have found their way into our beds. Can they, in fact, relieve pain? From early…
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Digitally enabled care is fundamental to quality care
Clinicians are more open to utilizing burgeoning healthcare technology as part of their practice, and patients are more receptive to interacting with that technology, according to a new PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institute report released last month titled “Healthcare delivery of the future: How digital technology can bridge the gap of time and distance between clinicians…
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Health Consumers Want Connected Devices
According to an A&D Medical survey released recently, more than half (56%) of Americans want to monitor their health with connected devices. It is thought that this trend might be mirrored in Australia, as the company also has a physical presence within Australia and US trends seem to be a forerunner for Australia. A&D Medical…
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Medicines That Matter – Drug Schedules Administered by Pharmacists
It’s taken a long time for pharmacy proprietors and their leadership body to take a good look and this sector of medicines and actually do something with it. But at least it is being reviewed and that has to be a plus. Another sector, with only a handful of scheduled items within it is the…
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Price Waterhouse Cooper Sees 2015 as Good for Pharmacy
Editor’s Note: There are not too many upbeat positives for pharmacy these days anywhere in our global village community. But it’s happening and the trend is following here in Australia with momentum building. It’s the cost that is the main driver, and while US costs far exceed Australian costs, it’s now reaching a level where…