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Sigma launches InClinic
Tuesday | Aug 20 2019PATIENTS visiting select Amcal, Guardian and Discount Drug Store pharmacies will be able to consult with a GP, using InClinic, a telehealth platform.
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Employers liable for harassment: PPA
Monday | Aug 19 2019EMPLOYERS are being warned that they can be held "vicariously liable for acts of sexual harassment by their employees", in the wake of a former pharmacist's revelations that she suffered abuse while an intern with "one of Australia's largest discount pharmacies" (PD 16 Aug).
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World’s best health system
Monday | Aug 19 2019MINISTER for Health, Greg Hunt, speaking at the National Press Club in Canberra last week, announced the launch of Australia's Long Term National Health Plan: to build the world's best health system, which commits an injection of $435 billion, including improved access to medicines through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
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TGA hits adverts
Monday | Aug 19 2019THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has clarified possible steps the Secretary of the Department of Health may take when issuing advertising direction notices.
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Don’t stop statins
Monday | Aug 19 2019PATIENTS aged 75 and older who abandon statin treatment for high cholesterol have an increased risk of suffering a cardiovascular event, research published in the European Heart Journal reveals.
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Pharmacy staff hurt in armed robbery
Monday | Aug 19 2019A KNIFE wielding 19-year-old has been arrested and charged over a robbery at a Melbourne pharmacy that saw a 51-year-old female staff member injured.
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Vit A for skin
Monday | Aug 19 2019NEW research published in JAMA Dermatology, and involving more than 120,000 people, shows vitamin A can lower risk of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) - see jamanetwork.com.
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Dispensary Corner 19 Aug 19
Monday | Aug 19 2019IT'S remarkable how humans will refuse to use services specifically designed for the problems they have, but research by the United Kingdom's largest online pharmacy, Pharmacy2U, has found internet searches such as "how to know chest pains are serious", rose by almost 9,000% between 2015 and 2018.
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