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Guild’s LGBTQ webinar
Friday | Feb 3 2023AS WE approach World Pride 2023 in Sydney, the Pharmacy Guild is reminding its members of the importance of providing inclusive care to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer (LGBTQ ) community.
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‘Online cowboy prescribers’ are risky
Thursday | Feb 2 2023THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia is calling for better patient safety and regulation of solely online prescribers and apps.
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CDC’s summer of safety
Thursday | Feb 2 2023AUSTRALIA has the highest rates of skin cancer in the world, according to the Cancer Council.
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900 kids to benefit from Wizard’s gift
Wednesday | Feb 1 2023WIZARD Pharmacy has donated $54,558 to the Starlight Children's Foundation to help sick children and their families as part of their Starlight Giving Tree Christmas Appeal.
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Use SafeScript reminder
Wednesday | Feb 1 2023THE Pharmacy Guild is reminding pharmacists to be aware that the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2008 requires pharmacists to record certain information when dispensing medicines.
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$1.7m for pain research
Wednesday | Feb 1 2023SCIENTISTS at the University of Sydney, Australia have been awarded $1.7m from NSW Health, to research a new treatment for chronic pain affecting people with spinal cord injuries, BioSpectrum has reported.
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Push to lower discount rate in budget
Tuesday | Jan 31 2023MEDICINES Australia has used its budget submission to remind the Government of its commitment to lower Australia's high discount rate for vaccines and medicines.
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Obesity adds to frailty
Tuesday | Jan 31 2023CARRYING far too much weight, including a midriff bulge, from mid-life onwards, is linked to a heightened risk of physical frailty in older age, research published in the journal BMJ Open has found.
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SANE points to ‘shameful snapshot’
Tuesday | Jan 31 2023A NEW survey of 1,000 people affected by persistent and severe mental illness and trauma gives a "shameful snapshot of a system that fails to be affordable, accessible or adequate," said SANE, the national organisation representing Australians affected by complex mental health.
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NAPSA raises funds in support of PSS
Monday | Jan 30 2023THE Pharmacists' Support Service (PSS) has received $2,594 raised by pharmacy students during the National Australian Pharmacy Students' Association (NAPSA) Congress 2023 in Canberra.
