News
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Rethinking anxiety
Friday | Feb 8 2019NPS MedicineWise has launched a new educational program focusing on the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety disorders, including a webinar, clinical audit and other educational materials for health professionals - nps.org.au.
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APC collaboration
Friday | Feb 8 2019THE Australian Pharmacy Council is set to host a Colloquium in May, this year partnering with the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council on the theme of professional collaboration.
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Microdosing queried
Friday | Feb 8 2019NEW research investigating the concept of taking very small amounts of psychedelic substances on a regular basis, or "microdosing", has found less-than-encouraging results for the proponents of the practice.
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APP entrepreneur
Friday | Feb 8 2019TECH entrepreneur and 'shark' on Network Ten's previous competitive reality show, Shark Tank Australia, Steve Baxter will share his secrets at APP2019 on how pharmacies can benefit by thinking like an entrepreneur, on 07 Mar, 4.00pm.
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WHO to tick cannabis
Friday | Feb 8 2019THE World Health Organization has proposed rescheduling cannabis within international law to take account of the growing evidence for medical applications of the drug, reversing the position held for the last 60 years that cannabis should not be used in legitimate medical practice.
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Dispensary Corner
Friday | Feb 8 2019
08 Feb 19"BUTT out" - or a possibly profane Greek equivalent phrase has been getting an airing in Athens this week, after Greece's deputy health minister was reprimanded by a top EU health official for smoking in public.
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Advantage buys Nadglen
Thursday | Feb 7 2019ADVANTAGE Pharmacy Group's Queensland-based wholesale offshoot Arana Pharmacueticals has announced the acquisition of NSW pharmacy wholesaler Nadglen Pharmaceuticals.
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Guild slams GP “lunacy”
Thursday | Feb 7 2019THE release of the recent Productivity Commission report on primary and community health in Australia (PD 31 Jan 2019) has "exposed the lunacy of suggestions by doctor commentators that prescription pack sizes be increased to reduce the need for patients to visit their local community pharmacy as often," according to Pharmacy Guild Executive Director David Quilty.
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Harvey heads FOSM
Thursday | Feb 7 2019PROFESSOR Ken Harvey AM has been named as the new President of Friends of Science in Medicine, taking over the role from founding President Professor John Dwyer.
