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Pharmacists can ease the burden
Thursday | Jan 31 2019THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia says Australia's community pharmacy sector stands ready to fill gaps in primary care, citing a new Productivity Commission report which highlights the burden on GPs and hospitals.
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$36.8m for Parkinson’s
Thursday | Jan 31 2019PARKINSON'S disease research has received a boost, with $36.8 million committed by the Health Department through the Garvan Institute's Australian Parkinson Mission and in Parkinson's nurses to improve the life of people living with the disease and ultimately to find a cure.
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Dispensary Corner 31 Jan 19
Thursday | Jan 31 2019ONCE upon a time it was a trusted medical doctrine to prescribe a course of leeches for virtually any physical ailment, but thankfully very few have remained faithful to its uniform usage over the years.
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Pharmacy leadership program
Wednesday | Jan 30 2019THE University of Sydney has announced the launch of a new "Pharmacy Leaders Program" which is being offered for the first time ever during 2019.
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Hats off to NAPSA’s Team VPSA!
Wednesday | Jan 30 2019THESE outfits worn by the Victorian Pharmacy Students' Association last weekend really taco the cake.
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Pharmacy’s primary importance
Wednesday | Jan 30 2019HEALTH programs that encourage patients to visit pharmacies as their first port of call for minor conditions have been shown to reduce the burden on doctors and allow better use of available resources, according to a major International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) presentation to the World Health Organization's Executive Board.
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Faecal transplants
Wednesday | Jan 30 2019THE Therapeutic Goods Administration is seeking comments from interested parties on a paper canvassing "Options for the Regulation of Faecal Microbiota Transplantation materials".
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Bournemouth bust
Wednesday | Jan 30 2019BRITAIN'S Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has carried out raids in Bournemouth following an in-depth investigation into a network suspected to be involved in the illegal importation and supply of medicines.
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Olive some of that!
Wednesday | Jan 30 2019THE Olive Wellness Institute is conducting a free CPD accredited webinar for pharmacists with Clinical Herbalist and Educator Ian Breakspear presenting.
