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Dispensary Corner
Tuesday | Apr 10 2018
10 Apr 18HEALTH officials in Britain have launched a review of procedures at a hospital in Ipswich after staff members asked pop star Ed Sheeran to pose for selfies and sign autographs when he was admitted for treatment of a broken arm last year.
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Pharmacists advancing
Monday | Apr 9 2018ADVANCING Practice has announced that Round 1 applications have now closed with Advisory Board chair, Associate Professor Ian Coombes, saying the number of applicants has "well and truly exceeded expectations".
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Amcal sponsors Mother’s Day run
Monday | Apr 9 2018AMCAL has joined forces with next month's iconic Women in Super Mother's Day Classic as a gold sponsor of the annual fun run and walk celebrating those touched by breast cancer and raising funds and awareness for breast cancer research.
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Guild GORD module
Monday | Apr 9 2018GUILD Learning and Development has partnered with Reckitt Benckiser in the development of a CPD-accredited online course titled 'The burning issue: Managing breakthrough symptoms of gastro-oesophageal reflux'.
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TGA AE surveys
Monday | Apr 9 2018THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is conducting a survey of health professionals and consumers around experiences and attitudes towards key issues related to medicines, especially with relation to adverse events (AEs).
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Boots gets it up first
Monday | Apr 9 2018UK PHARMACY chain Boots has struck a deal with Viagra maker Pfizer to have exclusive access to sildenafil for two weeks before it is released to the wider pharmacy service, since being down-scheduled as a pharmacist-only OTC medicine (PD 30 Nov 2017).
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NDARC quitter call
Monday | Apr 9 2018NEW South Wales smokers who want to quit are being recruited by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) to take part in a world first trial comparing two smoking cessation medications: a natural plant extract, cytisine, and the prescription medicine, varenicline.
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Naturopath fail
Monday | Apr 9 2018DISGRACED Sydney naturopath Marilyn Pauline Bodnar, 61, was sentenced in the NSW District Court last week to 14 months in prison for putting a breastfeeding mother on a liquid diet that nearly starved her eight-month-old baby to death.
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Medadvisor milestone
Monday | Apr 9 2018LISTED medication adherence provider MedAdvisor says it believes there are still significant opportunities for growth within the Australian market, after reaching one million connected patients.
