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New option for gut pain
Friday | Jan 6 2023TARGETING a receptor responsible for our sense of touch and temperature, which researchers have now found to be present in our colon, could provide a new avenue for treating chronic pain associated with gastrointestinal disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome.
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Loyalty program is 8m and counting
Thursday | Jan 5 2023PRICELINE Pharmacy's Sister Club has signed up its 8 millionth member, reinforcing its position as Australia's largest health and beauty loyalty program.
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Aussies on FIP ECPG team
Thursday | Jan 5 2023THE International Pharmaceutical Federation has confirmed the 2023 members of its Early Career Pharmacist Group (ECPG) steering committee and subcommittee, which this year includes four Australian pharmacists.
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Board warns against online scripts
Wednesday | Jan 4 2023THE Medical Board of Australia has issued new draft guidelines which warn doctors not to prescribe medication to people via text, email or online in cases where they have never actually spoken to the patient.
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Discovery leads to COPD treatment
Wednesday | Jan 4 2023RESEARCH led by the Centenary Institute, the University of Technology Sydney and Ghent University Hospital, Belgium has identified a new therapeutic approach for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) - the targeting and inhibition of a protein called RIPK1.
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Immune system tracked
Wednesday | Jan 4 2023IN A world-first comprehensive study, the human immune system has been tracked from birth up until the age of 75 years, which has paved the way for future therapies to tune the immune systems of people at higher risk of certain diseases.
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Tasmanian scope review under way
Tuesday | Jan 3 2023THE new year will see the review of Tasmanian Pharmacists' Scope of Practice get underway, providing an opportunity for pharmacists in this state to 'catch up' to their colleagues in other jurisdictions, and for Tasmanians to be able to access basic healthcare more readily within their local community.
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OS pharmacist course
Tuesday | Jan 3 2023THE Australasian College of Pharmacy, in partnership with the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, has launched the Career Preparedness for Australian Community Pharmacy course for overseas-trained pharmacists wishing to work in Australia.
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PPA reveals 7CPA pharmacy payments
Friday | Dec 23 2022NEWLY unveiled data from the Pharmacy Programs Administrator (PPA) has provided details on professional services payments funded under the Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement (7CPA), with a total of more than $550 million paid out so far since the agreement came into effect on 01 Jul 2020.
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National AED rollout starts
Friday | Dec 23 2022Lifesaving Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) are set to be installed at 11 National Pharmacies stores, with Greg "Yellow Wiggle" Page helping to launch one of the first four units at the group's outlet in Mitcham, SA yesterday.