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Aussies living longer but not healthier
Thursday | Dec 12 2024LIVING with overweight or obesity has overtaken tobacco smoking as the leading risk factor contributing to disease burden in 2024, according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
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Drop in opioid prescribing
Wednesday | Dec 11 2024AUSTRALIA'S use of prescription opioid painkillers dropped by 21% between 2015 and 2022, according to a new analysis.
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Hospital out-of-pocket costs rise
Wednesday | Dec 11 2024AUSTRALIANS with private health insurance hospital cover are paying 71% more in out-of-pocket costs compared to five years ago, according to an analysis by Australian finance platform money.com.au.
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10 million blister packs milestone hit
Tuesday | Dec 10 2024BLOOMS The Chemist has achieved a major milestone by recycling more than 10 million blister packs from across its pharmacy network in partnership with Pharmacycle.
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Helping pharmacy efficiency
Tuesday | Dec 10 2024AN INNOVATIVE tool that prioritises high-risk inpatients and streamlines workflows was presented at the Advanced Pharmacy Australia Medicines Management conference in Adelaide last month.
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Guild marks 5,000 UTI services in Tas
Monday | Dec 9 2024THE Tasmanian branch of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia has celebrated 5,000 occasions of service under the urinary tract infection pilot, with the President of the branch Joe O'Malley joined by Minister for Women Jo Palmer and Minister Roger Jaensch to mark the milestone.
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Call for palliative care EOIs
Monday | Dec 9 2024THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) successfully applied for a National Palliative Care Project grant from the Department of Health and Aged Care last year.
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Tegen’s vision for rural pharmacy
Monday | Dec 9 2024PHARMACISTS working in rural and regional areas continue to face unique challenges their city-based counterparts do not, and may not even be aware of.
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Heart health collaboration
Friday | Dec 6 2024TERRYWHITE Chemmart has joined forces with Advara HeartCare and Novartis Australia to form the Heart Health Collective.
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DTC medical test concern
Friday | Dec 6 2024DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER (DTC) health and medical tests are risking people's health and wellbeing, argued a team of Australian and international experts in a paper published yesterday in the BMJ.
