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Editor’s Choice: stem cell extracts to repair damaged hair roots
Thursday | Jun 29 2023HAIR loss is a problem that affects people all over the world.
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Double win as ICS for mum helps kids
Thursday | Jun 29 2023DR BRONWYN Brew (pictured) has been announced as the recipient of the 2023 Asthma and Airways Career Development Fellowship, jointly funded by the National Asthma Council Australia and the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand.
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ACT’s ‘landmark change’
Wednesday | Jun 28 2023PHARMACISTS in the ACT are now authorised to administer medicines for injection, including Long-Acting Injectable Buprenorphine.
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Reducing AMR saves economy millions
Wednesday | Jun 28 2023FIRST of its kind research examining the impact of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Australia has shown the clinical and economic benefits of reducing 'superbug' infections.
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Iron screening engages the health talk
Wednesday | Jun 28 2023WITH one in eight people over two years of age not consuming enough iron to meet their daily needs1, and around 8% of pre-school children, 12% of Australian women, & 20% of people older than 85 years being anaemic2, a "large portion of our pharmacy customers would benefit from having their iron levels checked and monitored," said Zena Daher, pharmacist-owner, Blooms The Chemist, Burwood, NSW.
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More babies born, and to older mums
Wednesday | Jun 28 2023IN AUSTRALIA there was a record increase in babies born in 2021.
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iNova to buy Betadine
Tuesday | Jun 27 2023INOVA is set to acquire the consumer health product portfolio from Mundipharma International, which is primarily made up of the Betadine brand.
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Labels that talk to you
Tuesday | Jun 27 2023A SMARTPHONE app, called OurPillsTalk which is the invention of a NSW pharmacist, reads medicine labels out loud and can translate them into over 40 languages, assisting disadvantaged or susceptible patients by reducing adverse drug events.
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First stage of meds on 60DD out now
Monday | Jun 26 2023THE list of medicines in stage one of the 60-DD policy is now confirmed, with the legislative instrument to enable the policy change registered on the Federal Register of Legislation, ahead of being tabled in the Senate next month, the Federal Dept of Health has confirmed.
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PATY NSW finalists shine
Monday | Jun 26 2023PHARMACY assistant Morgan Burnside (pictured left) from Priceline Pharmacy Beecroft in Sydney has been chosen to represent New South Wales at the national finals of the 2023 Pharmacy Guild of Australia/Maxigesic Pharmacy Assistant of the Year Award (PATY).