News
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Hypertension dispute
Tuesday | Apr 17 2018the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association have come under heavy fire from scientists at the University of Sydney and Bond University over lowering of thresholds defining hypertension to 130/80 mmHg.
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S8 codeine?
Tuesday | Apr 17 2018THE Advisory Committee on Medicines Scheduling will consider a proposal to further up-schedule medications such as Panadeine Forte to S8, in order to address "scheduling inconsistencies".
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Coffee on the agenda
Tuesday | Apr 17 2018IN WHAT looks like a medical backflip, new research has put coffee back on the menu for people with cardiac arrhythmias.
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Pneumonia vax
Tuesday | Apr 17 2018NEW research to be presented at this week's International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Diseases (ISPPD) conference in Melbourne highlights the impact of herd immunity from infant pneumococcal conjugate vaccine programs, which have helped protect older adults from invasive pneumococcal disease.
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Early bird $ closing
Tuesday | Apr 17 2018EARLYBIRD registration closes next week for the upcoming International Life Long Learning in Pharmacy 2018 conference.
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Dispensary Corner 17 Apr 18
Tuesday | Apr 17 2018BUYERS of counterfeit cosmetics may get a lot more than they bargained for, with US police finding more than US$700,000 worth of fake make-up seized last week tested positive for faeces.
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National RTPM proposed
Monday | Apr 16 2018AUSTRALIA'S federal, state and territory health ministers have jointly agreed to "progress national real-time prescription monitoring" (RTPM), with the update revealed in a communiqu from the Council of Australian Governments Health Council meeting in Sydney on Fri.
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FIP training focus
Monday | Apr 16 2018THE International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) has announced that training and leadership development is a theme of the upcoming FIP World Congress set for 02-06 Sep in Glasgow, Scotland.
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Guild to push on NIP
Monday | Apr 16 2018THE Pharmacy Guild has confirmed it will continue to advocate to governments and health bureaucracies to allow access to National Immunisation Program stock for pharmacies providing vaccination services to be able to offer to eligible patients.
