News
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RHD roadmap
Tuesday | Feb 27 2018FOUNDATIONS have been laid for the charting of "Australia's first comprehensive roadmap to end rheumatic heart disease (RHD)," with a roundtable of experts in Darwin convened by Indigenous Health Minister, Ken Wyatt.
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GuildCare finalists
Tuesday | Feb 27 2018GUILDLINK has announced the finalists of the 2018 GuildCare Pharmacy of the Year, saying the highlighted pharmacies "lead their peers through the consistent and effective implementation of professional services.
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Wrong meds effects
Tuesday | Feb 27 2018NEW research out of Korea has indicated that potentially inappropriate medicine (PIM) use can lead to negative health consequences.
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MedAdvisor hospital push
Tuesday | Feb 27 2018LISTED medication adherence specialist MedAdvisor says it has a "significant opportunity for expansion within the hospital channel," and is currently developing a new product and process to handle hospital admissions & discharges.
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Dispensary Corner
Monday | Feb 26 2018
26 Feb 18REPRODUCTION experts have long held the view that to ensure ongoing male fertility men should wear boxer shorts and not briefs, but what if you think a patient is a little too fertile?.
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Low BC awareness
Monday | Feb 26 2018A NEW report published in Public Health Research & Practice has revealed dangerously low levels of awareness about bowel cancer (BC) risk factors and screening recommendations among Australians aged 18-85 years.
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Champix cardiac link
Monday | Feb 26 2018NEW research published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine has confirmed an association, not necessarily causative, between the use of Chantix (in Australia Champix, generic name varenicline) and cardiac events.
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Pharmacy’s future
Monday | Feb 26 2018ALL APP Conference 2018 attendees are being invited to participate in a research study to uncover trends, discover emerging opportunities and predict some of the challenges facing the pharmacy profession in coming years.
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Pharmacy chronic pain
Monday | Feb 26 2018DESPITE protestations by pharmacists that they have not been responsible for the price hikes of products containing codeine (PD Friday), Chronic Pain Australia national president Dr Coralie Wales has said the organisation "is disappointed about recent reports of pharmacies across Australia increasing the price of codeine-based medications since the 01 Feb up-scheduling".
