News
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Cold-plunge pain cure
Friday | Feb 16 2018A CASE-STUDY of a triathlete who accidentally may have unearthed a causal relationship between a cold-water swim and remission of postoperative intercostal neuropathic pain exacerbated by movement, has been published in a BMJ Case Report.
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Larch guideline
Friday | Feb 16 2018THE TGA has published a new compositional guideline for Larix arabinogalactan - a "highly branched polysaccharide" derived from Larix occidentalis (Western larch) or Larix laricina (Eastern larch) wood by extraction of water - for details see www.tga.gov.au.
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Pulling back the PBS veil
Friday | Feb 16 2018ACKNOWLEDGING that many Australians are unaware of the processes involved in bringing new medicines to Australia, Pharmaceutical research giant GSK and ViiV have joined to create a new report intended to "pull back the curtain" on the PBS.
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Pharmacy tobacco sales?
Friday | Feb 16 2018DRAMATICALLY changing the retail distribution of tobacco products so they become available exclusively in pharmacies, is a strategy explored by University of Otago, New Zealand researchers.
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Pharmacist-led Rx education
Friday | Feb 16 2018PHARMACIST-LED education for junior doctors has proved to be effective in reducing prescription writing errors in a Melbourne study published in the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia's Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research.
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Travel Specials 15 Feb 18 (brought to you by Cruise Weekly)
Thursday | Feb 15 2018WELCOME to Pharmacy Daily's.
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Dispensary Corner 15 Feb 18
Thursday | Feb 15 2018VALENTINE'S Day supposedly makes the heart grow fonder, but rarely have people accused fast-food giant KFC of doing the same thing - however perhaps the following story might persuade you to think differently.
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Drugs and lactation
Thursday | Feb 15 2018ASSOCIATE professor of pharmacology in the Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, at Bond University, Gold Coast, pharmacist Treasure McGuire has summarised the impact of drugs on milk during lactation in NPS MedicineWise's Australian Prescriber.
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Free eLearning
Thursday | Feb 15 2018THE Australian College of Pharmacy has announced it is making available a collection of complimentary clinical eLearning modules available to all pharmacists.
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Kids & heart disease
Thursday | Feb 15 2018THE Federal Government has announced the commitment of $150,000 for the establishment of a National Childhood Heart Disease Action Plan to be jointly developed with HeartKids.
