Summer in the Snowys-High Education in The High Country
Australia Interpretation of Literature NSAIDs and CV risk Glitazones and CV riskCalcium and CV risk Lately the news has been full of warnings about NSAIDs, glitazones and calcium. But evidencebasedmedicine requires judicious use of current best evidence…
Pharmacist Coalition Calls For Greater Recognition of Pharmacist Roles
Australia 14th October 2011 by PCHR The Pharmacist Coalition for Health Reform has welcomed the Labor Party Caucus Health Committee’s description of pharmacy professionals as the “vital link” in the Australian health system. Speaking at the Pharmacy…
Pharmacists Active in Supporting Consumer Care
Australia 19 October 2011 The National President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA), Mr Grant Kardachi, said today that “the professional role of the pharmacist is critical to any patient support program.“PSA prefers an approach where…
PSA Helping Pharmacists Provide Best Mental Health Services
Australia 16 October 2011 The release of figures showing that 29 million prescriptions were dispensed last year for mental health-related conditions is a stark reminder of the key role that pharmacists can and should play in what is widely accepted to…
Advanced Pharmacy Practice Framework Steering Committee Progress Report
Australia 12 October 2011 The Advanced Pharmacy Practice Framework Steering Committee (APPFSC) is a profession-wide collaborative forum of 11 organisations which commenced work in March following a review of the competency standards for pharmacists.…
PGA Newsletter Vol.1 No.23,19th October 2011
Australia The Pharmacy Guild has rejected a report in the some Fairfax newspapers today which claims pharmacists are paid “kickbacks” to promote some prescription medicines. This is totally false.There is no legitimate comparison between the Pfizer…
PGA Newsletter Vol.1 No.22,12th October 2011
Australia The Lung Foundation is calling on Australians to “Show Us Your Lungs!” and take lung health seriously as the gap in peoples’ perception of their lung health and the reality of their condition is of concern to medical experts and peak…
Wipe Out Tuberculosis in 2050
TaiwanThe 2011 FIP (international pharmaceutical federation) was held in Indian, which published about 400 articles. The most attractive issue was how to globally fight against tuberculosis and the roles that pharmacists should performed. About 900…
Chemo Appears Safe in Pregnancy: Research
Taiwan STOCKHOLM--Treating pregnant cancer patients with powerful chemotherapy drugs appears not to harm their unborn children, but pre-term delivery to avoid subjecting them to chemotherapy does, according to a study by cancer experts on Tuesday.…
Daily Aspirin Usage Tied To Risk Of Vision Loss: Study
Taiwan Reuters--Seniors who take aspirin daily are twice as likely to have late stage macular degeneration, an age-related loss of vision, than people who never take the pain reliever, according to a European study. The data does not show that aspirin…