CMs Archives | AJP Australian Journal of Pharmacy Tue, 07 Mar 2023 01:48:52 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cropped-ajp_icon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 CMs Archives | AJP 32 32 Ads referred to ‘serious’ conditions /news/ads-referred-to-serious-conditions/ /news/ads-referred-to-serious-conditions/#disqus_thread Thu, 29 Apr 2021 08:00:35 +0000 /?p=117646 TGA issues fine of $119,880 for alleged unlawful advertising of complementary medicines Global Therapeutics has paid penalties of $119,880 after being issued nine infringement notices issued by the TGA. These ...

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]]> /news/ads-referred-to-serious-conditions/feed/ 3 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/9428257_xl.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 ٱ𳾾ɲԾԲ /news/artemisia-warning/ /news/artemisia-warning/#disqus_thread Fri, 23 Oct 2020 06:43:07 +0000 /?p=109941 The TGA is warning consumers and health professionals that listed medicines containing herbal ingredients from the Artemisia species may pose a risk during pregnancy Artemisia species have been traditionally used for a variety ...

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]]> /news/artemisia-warning/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Pregnant_belly__bellies__iStock-520621008_web.jpg?fit=1000%2C500&ssl=1 Valerian under scrutiny /news/valerian-under-scrutiny/ /news/valerian-under-scrutiny/#disqus_thread Tue, 20 Oct 2020 06:22:10 +0000 /?p=109757 The TGA is investigating the safety of Valerian following a small number of reports of liver injury Noting common uses for Valeriana officinalis – such as to help manage nervousness, ...

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]]> /news/valerian-under-scrutiny/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/65608283_m.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 Heavy metal: Ayurvedic warning /news/heavy-metal-ayurvedic-warning/ /news/heavy-metal-ayurvedic-warning/#disqus_thread Mon, 28 Sep 2020 08:52:26 +0000 /?p=108903 The NSW Health Care Complaints Commission has issued a public warning about heavy metals in Ayurvedic medicine, after it began investigating a practitioner’s claims about reversing autism The Commission has ...

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]]> /news/heavy-metal-ayurvedic-warning/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/55913584_m.jpg?fit=2024%2C2024&ssl=1 CMs: what pharmacists should do less and more /news/cms-what-pharmacists-should-do-less-and-more/ /news/cms-what-pharmacists-should-do-less-and-more/#disqus_thread Tue, 01 Sep 2020 07:46:08 +0000 /?p=107901 The debate on complementary medicines is often so polarised that to date it’s been hard to move forward, says one pharmacy researcher who has created an ethical framework for the ...

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]]> /news/cms-what-pharmacists-should-do-less-and-more/feed/ 3 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/joint-health-Copy.jpg?fit=2024%2C1347&ssl=1 Don’t listen to ‘medical medium’ say docs /news/dont-listen-to-medical-medium-say-docs/ /news/dont-listen-to-medical-medium-say-docs/#disqus_thread Tue, 17 Mar 2020 07:40:41 +0000 /?p=100323 Stakeholders have called on the general public to get their information about COVID-19 from reputable sources, as the TGA warns on inappropriate advertising The TGA says that it has identified ...

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]]> /news/dont-listen-to-medical-medium-say-docs/feed/ 2 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/28424679_xl.jpg?fit=2024%2C1578&ssl=1 Show us the details /news/show-us-the-details/ /news/show-us-the-details/#disqus_thread Tue, 10 Sep 2019 08:00:21 +0000 /?p=93668 One industry body has called on the authors of a recent study to provide details of contaminated CAMs to the TGA Last week, researchers from Murdoch University and Curtin University ...

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]]> /news/show-us-the-details/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/9428257_xl.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 Research Roundup /news/research-roundup-162/ /news/research-roundup-162/#disqus_thread Mon, 29 Jul 2019 14:40:24 +0000 /?p=91826 Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news  Proton pump inhibitors co‐prescribed with warfarin reduce warfarin control as measured by time in therapeutic range Results from retrosepctive data of ...

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]]> /news/research-roundup-162/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/20191453_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1235&ssl=1 Rewards program withdrawn after complaint /news/rewards-program-withdrawn-after-complaint/ /news/rewards-program-withdrawn-after-complaint/#disqus_thread Fri, 19 Jul 2019 07:33:32 +0000 /?p=91377 myDNA has withdrawn its pharmacy assistant rewards program after Friends of Science in Medicine’s Ken Harvey made a complaint to the TGA Until Thursday July 18, the program was being ...

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]]> /news/rewards-program-withdrawn-after-complaint/feed/ 1 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/10366376_xl.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 ‘Wild West’ of health advice /news/wild-west-of-health-advice/ /news/wild-west-of-health-advice/#disqus_thread Tue, 09 Jul 2019 09:09:29 +0000 /?p=90959 A leading doctor is warning Australians not to take in “dodgy” medical advice from social media Dr Chris Moy, Chairman of the Australian Medical Association’s Ethics and Medico-legal Committee, spoke ...

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]]> /news/wild-west-of-health-advice/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/smartphone-2123520_1920.jpg?fit=1920%2C1031&ssl=1 Could supplements do more harm than good? /news/could-supplements-do-more-harm-than-good/ /news/could-supplements-do-more-harm-than-good/#disqus_thread Tue, 09 Jul 2019 08:56:00 +0000 /?p=90957 Many vitamins, supplements and dietary interventions do not seem to help people live longer or stave off heart disease, according to a US review of studies A new evidence review ...

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]]> /news/could-supplements-do-more-harm-than-good/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/8721097_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 Research Roundup /news/90891/ /news/90891/#disqus_thread Mon, 08 Jul 2019 14:23:26 +0000 /?p=90891 Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest in research news Associations between gabapentinoids and suicidal behaviour, unintentional overdoses, injuries, road traffic incidents, and violent crime This large Swedish population ...

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]]> /news/90891/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/16596113_l-1.jpg?fit=2024%2C1347&ssl=1 Is the public losing trust in pharmacists? /news/is-the-public-losing-trust-in-pharmacists/ /news/is-the-public-losing-trust-in-pharmacists/#disqus_thread Mon, 24 Jun 2019 08:22:14 +0000 /?p=90277 A leading doctor claims that trust in pharmacists is eroding – thanks to their sales of complementary medicines Pharmacy stakeholders have hit back at comments from Dr Harry Nespolon, president ...

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]]> /news/is-the-public-losing-trust-in-pharmacists/feed/ 6 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/joint-health-Copy.jpg?fit=2024%2C1347&ssl=1 Can CM labels be trusted? /news/can-cm-labels-be-trusted/ /news/can-cm-labels-be-trusted/#disqus_thread Mon, 03 Jun 2019 08:54:51 +0000 /?p=89618 Most Australian consumers – and health professionals – aren’t familiar with the country’s drug regulatory system, says a prominent pharmacist Writing in Australian Prescriber, Geraldine Moses says that most people ...

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]]> /news/can-cm-labels-be-trusted/feed/ 2 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/9428257_xl.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 Top 10 questions Aussies ask about CMs /news/top-10-questions-aussies-ask-about-cms/ /news/top-10-questions-aussies-ask-about-cms/#disqus_thread Fri, 31 May 2019 07:07:59 +0000 /?p=89589 A poster presented at the Choosing Wisely 2019 Annual Meeting has examined the major queries Australians have about their complementary medicines The poster drew on questions asked of the national ...

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]]> /news/top-10-questions-aussies-ask-about-cms/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/8721097_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 Pharmacies the vitamin winners /news/pharmacies-the-vitamin-winners/ /news/pharmacies-the-vitamin-winners/#disqus_thread Mon, 29 Apr 2019 07:21:36 +0000 /?p=88265 New Roy Morgan data shows that the proportion of Australians buying vitamins, minerals and supplements has gone down since 2014 Amid news that pharmaceuticals such as Blackmores and Swisse can ...

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]]> /news/pharmacies-the-vitamin-winners/feed/ 1 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/12420884_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1518&ssl=1 Reveal all to your pharmacist /news/reveal-all-to-your-pharmacist/ /news/reveal-all-to-your-pharmacist/#disqus_thread Wed, 13 Mar 2019 05:43:19 +0000 /?p=86372 NPS MedicineWise is reminding the public to treat complementary medicines like any other medicines, and talk about them with pharmacists Almost seven million Australians take some form of CM each ...

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]]> /news/reveal-all-to-your-pharmacist/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/pharmacist-patient-education.jpg?fit=549%2C365&ssl=1 When docs provide CMs /news/when-docs-provide-cms/ /news/when-docs-provide-cms/#disqus_thread Tue, 19 Feb 2019 06:35:13 +0000 /?p=85037 Complaints and concerns about doctors who provide complementary medicines has sparked a consultation by the Medical Board The Board is consulting on options to more clearly regulate medical practitioners who ...

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]]> /news/when-docs-provide-cms/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/47107530_xl.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 ‘General practice does not upsell its patients.’ /news/general-practice-does-not-upsell-its-patients/ /news/general-practice-does-not-upsell-its-patients/#disqus_thread Tue, 19 Feb 2019 06:17:10 +0000 /?p=85041 The AMA’s president has slammed a recent article by NSW Guild president David Heffernan as “a cynical attempt to bolster the retail presence of Guild members, regardless of the impact ...

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]]> /news/general-practice-does-not-upsell-its-patients/feed/ 4 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Dollarphotoclub_81504342.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 Aristolochic acid in contamination recall /news/aristolochic-acid-in-contamination-recall/ /news/aristolochic-acid-in-contamination-recall/#disqus_thread Wed, 23 Jan 2019 04:44:54 +0000 /?p=83814 Blueskygreenearth, in consultation with the TGA, is recalling a batch of OA/RA capsules Batch 17098003 has been recalled due to contamination with a substance that poses an unacceptable risk to ...

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]]> /news/aristolochic-acid-in-contamination-recall/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/50416596_xl.jpg?fit=2024%2C1822&ssl=1 Pharmacies told to get rid of homeopathy /news/pharmacies-told-to-get-rid-of-homeopathy/ /news/pharmacies-told-to-get-rid-of-homeopathy/#disqus_thread Thu, 17 Jan 2019 18:10:49 +0000 /?p=83544 The PSA has asked community pharmacy banner and buying groups not to stock or promote homeopathic products These pharmacy groups should “draw a line in the sand and cease all ...

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]]> /news/pharmacies-told-to-get-rid-of-homeopathy/feed/ 8 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Dollarphotoclub_20280432.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 Pharmacy silver sales under spotlight /news/pharmacy-silver-sales-under-spotlight/ /news/pharmacy-silver-sales-under-spotlight/#disqus_thread Tue, 04 Dec 2018 07:28:53 +0000 /?p=82211 A health writer has criticised providers of ionic silver products, saying they’re treading a “very fine line” Health writer Jane McCredie writes in MJA InSight that an advertisement for the ...

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]]> /news/pharmacy-silver-sales-under-spotlight/feed/ 1 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/46921461_l-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C668&ssl=1 CM exclusion to save health costs /news/cm-exclusion-to-save-health-costs/ /news/cm-exclusion-to-save-health-costs/#disqus_thread Tue, 06 Nov 2018 06:13:26 +0000 /?p=80521 Friends of Science in Medicine has lauded the upcoming changes to private health insurance which will exclude some natural therapies Health Minister Greg Hunt announced changes to private health insurance ...

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]]> /news/cm-exclusion-to-save-health-costs/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/8721097_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 $50k fine and costs after ‘shocking’ unlawful advertising /news/50k-fine-and-costs-after-shocking-unlawful-advertising/ /news/50k-fine-and-costs-after-shocking-unlawful-advertising/#disqus_thread Thu, 01 Nov 2018 06:40:39 +0000 /?p=80333 A NSW Chinese medicine practitioner has landed in hot water after making claims about treating cancer and autism Qi Xin Chen was convicted of unlawful advertising of a regulated health ...

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]]> /news/50k-fine-and-costs-after-shocking-unlawful-advertising/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Depositphotos_6648822_m.jpg?fit=1732%2C1155&ssl=1 Alternative therapies enter Choice Hall of Shame /news/alternative-therapies-enter-choice-hall-of-shame/ /news/alternative-therapies-enter-choice-hall-of-shame/#disqus_thread Fri, 05 Oct 2018 06:28:28 +0000 /?p=78878 A homeopathic melatonin product and magnet therapy have “won” Shonky Awards, handed out by Choice Choice launched its Shonkies in 2006, to “call out some of the shonkiest products and ...

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]]> /news/alternative-therapies-enter-choice-hall-of-shame/feed/ 18 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/thumbs-down-facebook-dislike.jpg?fit=2024%2C1382&ssl=1 ‘Blatant disregard for public safety’ /news/blatant-disregard-for-public-safety/ /news/blatant-disregard-for-public-safety/#disqus_thread Tue, 25 Sep 2018 06:59:12 +0000 /?p=78321 A pharmacist who made and sold preparations from human placenta has had his licence cancelled for at least six years Isidoro “Rudy” Sanchez was the manager of the now-closed Marigold ...

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]]> /news/blatant-disregard-for-public-safety/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Compounding-pharmacist_44788211_xxl.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 GP warns of ‘McPharmacy’ vaccination model /news/gp-warns-of-mcpharmacy-vaccination-model/ /news/gp-warns-of-mcpharmacy-vaccination-model/#disqus_thread Wed, 15 Aug 2018 07:36:41 +0000 /?p=75939 A frequent critic of profession says expanded pharmacist vaccination is just an opportunity for pharmacies to sell complementary medicines Dr Evan Ackermann, GP and Chair of the RACGP Expert Committee ...

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]]> /news/gp-warns-of-mcpharmacy-vaccination-model/feed/ 5 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/3210438_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 ‘The current environment does not protect clinical studies.’ /news/the-current-environment-does-not-protect-clinical-studies/ /news/the-current-environment-does-not-protect-clinical-studies/#disqus_thread Fri, 10 Aug 2018 09:37:14 +0000 /?p=75604 CMA wants new ways to protect intellectual property in complementary medicines, saying this would attract research investment Complementary Medicines Australia (CMA) says that it has recommended a formula for successful ...

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]]> /news/the-current-environment-does-not-protect-clinical-studies/feed/ 1 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/8721097_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 Natural cold and flu remedies: not to be sniffed at! /in-depth/opinion/natural-cold-and-flu-remedies-not-to-be-sniffed-at/ /in-depth/opinion/natural-cold-and-flu-remedies-not-to-be-sniffed-at/#disqus_thread Fri, 20 Jul 2018 16:57:25 +0000 /?p=74354 Can herbal ingredients and formulas really help to shorten a cold? asks Carl Gibson Herbal cough, cold and flu products have often been developed with natural, scientific and traditionally-backed ingredients ...

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]]> /in-depth/opinion/natural-cold-and-flu-remedies-not-to-be-sniffed-at/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/54776689_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 Heart evidence smells fishy /news/heart-evidence-smells-fishy/ /news/heart-evidence-smells-fishy/#disqus_thread Fri, 20 Jul 2018 06:13:23 +0000 /?p=74364 A new Cochrane review has found the evidence to support omega-3 supplements is not as strong as is often stated There is little or no effect of omega-3 supplements on ...

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]]> /news/heart-evidence-smells-fishy/feed/ 1 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Dollarphotoclub_70434643.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&ssl=1 Research Roundup /in-depth/research-roundup/research-roundup-112/ /in-depth/research-roundup/research-roundup-112/#disqus_thread Mon, 16 Jul 2018 16:05:49 +0000 /?p=74118 Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news  Intentional Weight Loss for Overweight and Obese Knee Osteoarthritis Patients: Is More Better? In the Intensive diet and Exercise for Adults ...

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]]> /in-depth/research-roundup/research-roundup-112/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/11798724_l.jpg?fit=2290%2C1832&ssl=1 Clinical tips: non-evidence-based medicine /in-depth/clinical-tips/clinical-tips-non-evidence-based-medicine/ /in-depth/clinical-tips/clinical-tips-non-evidence-based-medicine/#disqus_thread Thu, 05 Jul 2018 19:07:25 +0000 /?p=73688 Are pharmacists putting themselves at professional risk by selling non-evidence-based preparations like homeopathy? Jarrod McMaugh investigates Non-evidence-based medicine is a contentious area of healthcare, and pharmacists need to be aware ...

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]]> /in-depth/clinical-tips/clinical-tips-non-evidence-based-medicine/feed/ 1 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/homeopathy.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 Ban CM brands from making unfounded claims: doctors /news/ban-cm-brands-from-making-unfounded-claims-doctors/ /news/ban-cm-brands-from-making-unfounded-claims-doctors/#disqus_thread Thu, 24 May 2018 07:55:52 +0000 /?p=71633 The RACGP has added its voice to calls to block proposed legislation that would allow complementary medicines to make non-evidence-based claims The proposed legislation would permit “dangerous and misleading” claims ...

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]]> /news/ban-cm-brands-from-making-unfounded-claims-doctors/feed/ 2 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/9428257_xl.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 ‘Chemist shop model’ criticised /news/chemist-shop-model-criticised/ /news/chemist-shop-model-criticised/#disqus_thread Mon, 21 May 2018 08:42:45 +0000 /?p=71428 A prominent GP has suggested that pharmacy owners are acting less like health care providers and more like commercially driven retailers Edwin Kruys, immediate past RACGP vice president and RACGP ...

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]]> /news/chemist-shop-model-criticised/feed/ 17 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/43431873_xl.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 What do you think of the government response on homeopathy? /in-depth/opinion/what-do-you-think-of-the-government-response-on-homeopathy/ /in-depth/opinion/what-do-you-think-of-the-government-response-on-homeopathy/#disqus_thread Fri, 11 May 2018 02:30:38 +0000 /?p=70792 Government decision not to ban homeopathy sales from pharmacies is a mistake, argues Bruce Baer Arnold By Bruce Baer Arnold, University of Canberra Last year a review into pharmacy in Australia ...

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]]> /in-depth/opinion/what-do-you-think-of-the-government-response-on-homeopathy/feed/ 1 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/homeopathy.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 Disappointment for King, Friends of Science in Medicine /news/70316/ /news/70316/#disqus_thread Fri, 04 May 2018 05:08:20 +0000 /?p=70316 Friends of Science in Medicine’s Ian Carr is disappointed that the Government has not taken up a King Review suggestion that pharmacies not sell homeopathy The final report had stated that ...

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]]> /news/70316/feed/ 10 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/48568165_xl-e1483590255647.jpg?fit=2024%2C1006&ssl=1 Research Roundup /in-depth/research-roundup/research-roundup-102/ /in-depth/research-roundup/research-roundup-102/#disqus_thread Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:22:39 +0000 /?p=69900 Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest in research news  Comparative effectiveness of extended-release naltrexone versus buprenorphine-naloxone for opioid relapse prevention (X:BOT) A 24-week randomised controlled, comparative effectiveness trial ...

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]]> /in-depth/research-roundup/research-roundup-102/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/36489536_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 Blackmores announces profit, acquisition /news/blackmores-announces-profit-acquisition/ /news/blackmores-announces-profit-acquisition/#disqus_thread Tue, 24 Apr 2018 08:36:32 +0000 /?p=69690 Blackmores announces its net profit and its decision to acquire Catalent Australia Holding Pty Limited, owner of a CM manufacturing facility Blackmores will acquire 100% of the issued share capital ...

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]]> /news/blackmores-announces-profit-acquisition/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Catalent-Braeside-2.jpg?fit=2000%2C704&ssl=1 World news wrapup: 29 March 2018 /news/world-news-wrapup-29-march-2018/ /news/world-news-wrapup-29-march-2018/#disqus_thread Wed, 28 Mar 2018 17:05:28 +0000 /?p=68133 Canadian pharmacist trashes his shop on eviction; new NZ code of ethics ignored; jail for failing to report TB Belle River, Ontario: A pharmacist who was being evicted from his ...

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]]> /news/world-news-wrapup-29-march-2018/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Dollarphotoclub_20280432.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 $1.5 million in CM funding /news/1-5-million-cm-funding/ /news/1-5-million-cm-funding/#disqus_thread Mon, 26 Mar 2018 03:46:44 +0000 /?p=67896 The Blackmore Foundation, BioCeuticals and the Jacka Foundation of Natural Therapies have provided hefty funding towards research into naturopathy and complementary medicines The $1.5 million in funding will support two ...

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]]> /news/1-5-million-cm-funding/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/51395690_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1350&ssl=1 Ad pre-approvals for therapeutics stay… for now /news/ad-pre-approvals-therapeutics-stay-now/ /news/ad-pre-approvals-therapeutics-stay-now/#disqus_thread Fri, 16 Feb 2018 07:12:27 +0000 /?p=66085 A controversial TGA bill that would have seen advertising pre-approvals removed has been passed by the Senate The Therapeutic Goods Amendment Bill 2017 was passed with an amendment, negotiated by ...

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]]> /news/ad-pre-approvals-therapeutics-stay-now/feed/ 1 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/8721097_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 Supplements exploit consumer ignorance /in-depth/opinion/supplements-exploit-consumer-ignorance/ /in-depth/opinion/supplements-exploit-consumer-ignorance/#disqus_thread Wed, 14 Feb 2018 06:25:04 +0000 /?p=65963 Response to article published in the AJP—The People’s Choice by Ian Carr In the AJP February, 2018 [and published online this week], your feature writer asks: “Can we afford not ...

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]]> /in-depth/opinion/supplements-exploit-consumer-ignorance/feed/ 1 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/51395690_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1350&ssl=1 The week in review /news/the-week-in-review-63/ /news/the-week-in-review-63/#disqus_thread Thu, 25 Jan 2018 18:19:17 +0000 /?p=64982 Pain was on the agenda this week, as the disagreements about codeine continue On Thursday, Health Minister Greg Hunt announced a $20 million initiative, run through community pharmacies, to help ...

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]]> /news/the-week-in-review-63/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/50016201_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1383&ssl=1 ‘An open invitation to health fraud.’ /news/open-invitation-health-fraud/ /news/open-invitation-health-fraud/#disqus_thread Thu, 25 Jan 2018 08:10:13 +0000 /?p=65001 A proposed Therapeutic Goods bill would give unproven medicines a “free kick” and undermine pharmacy professionalism, one critic says Friends of Science in Medicine and other stakeholders are concerned that ...

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]]> /news/open-invitation-health-fraud/feed/ 1 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/50049410_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1351&ssl=1 Stakeholders hold own hearing on TGA Bill /news/stakeholders-hold-hearing-tga-bill/ /news/stakeholders-hold-hearing-tga-bill/#disqus_thread Mon, 22 Jan 2018 02:52:21 +0000 /?p=64703 A proposed bill which aims to protect consumers from medicines which lack a solid evidence base fails to do so, says Friends of Science in Medicine Introduced with the Therapeutic ...

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]]> /news/stakeholders-hold-hearing-tga-bill/feed/ 1 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/43833281_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1416&ssl=1 CMs: what are your ethical responsibilities? /news/cms-ethical-responsibilities/ /news/cms-ethical-responsibilities/#disqus_thread Mon, 15 Jan 2018 06:54:19 +0000 /?p=64389 A clash between pharmacists’ ethical responsibilities and their business role has been highlighted by a review of complementary medicines literature Researchers from the University of Queensland reviewed the academic literature ...

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]]> /news/cms-ethical-responsibilities/feed/ 2 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/50049410_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1351&ssl=1 DIY ethic behind CM use, vaccine refusal /news/diy-ethic-behind-cm-use-vaccine-refusal/ /news/diy-ethic-behind-cm-use-vaccine-refusal/#disqus_thread Mon, 27 Nov 2017 06:08:49 +0000 /?p=62832 Complementary medicine use doesn’t cause vaccine refusal – but it is correlated, researchers have found A small new study led by a researcher from The University of Western Australia has analysed ...

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]]> /news/diy-ethic-behind-cm-use-vaccine-refusal/feed/ 1 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/69475668_l.jpg?fit=2048%2C2048&ssl=1 Don’t take bedroom pill linked to vet practice: TGA /news/dont-take-bedroom-pill-linked-to-vet-practice-tga/ /news/dont-take-bedroom-pill-linked-to-vet-practice-tga/#disqus_thread Mon, 27 Nov 2017 04:33:19 +0000 /?p=62839 The TGA has warned Aussie men not to purchase a supplement which purports to enhance sexual performance – but is used in dogs The regulator has issued a statement declaring that ...

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]]> /news/dont-take-bedroom-pill-linked-to-vet-practice-tga/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/25745984_xl.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 New holistic big box emerges /news/new-holistic-big-box-emerges/ /news/new-holistic-big-box-emerges/#disqus_thread Thu, 16 Nov 2017 07:41:23 +0000 /?p=62397 Discount Drug Stores and two Cairns pharmacists have collaborated to develop a new big box pharmacy brand Wholehealth Discount Drug Store & Healthfoods focuses on delivering a holistic approach to ...

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]]> /news/new-holistic-big-box-emerges/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Whole-Health-Wide1.jpg?fit=1837%2C1044&ssl=1 Clinical tips: the ‘worried unwell’ /in-depth/clinical-tips/clinical-tips-worried-unwell/ /in-depth/clinical-tips/clinical-tips-worried-unwell/#disqus_thread Thu, 26 Oct 2017 15:15:29 +0000 /?p=60940 Karalyn Huxhagen takes a look at supporting patients with low health literacy and limited health professional access We have all met the “worried well”. These are the customers who give ...

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]]> /in-depth/clinical-tips/clinical-tips-worried-unwell/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/50049410_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1351&ssl=1 Research Roundup /in-depth/research-roundup/research-roundup-74/ /in-depth/research-roundup/research-roundup-74/#disqus_thread Tue, 26 Sep 2017 21:41:06 +0000 /?p=59415 Debbie Rigby takes a look at the latest in research news  We have had a gutful: The need for deprescribing proton pump inhibitors Times series analysis of PBS and RPBS ...

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]]> /in-depth/research-roundup/research-roundup-74/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/36489536_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 New complementary meds tripled in past year /news/approved-new-cms-tripled-past-year/ /news/approved-new-cms-tripled-past-year/#disqus_thread Thu, 14 Sep 2017 04:00:03 +0000 /?p=58801 And adverse event reporting increased by more than 2,000 notifications, according to TGA’s latest stats Key observations for 2016-17 compared with 2015-16, provided by the TGA are as follows: 1. The ...

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]]> /news/approved-new-cms-tripled-past-year/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/39538966_xl.jpg?fit=2024%2C1336&ssl=1 A deadly concoction /news/a-deadly-concoction/ /news/a-deadly-concoction/#disqus_thread Tue, 12 Sep 2017 07:31:34 +0000 /?p=58695 A Victorian man has been self poisoning with around 17.32mg of cyanide daily in a bid to fight cancer Apricot kernel is a “commonly taken extract” used for a range ...

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]]> /news/a-deadly-concoction/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/83005793_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 New pathway for listed medicines drafted /news/new-pathway-listed-medicines-drafted/ /news/new-pathway-listed-medicines-drafted/#disqus_thread Fri, 01 Sep 2017 05:18:01 +0000 /?p=58065 The TGA has released its Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2017 Measures No. 1) Bill 2017 draft for consultation Submissions regarding the bill will be open until 9am on 5 September 2017. ...

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]]> /news/new-pathway-listed-medicines-drafted/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/9428257_xl.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 Vitamin E mortality study challenged /news/vitamin-e-mortality-study-challenged/ /news/vitamin-e-mortality-study-challenged/#disqus_thread Tue, 29 Aug 2017 05:07:14 +0000 /?p=57921 A new study questions whether Vitamin E supplements are really correlated with an increased mortality risk Australian researchers at Southern Cross University (SCU) have conducted a study that challenges previous ...

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]]> /news/vitamin-e-mortality-study-challenged/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/8721097_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 Pharmacies selling ‘snake oil,’ say Kiwi GPs /news/pharmacies-selling-snake-oil-say-kiwi-gps/ /news/pharmacies-selling-snake-oil-say-kiwi-gps/#disqus_thread Fri, 25 Aug 2017 05:53:24 +0000 /?p=57765 Like their Australian counterparts, doctors across the Tasman are taking aim at pharmacy over complementary medicines The New Zealand Medical Association had expressed concern in Pharmacy Today over the Pharmacy ...

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]]> /news/pharmacies-selling-snake-oil-say-kiwi-gps/feed/ 1 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/51395690_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1350&ssl=1 World news wrapup: 17 August 2017 /news/world-news/world-news-wrapup-17-august-2017/ /news/world-news/world-news-wrapup-17-august-2017/#disqus_thread Wed, 16 Aug 2017 16:20:04 +0000 /?p=57222 Kmart opens first telepharmacy; three more come forward in US pharmacist strip case; GP-pharmacist spat over CMs in New Zealand Niagara Falls, New York: Three more people have made formal ...

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]]> /news/world-news/world-news-wrapup-17-august-2017/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mclniagara.jpg?fit=989%2C662&ssl=1 Encouraging CM compliance /news/encouraging-cm-compliance/ /news/encouraging-cm-compliance/#disqus_thread Tue, 15 Aug 2017 10:54:25 +0000 /?p=57189 A pharmacist has built upon his DAA service to improve compliance with complementary medicine regimens There’s no point in consumers buying complementary medicines if they don’t remember to take them, ...

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]]> /news/encouraging-cm-compliance/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Case-and-sachets.jpg?fit=1982%2C1321&ssl=1 Alternative medicine doubles risk of cancer death /news/alternative-medicine-doubles-risk-cancer-death/ /news/alternative-medicine-doubles-risk-cancer-death/#disqus_thread Tue, 15 Aug 2017 06:30:31 +0000 /?p=57185 New research shows shunning conventional cancer treatment in favour of alternative therapy more than doubles the risk of death Researchers from the Cancer Outcomes, Public Policy and Effectiveness Research (COPPER) ...

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]]> /news/alternative-medicine-doubles-risk-cancer-death/feed/ 1 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/homeopathy.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 Graduate Cert in CMs /news/pharmacy-announcements/graduate-cert-cms/ /news/pharmacy-announcements/graduate-cert-cms/#disqus_thread Tue, 15 Aug 2017 05:35:46 +0000 /?p=57187 The University of Sydney’s Faculty of Pharmacy is offering a Graduate Certificate in Evidence-Based Complementary Medicines to commence in the first semester in 2018 The course, which was developed for ...

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]]> /news/pharmacy-announcements/graduate-cert-cms/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/51395690_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1350&ssl=1 Blackmores launches online learning /news/pharmacy-announcements/blackmores-launches-online-learning/ /news/pharmacy-announcements/blackmores-launches-online-learning/#disqus_thread Mon, 14 Aug 2017 21:43:57 +0000 /?p=57130 Blackmores has launched on online learning platform for healthcare and pharmacy professionals Blackmores Academy is a free educational service designed by a team of pharmacists, nutritionists, herbalists and naturopaths. It ...

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]]> /news/pharmacy-announcements/blackmores-launches-online-learning/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/blackmores.jpg?fit=1500%2C1000&ssl=1 Blackmores reaches Hall of Fame /news/blackmores-reaches-hall-fame/ /news/blackmores-reaches-hall-fame/#disqus_thread Fri, 21 Jul 2017 06:20:21 +0000 /?p=55946 Marcus Blackmore paid tribute to his late father last night following Blackmores’ induction into the Queensland Business Leader’s Hall of Fame “Our journey started in Queensland in 1932 with Maurice ...

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]]> /news/blackmores-reaches-hall-fame/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2017-QBL-Hall-of-Fame-P007.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 Give us evidence, transparency /news/give-us-evidence-transparency/ /news/give-us-evidence-transparency/#disqus_thread Thu, 13 Jul 2017 18:00:07 +0000 /?p=55564 Pharmacy, medical and consumer groups reveal broad support for proposed CM regulatory reforms The TGA’s proposition of a new (third) pathway for sponsors to seek entry onto the ARTG for ...

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]]> /news/give-us-evidence-transparency/feed/ 1 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/31875067_xl-e1499942596100.jpg?fit=2024%2C1032&ssl=1 CM market growing strong /news/cm-market-growing-strong/ /news/cm-market-growing-strong/#disqus_thread Wed, 12 Jul 2017 05:53:32 +0000 /?p=55512 An ASMI snapshot of the non-prescription market shows pharmacy still gets the lion’s share of these segments The Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) has produced an industry overview of non-prescription ...

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]]> /news/cm-market-growing-strong/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/51395690_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1350&ssl=1 King Review: homeopathy shouldn’t be sold in PBS-approved pharmacies /news/king-review-homeopathy-shouldnt-sold-pbs-approved-pharmacies/ /news/king-review-homeopathy-shouldnt-sold-pbs-approved-pharmacies/#disqus_thread Thu, 22 Jun 2017 19:37:06 +0000 /?p=54336 Friends of Science in Medicine’s Ian Carr has welcomed King Review recommendations on homeopathy The interim report of the Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation states that “there are unacceptable ...

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]]> /news/risky-business/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/51395690_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1350&ssl=1 Why do pharmacies sell CMs? /in-depth/opinion/pharmacies-sell-cms/ /in-depth/opinion/pharmacies-sell-cms/#disqus_thread Tue, 13 Jun 2017 18:56:43 +0000 /?p=53704 We need to know how (and why) complementary medicines are being sold in Australian pharmacies, writes Ian J Carr Australian pharmacies sell a lot of vitamins. Bucketloads – and, seemingly, ...

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]]> /in-depth/opinion/pharmacies-sell-cms/feed/ 8 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Dollarphotoclub_52535825.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 Take CMs more seriously, urges entrepreneur /news/take-cms-seriously-urges-entrepreneur/ /news/take-cms-seriously-urges-entrepreneur/#disqus_thread Tue, 06 Jun 2017 08:00:57 +0000 /?p=53425 When working in community pharmacy proved to be not quite the career choice that he’d hoped, Tom Bailey decided to change his focus to preventive health Now, the former pharmacist ...

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]]> /news/take-cms-seriously-urges-entrepreneur/feed/ 3 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/tom.jpg?fit=2024%2C1350&ssl=1 Eliminate unnecessary regulation, says Swisse /news/eliminate-unnecessary-regulation-says-swisse/ /news/eliminate-unnecessary-regulation-says-swisse/#disqus_thread Tue, 21 Mar 2017 04:36:48 +0000 /?p=49178 Swisse is calling for the Government to switch advertising claim regulation of CMs from the TGA to the ACCC and Advertising Standards Bureau In its pre-Budget submission, the complementary medicines ...

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]]> /news/eliminate-unnecessary-regulation-says-swisse/feed/ 3 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/32402424_xl.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 Blackmores runs afoul of Chinese truth in advertising laws /news/blackmores-runs-afoul-chinese-truth-advertising-laws/ /news/blackmores-runs-afoul-chinese-truth-advertising-laws/#disqus_thread Fri, 17 Mar 2017 03:23:53 +0000 /?p=49015 China’s annual Consumer Rights Day program has condemned Blackmores for breaching the country’s truth in advertising regulations Fairfax Media report that the company, which has enjoyed significant success in the ...

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]]> /news/blackmores-runs-afoul-chinese-truth-advertising-laws/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/blackmores.jpg?fit=1500%2C1000&ssl=1 ‘Of course CMs should be sold in pharmacies.’ /news/course-cms-sold-pharmacies/ /news/course-cms-sold-pharmacies/#disqus_thread Fri, 10 Mar 2017 00:35:24 +0000 /?p=48422 Pharmacies are the ideal place to sell complementary medicines, Guild President George Tambassis said today Complementary medicines have been a hot topic at this year’s APP, with more than one ...

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]]> /news/course-cms-sold-pharmacies/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/48829253_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1416&ssl=1 All have a role in CM safety /in-depth/opinion/role-cm-safety/ /in-depth/opinion/role-cm-safety/#disqus_thread Tue, 07 Mar 2017 17:13:47 +0000 /?p=48183 Consumers need reliable, professional advice on CMs, writes Dr Penny Caldicott The Australasian Integrative Medicine Association (AIMA) Board has watched and listened with interest to the recent debate about our ...

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]]> /in-depth/opinion/role-cm-safety/feed/ 1 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/13318327_l.jpg?fit=2365%2C1774&ssl=1 Majority of pharmacists stock CMs including homeopathic items /news/majority-pharmacists-stock-cms-including-homeopathic-products/ /news/majority-pharmacists-stock-cms-including-homeopathic-products/#disqus_thread Tue, 21 Feb 2017 17:00:05 +0000 /?p=47258 AJP poll results show more than half of pharmacists stock complementary medicines, including homeopathic items. But is it out of choice, or have they lost control over what they wish ...

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]]> /news/majority-pharmacists-stock-cms-including-homeopathic-products/feed/ 10 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/joint-health-Copy.jpg?fit=2024%2C1347&ssl=1 The week in review /news/the-week-in-review-24/ /news/the-week-in-review-24/#disqus_thread Fri, 17 Feb 2017 17:09:45 +0000 /?p=46414 We take a look back at the last week in Australian pharmacy It’s been a tough week for the industry. This week, pharmacy was talking—again—about complementary medicines, following Four Corners‘ ...

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]]> /news/the-week-in-review-24/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/r1664425_25657522.jpg?fit=700%2C300&ssl=1 Pharmacists undermining their own authority: CHF /news/pharmacists-undermining-authority-chf/ /news/pharmacists-undermining-authority-chf/#disqus_thread Thu, 16 Feb 2017 04:15:33 +0000 /?p=45852 The Consumers Health Forum says pharmacists are jeopardising their authority as health professionals by promoting unproven complementary medicines In a call to “end the marketing practices that can mislead people ...

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]]> /news/pharmacists-undermining-authority-chf/feed/ 1 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/43984073_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1237&ssl=1 Poll: Do you stock CMs in your pharmacy? /news/poll-stock-cms-pharmacy/ /news/poll-stock-cms-pharmacy/#disqus_thread Wed, 15 Feb 2017 17:00:10 +0000 /?p=45441 Let us know if you do—and why or why not—in this anonymous poll You’ve probably seen the stories about pharmacists stocking complementary and alternative medicines plastered all over the news ...

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]]> /news/poll-stock-cms-pharmacy/feed/ 2 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/38073163_xl.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 CMs ‘not going away, no matter how much its detractors huff and puff.’ /news/cms-not-going-away-no-matter-much-detractors-huff-puff/ /news/cms-not-going-away-no-matter-much-detractors-huff-puff/#disqus_thread Wed, 15 Feb 2017 07:23:46 +0000 /?p=45454 CMs aren’t going away, so the Guild welcomes measures to keep consumers informed about their efficacy, says David Quilty Monday’s Four Corners program on complementary medicines and CHOICE’s pharmacy ‘shadow ...

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]]> /news/cms-not-going-away-no-matter-much-detractors-huff-puff/feed/ 2 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Dollarphotoclub_76065923.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 Four Corners story sparks controversy and conversation /news/four-corners-story-sparks-controversy-conversation/ /news/four-corners-story-sparks-controversy-conversation/#disqus_thread Tue, 14 Feb 2017 17:00:44 +0000 /?p=45119 What members of the Twitterati had to say about the #4corners story on CMs Pharmacists respond… Surprisingly it was hospital pharmacists who raised the loudest cry against non-evidence-based complementary medicines, pointing ...

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]]> /news/four-corners-story-sparks-controversy-conversation/feed/ 3 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/twitter-head.png?fit=1120%2C440&ssl=1 Aussie cardiologist defends CMs /news/aussie-cardiologist-defends-cms/ /news/aussie-cardiologist-defends-cms/#disqus_thread Tue, 14 Feb 2017 17:00:30 +0000 /?p=45276 Well-known cardiologist and author Dr Ross Walker hits back against “attack on complementary medicines” In an article for Healthcare in America, the Sydney-based Dr Walker says of the Four Corners ...

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]]> /news/aussie-cardiologist-defends-cms/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dr-ross-walker-2.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1 Call for input on CM regulatory reforms /news/call-input-cm-regulatory-reforms/ /news/call-input-cm-regulatory-reforms/#disqus_thread Tue, 14 Feb 2017 08:00:18 +0000 /?p=45252 Amid a tense week for CMs in Australia, the TGA has called for contributions on reforms to their regulatory framework The Sansom Review made 19 recommendations to improve the regulatory ...

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]]> /news/call-input-cm-regulatory-reforms/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/4c.jpg?fit=583%2C389&ssl=1 OK for pharmacy to sell CMs: ASMI, CMA /news/ok-pharmacy-sell-cms-asmi-cma/ /news/ok-pharmacy-sell-cms-asmi-cma/#disqus_thread Tue, 14 Feb 2017 05:15:40 +0000 /?p=45259 ASMI and Complementary Medicines Australia both believe that it’s entirely appropriate for pharmacies to sell CMs Following last night’s 4 Corners episode, Swallowing It, CMA’s Carl Gibson told the AJP ...

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]]> /news/ok-pharmacy-sell-cms-asmi-cma/feed/ 1 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Dollarphotoclub_75783184.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&ssl=1 Pharmacies slammed for stocking CMs /news/pharmacies-slammed-stocking-cms/ /news/pharmacies-slammed-stocking-cms/#disqus_thread Mon, 13 Feb 2017 22:30:40 +0000 /?p=45098 Health stakeholders have taken aim at pharmacists in a Four Corners investigation of complementary medicines Swallowing It, which featured interviews with the King Review chair Professor Stephen King, Chemist Warehouse’s ...

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]]> /news/pharmacies-slammed-stocking-cms/feed/ 6 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/r1664425_25657522.jpg?fit=700%2C300&ssl=1 Mystery shoppers reveal pharmacy’s issue with CMs /news/mystery-shoppers-reveal-pharmacys-issue-cms/ /news/mystery-shoppers-reveal-pharmacys-issue-cms/#disqus_thread Mon, 13 Feb 2017 17:00:40 +0000 /?p=45032 A CHOICE study published on Monday reveals what happened after the consumer advocacy group deployed mystery shoppers to the prescription counters of 240 pharmacies across Australia CHOICE commissioned a mystery ...

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]]> /news/mystery-shoppers-reveal-pharmacys-issue-cms/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/44768154_xl.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 Vitamins, vending machines… has it all gone too far? /news/vitamins-vending-machines-gone-far/ /news/vitamins-vending-machines-gone-far/#disqus_thread Mon, 13 Feb 2017 17:00:17 +0000 /?p=44969 While the issue of CMs in pharmacy is currently being debated, some experts believe selling the product in vending machines goes “beyond the pale” A group called Vitamin Warehouse has ...

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]]> /news/vitamins-vending-machines-gone-far/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/32402424_xl.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 Four Corners to cover pharmacists selling vitamins /news/four-corners-cover-pharmacists-selling-vitamins/ /news/four-corners-cover-pharmacists-selling-vitamins/#disqus_thread Sun, 12 Feb 2017 22:17:24 +0000 /?p=44914 On Monday night, ABC’s investigative program will look into how Australians are spending billions on “unproven” vitamins and supplements stocked in pharmacies The story follows a recent Channel Nine news ...

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]]> /news/four-corners-cover-pharmacists-selling-vitamins/feed/ 29 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/four-corners.jpg?fit=1229%2C571&ssl=1 The week in review /news/the-week-in-review-23/ /news/the-week-in-review-23/#disqus_thread Fri, 10 Feb 2017 17:00:58 +0000 /?p=44647 Pharmacy slammed for CMs, vitamin vending machines hit Melbourne, “steroid phobia” and more… Pharmacists often give misinformation about steroid use in eczema, contributing to “steroid phobia”, dermatologists said on Monday. ...

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]]> /news/the-week-in-review-23/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ianc.jpg?fit=553%2C369&ssl=1 Pharmacy lambasted for CM ‘kickback scandal’ /news/pharmacy-slammed-cm-kickback-scandal/ /news/pharmacy-slammed-cm-kickback-scandal/#disqus_thread Thu, 09 Feb 2017 05:43:03 +0000 /?p=44382 A Channel Nine news story has slammed pharmacy for complementary medicine “kickbacks,” but Guild says the story only referred to unremarkable commercial arrangements The story, “Kickbacks scandal rocks pharmacy industry,” ...

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]]> /news/pharmacy-slammed-cm-kickback-scandal/feed/ 8 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ianc.jpg?fit=553%2C369&ssl=1 Herbal medicines: what risks do they pose? /news/herbal-medicines-risks-pose/ /news/herbal-medicines-risks-pose/#disqus_thread Mon, 06 Feb 2017 04:00:57 +0000 /?p=43684 A review published in today’s Medical Journal of Australia has taken aim at herbal medicines and their possible contribution to morbidity and mortality The narrative review by researchers at the University ...

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]]> /news/herbal-medicines-risks-pose/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Depositphotos_6648822_m.jpg?fit=1732%2C1155&ssl=1 Clinical tips: complementary medicines /in-depth/clinical-tips/clinical-tips-complementary-medicines/ /in-depth/clinical-tips/clinical-tips-complementary-medicines/#disqus_thread Thu, 02 Feb 2017 17:00:53 +0000 /?p=42803 Pharmacists, not pharmacy assistants, need to intervene more in complementary medicine, writes Karalyn Huxhagen Self service of all complementary medicines in pharmacy comes with a plethora of issues. How many ...

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]]> /in-depth/clinical-tips/clinical-tips-complementary-medicines/feed/ 2 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Dollarphotoclub_52535825.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 New Evidence-Based Complementary Medicines graduate certificate /news/pharmacy-announcements/new-evidence-based-complementary-medicines-graduate-certificate/ /news/pharmacy-announcements/new-evidence-based-complementary-medicines-graduate-certificate/#disqus_thread Fri, 16 Dec 2016 02:56:59 +0000 /?p=35003 The Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Sydney is set to offer Graduate Certificate in Evidence-Based Complementary Medicines The Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Sydney will be ...

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]]> /news/pharmacy-announcements/new-evidence-based-complementary-medicines-graduate-certificate/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/43984073_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1237&ssl=1 Whacking moles, a pharmacist and the TGA /in-depth/opinion/whacking-moles-pharmacist-tga/ /in-depth/opinion/whacking-moles-pharmacist-tga/#disqus_thread Tue, 13 Dec 2016 17:00:59 +0000 /?p=34458 Australia’s regulation of complementary medicines claims is badly flawed, write Sasha Hall and Tiana Moutafis The regulation of listed complementary medicines has become an increasingly important consumer issue. As part ...

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]]> /in-depth/opinion/whacking-moles-pharmacist-tga/feed/ 9 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/DSC_8627-mod-1000Wkh.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1 CMA welcomes iron supplements advice /news/cma-welcomes-iron-supplements-advice/ /news/cma-welcomes-iron-supplements-advice/#disqus_thread Tue, 13 Dec 2016 03:59:38 +0000 /?p=34494 An article published in Australian Prescriber encouraging iron supplementation as a part of correcting iron deficiency has been welcomed by Carl Gibson, chief executive of Complementary Medicines Australia. About 10% ...

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]]> /news/cma-welcomes-iron-supplements-advice/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Dollarphotoclub_70641983.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 World news wrapup: 8 December 2016 /news/world-news-wrapup-8-december-2016/ /news/world-news-wrapup-8-december-2016/#disqus_thread Wed, 07 Dec 2016 17:00:16 +0000 /?p=33623 We take a look at pharmacy news from around the world Antrim, Northern Ireland: An overworked pharmacist whose dispensing error led to the death of a 67-year-old woman was suffering ...

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]]> /news/world-news-wrapup-8-december-2016/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ghostbusters.jpg?fit=743%2C495&ssl=1 Who takes the most vitamins? /news/who-takes-the-most-vitamins/ /news/who-takes-the-most-vitamins/#disqus_thread Tue, 15 Nov 2016 02:03:08 +0000 /?p=29307 The latest findings from Roy Morgan Research reveal that 8.7 million Australians (or 44.2% of the population) take vitamins, minerals and supplements. And Nature’s Own is the most widely consumed ...

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]]> /news/who-takes-the-most-vitamins/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/43984073_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1237&ssl=1 Pharmacy criticised as diabetes trial launches /news/pharmacy-slammed-blood-sugar-cms-diabetes-trial-launches/ /news/pharmacy-slammed-blood-sugar-cms-diabetes-trial-launches/#disqus_thread Mon, 14 Nov 2016 06:00:39 +0000 /?p=29183 The launch of the Pharmacy Diabetes Screening Trial has been warmly welcomed by some stakeholders – and less so by others The Pharmacy Guild welcomed the launch but Australian Doctor clinical news ...

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]]> /news/pharmacy-slammed-blood-sugar-cms-diabetes-trial-launches/feed/ 3 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/diabetes.jpg?fit=1523%2C1016&ssl=1 CM complaints dropping: CMA /news/cm-complaints-dropping-cma/ /news/cm-complaints-dropping-cma/#disqus_thread Wed, 09 Nov 2016 00:01:04 +0000 /?p=28648 The complaints statistics quoted by Dr Ken Harvey in a salvo against the CM sector earlier this week are out of date, says Complementary Medicines Australia CEO Carl Gibson. Writing ...

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]]> /news/cm-complaints-dropping-cma/feed/ 1 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/30072397_l.jpg?fit=2048%2C1357&ssl=1 TGA has lost trust on CMs: Harvey /news/tga-lost-trust-cms-harvey/ /news/tga-lost-trust-cms-harvey/#disqus_thread Mon, 07 Nov 2016 06:00:45 +0000 /?p=28366 Dr Ken Harvey has again taken aim at the CMs sector, labelling it “a market flooded with shonky products and unethical claims”. And consumers no longer trust the TGA to ...

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]]> /news/tga-lost-trust-cms-harvey/feed/ 7 What will consumers gain from research into complementary medicines? /in-depth/longer-read/will-consumers-gain-research-complementary-medicines/ /in-depth/longer-read/will-consumers-gain-research-complementary-medicines/#disqus_thread Mon, 31 Oct 2016 01:26:30 +0000 /?p=27070 What will consumers gain from research into complementary medicines? Nicholas Fuller, University of Sydney and Colman Taylor, University of Sydney A new multimillion dollar deal between Swisse Wellness and CSIRO ...

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]]> /in-depth/longer-read/will-consumers-gain-research-complementary-medicines/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/13318327_l.jpg?fit=2365%2C1774&ssl=1 Research Roundup /in-depth/research-roundup/research-roundup-30/ /in-depth/research-roundup/research-roundup-30/#disqus_thread Mon, 10 Oct 2016 17:00:11 +0000 /?p=24073 Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Expectations and responsibilities regarding the sale of complementary medicines in pharmacies: perspectives of consumers and pharmacy support staff One-on-one semi-structured interviews ...

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]]> /in-depth/research-roundup/research-roundup-30/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Dollarphotoclub_72421384.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 Doctors warn of alternative therapy dangers for children /news/doctors-warn-alternative-therapy-dangers-children/ /news/doctors-warn-alternative-therapy-dangers-children/#disqus_thread Sat, 08 Oct 2016 04:49:16 +0000 /?p=23617 Doctors writing in the journal BMJ Case Reports have warned of the dangers associated with complementary therapies after a four-year-old boy with autism was admitted to accident and emergency following advice ...

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]]> /news/doctors-warn-alternative-therapy-dangers-children/feed/ 1 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Dollarphotoclub_57403294.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1 Pharmacy deals with conflicts transparently: Tambassis /news/pharmacy-deals-conflicts-transparently-tambassis/ /news/pharmacy-deals-conflicts-transparently-tambassis/#disqus_thread Thu, 06 Oct 2016 05:05:00 +0000 /?p=23413 Guild national president George Tambassis defends the sale of complementary medicines and other retail products in pharmacy On Wednesday, Tambassis appeared alongside AMA South Australian branch president Dr Janice Fletcher on ...

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]]> /news/pharmacy-deals-conflicts-transparently-tambassis/feed/ 5 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/30072397_l.jpg?fit=2048%2C1357&ssl=1 Pharmacies surviving ‘on the backs of people who don’t know any better’ /news/pharmacists-propping-businesses-backs-people-dont-know-better/ /news/pharmacists-propping-businesses-backs-people-dont-know-better/#disqus_thread Thu, 15 Sep 2016 08:00:08 +0000 /?p=19692 Criticism of the availability of non-evidence-based complementary medicines in pharmacy is emerging as one of several themes in the written submissions to the King Review. To date the Review has ...

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]]> /news/pharmacists-propping-businesses-backs-people-dont-know-better/feed/ 7 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/13318327_l.jpg?fit=2365%2C1774&ssl=1 Health Check: can vitamins supplement a poor diet? /news/health-check-can-vitamins-supplement-poor-diet/ /news/health-check-can-vitamins-supplement-poor-diet/#disqus_thread Mon, 12 Sep 2016 06:07:15 +0000 /?p=19543 Health Check: can vitamins supplement a poor diet? Tim Crowe, Deakin University Vitamins and minerals are essential for keeping us in good health. While eating a varied diet should give ...

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]]> /news/health-check-can-vitamins-supplement-poor-diet/feed/ 0 Only buy from reputable source: CMA /news/buy-reputable-source-cma/ /news/buy-reputable-source-cma/#disqus_thread Wed, 31 Aug 2016 02:00:33 +0000 /?p=18871 Complementary Medicines Australia has today reiterated the warning by Australia’s medicines regulator of the dangers of purchasing weight loss medicines online, especially from unknown overseas websites. “The importance of the ...

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]]> /news/buy-reputable-source-cma/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/typing-computer-laptop-report.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1 Hospital patients encouraged to ask medicines questions /news/hospital-patients-encouraged-ask-medicines-questions/ /news/hospital-patients-encouraged-ask-medicines-questions/#disqus_thread Tue, 23 Aug 2016 05:26:12 +0000 /?p=18331 Patients in hospital should feel comfortable asking questions about their medicines, says the SHPA. The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia is supporting NPS Medicinewise’ Be Medicinewise Week, which has ...

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]]> /news/hospital-patients-encouraged-ask-medicines-questions/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/38098554_xxl.jpg?fit=2048%2C1367&ssl=1 Talk with patients to help them take charge: NPS /news/talk-patients-help-take-charge-nps/ /news/talk-patients-help-take-charge-nps/#disqus_thread Fri, 19 Aug 2016 08:34:54 +0000 /?p=18174 Helping patients understand that OTCs and CMs are medicines is one of several ways in which pharmacists can help improve medicines literacy amongst Australians, says NPS MedicineWise CEO Dr Lynn ...

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]]> /news/talk-patients-help-take-charge-nps/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/pharmacist-patient-education.jpg?fit=549%2C365&ssl=1 Pharmacy slammed on colds and flu /news/pharmacy-slammed-colds-flu/ /news/pharmacy-slammed-colds-flu/#disqus_thread Fri, 19 Aug 2016 08:05:29 +0000 /?p=18189 The ABC’s The Checkout has again taken aim at pharmacy in a piece examining cold and flu remedies which one pharmacist says is timely, given scrutiny on the profession from ...

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]]> /news/pharmacy-slammed-colds-flu/feed/ 6 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/checka.jpg?fit=848%2C432&ssl=1 A marketplace flooded with dubious products: Harvey /news/marketplace-flooded-dubious-products-harvey/ /news/marketplace-flooded-dubious-products-harvey/#disqus_thread Thu, 18 Aug 2016 08:00:24 +0000 /?p=18064 Helping in the fight against antibiotic resistance from the 1970s helped foster a lifelong interest in battling inappropriate promotion of medicines and therapeutic services, says Friends of Science in Medicine’s ...

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]]> /news/marketplace-flooded-dubious-products-harvey/feed/ 2 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_2835.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1 Shop around for pharmacy discounts, Checkout advises /news/shop-around-pharmacy-discounts-checkout-advises/ /news/shop-around-pharmacy-discounts-checkout-advises/#disqus_thread Fri, 05 Aug 2016 08:00:40 +0000 /?p=17414 A The Checkout piece slamming pharmacy for selling complementary medicines has offered suggestions for saving money that may actually cost consumers more. Pharmacy Guild of Australia Queensland Branch president Tim ...

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]]> /news/shop-around-pharmacy-discounts-checkout-advises/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/julianandian.jpg?fit=850%2C434&ssl=1 CMs: people-oriented health care, or undermining integrity? /news/cms-people-oriented-health-care-undermining-integrity/ /news/cms-people-oriented-health-care-undermining-integrity/#disqus_thread Thu, 28 Jul 2016 08:31:31 +0000 /?p=16644 The King Review discussion paper released yesterday has shone a light on the complementary medicines sector, querying whether it is appropriate for these products to be sold in community pharmacy. ...

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]]> /news/cms-people-oriented-health-care-undermining-integrity/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/13318327_l.jpg?fit=2365%2C1774&ssl=1 Blackmores most trusted… again /news/blackmores-most-trusted-again/ /news/blackmores-most-trusted-again/#disqus_thread Thu, 28 Jul 2016 03:53:24 +0000 /?p=16633 Blackmores has been awarded the Reader’s Digest Most Trusted Brand in the Vitamins & Supplements category for 2016, the eighth consecutive year they have received the accolade. The Trusted Brands ...

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]]> /news/blackmores-most-trusted-again/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/blackmores.jpg?fit=1500%2C1000&ssl=1 Evidence for complementary medicines: the value of science and traditions /in-depth/opinion/evidence-complementary-medicines-value-science-traditions/ /in-depth/opinion/evidence-complementary-medicines-value-science-traditions/#disqus_thread Tue, 19 Jul 2016 18:00:04 +0000 /?p=15694 Brenda Davy takes a look at the the evidence base for CMs Complementary medicines have existed for centuries and have provided the basis for many of the formulations of ‘conventional’ ...

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]]> /in-depth/opinion/evidence-complementary-medicines-value-science-traditions/feed/ 6 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/33784463_l.jpg?fit=2024%2C1349&ssl=1 Dodgy CAM Claims: where does the hype end and health fraud begin? /in-depth/opinion/dodgy-cam-claims-hype-end-health-fraud-begin/ /in-depth/opinion/dodgy-cam-claims-hype-end-health-fraud-begin/#disqus_thread Tue, 12 Jul 2016 18:00:51 +0000 /?p=15667 Pharmacy has a lot to learn from the Sensaslim debacle—but is it interested in doing so? wonders Ian Carr A short few years ago, one Groundhog Day in the diet ...

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]]> /in-depth/opinion/dodgy-cam-claims-hype-end-health-fraud-begin/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Dollarphotoclub_52535825.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 Folic acid and vitamin D only supplements recommended in pregnancy /news/folic-acid-vitamin-d-supplements-recommended-pregnancy/ /news/folic-acid-vitamin-d-supplements-recommended-pregnancy/#disqus_thread Mon, 11 Jul 2016 22:32:52 +0000 /?p=15623 Multivitamin and mineral supplements are unlikely to be needed by most mums- to-be and are an unnecessary expense, concludes a review of the available evidence, published in this month’s issue ...

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]]> /news/folic-acid-vitamin-d-supplements-recommended-pregnancy/feed/ 1 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/34768390_m.jpg?fit=848%2C565&ssl=1 Stakeholders concerned about Health Australia Party /news/stakeholders-concerned-health-australia-party/ /news/stakeholders-concerned-health-australia-party/#disqus_thread Thu, 30 Jun 2016 18:00:47 +0000 /?p=15158 The Health Australia Party should leave healthcare policy to people better suited to the task, say health stakeholders. “I am concerned that a one-issue political party has sprung up around ...

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]]> /news/stakeholders-concerned-health-australia-party/feed/ 1 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Dollarphotoclub_54558289-1140x641.jpg?fit=1140%2C641&ssl=1 CM critics should welcome evidence: Gibson /news/cm-critics-welcome-evidence-gibson/ /news/cm-critics-welcome-evidence-gibson/#disqus_thread Fri, 24 Jun 2016 02:10:44 +0000 /?p=14715 Critics of complementary medicine should welcome evidence to support its use when supplied, Carl Gibson of the Complementary Medicines Association has told the AJP. Gibson, the CEO of CMA, was ...

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]]> /news/cm-critics-welcome-evidence-gibson/feed/ 2 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/30072397_l.jpg?fit=2048%2C1357&ssl=1 CM debate still simmering: this week’s best comments /news/cm-debate-still-simmering-weeks-best-comments/ /news/cm-debate-still-simmering-weeks-best-comments/#disqus_thread Fri, 17 Jun 2016 04:57:20 +0000 /?p=14232 AJP takes a look at the last week’s best reader comments AJP readers responded with interest to Manya Angley’s opinion piece this week, looking at whether it was time for ...

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]]> /news/cm-debate-still-simmering-weeks-best-comments/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/woman-smartphone-phone-technology-digital-iphone-social-media.jpg?fit=2048%2C1367&ssl=1 Provide evidence: Harvey challenges CM industry /news/provide-evidence-harvey-challenges-cm-industry/ /news/provide-evidence-harvey-challenges-cm-industry/#disqus_thread Thu, 16 Jun 2016 05:38:20 +0000 /?p=14155 Dr Ken Harvey has issued a challenge to complementary medicines manufacturers to provide evidence to support their products. Articles in mainstream media including the Herald Sun and the Daily Mail ...

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]]> /news/provide-evidence-harvey-challenges-cm-industry/feed/ 5 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/13318327_l.jpg?fit=2365%2C1774&ssl=1 Labor CM rebate cut plan ‘a false economy’ /news/labor-slammed-planned-natural-therapies-rebate-cut/ /news/labor-slammed-planned-natural-therapies-rebate-cut/#disqus_thread Tue, 14 Jun 2016 06:17:14 +0000 /?p=13996 Complementary Medicines Australia has slammed the Labor Party over its plans to cut the rebate to natural therapies if elected to Government next month. Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen announced a ...

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]]> /news/labor-slammed-planned-natural-therapies-rebate-cut/feed/ 7 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/30072397_l.jpg?fit=2048%2C1357&ssl=1 Call for research into CMs /news/call-research-cms/ /news/call-research-cms/#disqus_thread Tue, 07 Jun 2016 04:37:40 +0000 /?p=13630 Complementary medicines research is needed to build the evidence base about the safety, efficacy and public health benefits of these products and better inform health care policy decisions, ASMI has ...

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]]> /news/call-research-cms/feed/ 0 Pharmacists vote no on naturopathy /news/pharmacists-vote-no-naturopathy/ /news/pharmacists-vote-no-naturopathy/#disqus_thread Mon, 30 May 2016 18:00:56 +0000 /?p=13269 The AJP’s latest poll clearly shows that our readers have their suspicions about the validity of naturopathic medicines, with a whopping 544 voters choosing the option, “No, there’s no evidence ...

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]]> /news/pharmacists-vote-no-naturopathy/feed/ 12 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/30072397_l.jpg?fit=2048%2C1357&ssl=1 AUST L requirements encourage ‘shonky products’ /news/aust-l-requirements-encourage-shonky-products/ /news/aust-l-requirements-encourage-shonky-products/#disqus_thread Mon, 23 May 2016 06:07:49 +0000 /?p=12941 Monash University’s Dr Ken Harvey has highlighted issues around the AUST L listing on complementary medicines, which consumers do not understand well, he says, as well as the process for ...

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]]> /news/aust-l-requirements-encourage-shonky-products/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_2835.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1 Pharmacists should advise on CMs, say CM critics /news/cms-need-evidence/ /news/cms-need-evidence/#disqus_thread Tue, 17 May 2016 06:20:25 +0000 /?p=12715 Last night’s Four Corners program may have focused on the American experience, but Australians should not assume that different, tighter regulations here mean that complementary medicines are all evidence-based, say ...

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]]> /news/cms-need-evidence/feed/ 2 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/13318327_l.jpg?fit=2365%2C1774&ssl=1 Take CMs with care: NPS /news/take-cms-care-nps/ /news/take-cms-care-nps/#disqus_thread Tue, 17 May 2016 05:35:58 +0000 /?p=12711 Following the broadcast of the ABC’s Four Corners episode last night on complementary medicines, NPS MedicineWise is reminding people to take these medicines with care. NPS MedicineWise CEO Dr Lynn ...

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]]> /news/take-cms-care-nps/feed/ 0 Four Corners: Australian CM experience is different, say stakeholders /news/four-corners-australian-cm-experience-different-say-stakeholders/ /news/four-corners-australian-cm-experience-different-say-stakeholders/#disqus_thread Tue, 17 May 2016 05:30:37 +0000 /?p=12709 Industry stakeholders have expressed disappointment with last night’s Four Corners program, Supplements and Safety, highlighting the difference between the US and Australian complementary medicines landscapes. Complementary Medicines Australia says it ...

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]]> /news/four-corners-australian-cm-experience-different-say-stakeholders/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/30072397_l.jpg?fit=2048%2C1357&ssl=1 Science or Snake Oil: can a detox actually cleanse your liver? /in-depth/longer-read/science-snake-oil-can-detox-actually-cleanse-liver/ /in-depth/longer-read/science-snake-oil-can-detox-actually-cleanse-liver/#disqus_thread Fri, 13 May 2016 03:33:19 +0000 /?p=12561 Science or Snake Oil: can a detox actually cleanse your liver? Nick Fuller, University of Sydney This is the first article in our new ongoing series Science or Snake Oil. ...

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]]> /in-depth/longer-read/science-snake-oil-can-detox-actually-cleanse-liver/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/43692274_l.jpg?fit=2048%2C1638&ssl=1 Strong move towards integrative medicine /news/strong-move-towards-integrative-medicine/ /news/strong-move-towards-integrative-medicine/#disqus_thread Thu, 12 May 2016 18:00:05 +0000 /?p=12504 Healthcare is moving towards integrative medicine, says a spokesperson for Blackmores, citing data which shows eight out of 10 Australian pharmacists take supplements themselves. Earlier this week, Friends of Science ...

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]]> /news/strong-move-towards-integrative-medicine/feed/ 2 Naturopathy: ‘If it wasn’t so serious it would be funny.’ /news/naturopathy-wasnt-serious-funny/ /news/naturopathy-wasnt-serious-funny/#disqus_thread Mon, 09 May 2016 05:52:03 +0000 /?p=12351 Taree pharmacist and Friends of Science in Medicine member Ian Carr is stepping up a campaign against naturopathy in pharmacy, the Daily Telegraph reports. Reporter Jane Hansen spoke to Carr, ...

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]]> /news/naturopathy-wasnt-serious-funny/feed/ 51 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/30072397_l.jpg?fit=2048%2C1357&ssl=1 CMs can contribute to health revolution /news/cms-can-contribute-health-revolution/ /news/cms-can-contribute-health-revolution/#disqus_thread Fri, 01 Apr 2016 03:08:37 +0000 /?p=10579 As state and territory leaders meet in Canberra today to discuss reforms to Medicare to improve care offered to Australians suffering from chronic disease, Carl Gibson from Complementary Medicines Australia ...

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]]> /news/cms-can-contribute-health-revolution/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/30072397_l.jpg?fit=2048%2C1357&ssl=1 CM sellers are ‘irresponsible shopkeepers,’ says UK expert /news/cm-sellers-irresponsible-shopkeepers-says-uk-expert/ /news/cm-sellers-irresponsible-shopkeepers-says-uk-expert/#disqus_thread Tue, 22 Mar 2016 17:00:57 +0000 /?p=9796 A UK expert has slammed pharmacists selling unproven complementary medicines as “irresponsible shopkeepers” focused on profit. Edzard Ernst, Emeritus Professor, Exeter University, wrote in MJA Perspective yesterday that while integrative ...

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]]> /news/cm-sellers-irresponsible-shopkeepers-says-uk-expert/feed/ 2 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/30072397_l.jpg?fit=2048%2C1357&ssl=1 MJA CAMs criticism misguided: Gibson /news/mja-cams-criticism-misguided-gibson/ /news/mja-cams-criticism-misguided-gibson/#disqus_thread Tue, 22 Mar 2016 03:52:16 +0000 /?p=9814 Complementary Medicines Australia says it’s disappointed by the “misguided” approach in a recent editorial published in the Medical Journal of Australia. The editorial, Pharmacists selling CAM doesn’t wash, attempts to ...

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]]> /news/mja-cams-criticism-misguided-gibson/feed/ 1 Integrative medicine ‘health fraud and quackery’ /news/integrative-medicine-health-fraud-quackery/ /news/integrative-medicine-health-fraud-quackery/#disqus_thread Mon, 21 Mar 2016 17:06:04 +0000 /?p=9731 A MJA Perspectives piece criticising integrative medicine has been welcomed by Friends of Science in Medicine, who say integrative medicine is “mixing science-based health professions with pseudoscience based practices”. The ...

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]]> /news/integrative-medicine-health-fraud-quackery/feed/ 3 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Dollarphotoclub_54558289-1140x641.jpg?fit=1140%2C641&ssl=1 CMs ‘a triumph of hype over science’ /news/9258/ /news/9258/#disqus_thread Sun, 13 Mar 2016 17:00:47 +0000 /?p=9258 Credibility issues are raised when pharmacies sell low-evidence complementary medicines, according to an ABC Background Briefing report. And Taree pharmacist Ian Carr, who has spoken out numerous times about issues ...

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]]> /news/9258/feed/ 10 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Dollarphotoclub_52143451.jpg?fit=2048%2C1356&ssl=1 ASMI warns consumers against buying CMs from overseas /news/asmi-warns-consumers-against-buying-cms-from-overseas/ /news/asmi-warns-consumers-against-buying-cms-from-overseas/#disqus_thread Mon, 15 Feb 2016 05:43:04 +0000 /?p=8359 ASMI says consumers should only purchase complementary medicines approved for supply in Australia because they are highly regulated by the TGA. “Australia’s system of regulating complementary medicines is one of ...

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]]> /news/asmi-warns-consumers-against-buying-cms-from-overseas/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/17854216_l.jpg?fit=2541%2C1651&ssl=1 Ideas boom characterised by Australian complementary medicines: CMA /news/ideas-boom-characterised-by-australian-complementary-medicines-cma/ /news/ideas-boom-characterised-by-australian-complementary-medicines-cma/#disqus_thread Fri, 05 Feb 2016 01:24:35 +0000 /?p=8217 In its pre-Budget submission, Complementary Medicines Australia has highlighted the way it says Australian complementary medicines industry epitomises the goals of the National Innovation and Science Agenda and the Federal ...

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]]> /news/ideas-boom-characterised-by-australian-complementary-medicines-cma/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Dollarphotoclub_76065923-1140x641.jpg?fit=1140%2C641&ssl=1 Clinical tips: CAMs and evidence /in-depth/clinical-tips/clinical-tips-cams-and-evidence/ /in-depth/clinical-tips/clinical-tips-cams-and-evidence/#disqus_thread Thu, 04 Feb 2016 12:00:13 +0000 /?p=8207 When it comes to recommending CAMs, pharmacists need to know which are supported by evidence, writes Ben Basger Which CAMs do you recommend in the treatment of some of your ...

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]]> /in-depth/clinical-tips/clinical-tips-cams-and-evidence/feed/ 1 Moderation, not unproven IV treatments, the key: Harvey /news/moderation-not-unproven-iv-treatments-the-key-harvey/ /news/moderation-not-unproven-iv-treatments-the-key-harvey/#disqus_thread Thu, 28 Jan 2016 03:47:54 +0000 /?p=8113 Attempts to rid oneself of hangover and other fatigue symptoms by purchasing IV and other cures from pharmacy are not the answer to the problem, Dr Ken Harvey, Adjunct Associate ...

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]]> /news/moderation-not-unproven-iv-treatments-the-key-harvey/feed/ 1 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Dollarphotoclub_55297995-1140x641.jpg?fit=1140%2C641&ssl=1 Real and fake acupuncture on par in menopause symptoms /news/real-and-fake-acupuncture-on-par-in-menopause-symptoms/ /news/real-and-fake-acupuncture-on-par-in-menopause-symptoms/#disqus_thread Tue, 19 Jan 2016 02:07:51 +0000 /?p=8000 A new study has revealed traditional Chinese acupuncture treatments are no better than fake acupuncture for treating menopause symptoms – but both may produce a desired result. In a surprise ...

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]]> /news/real-and-fake-acupuncture-on-par-in-menopause-symptoms/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/3059611_l.jpg?fit=2048%2C1360&ssl=1 Proactive vitamin D supplementation encouraged /news/proactive-vitamin-d-supplementation-encouraged/ /news/proactive-vitamin-d-supplementation-encouraged/#disqus_thread Tue, 19 Jan 2016 01:35:08 +0000 /?p=7996 With between 31% and 58% of Australians found to suffer from vitamin D deficiency, Carl Gibson, chief executive of Complementary Medicines Australia, has welcomed a new article published in MJA ...

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]]> /news/proactive-vitamin-d-supplementation-encouraged/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Dollarphotoclub_67625957-1024x641.jpg?fit=1024%2C641&ssl=1 Blackmores in health focus at Australian Open /news/blackmores-in-health-focus-as-australian-open/ /news/blackmores-in-health-focus-as-australian-open/#disqus_thread Mon, 18 Jan 2016 00:07:14 +0000 /?p=7965 Blackmores is planning to welcome thousands of tennis fanatics to its official Blackmore Wellbeing Oasis at the Australian Open, signaling the beginning of a four year partnership with Tennis Australia ...

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]]> /news/blackmores-in-health-focus-as-australian-open/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/AO_Precinct06.jpg?fit=1095%2C557&ssl=1 TCM Sailuotong to be trialed in vascular dementia /news/tcm-sailuotong-to-be-trialed-in-vascular-dementia/ /news/tcm-sailuotong-to-be-trialed-in-vascular-dementia/#disqus_thread Tue, 01 Dec 2015 04:53:44 +0000 /?p=7276 Complementary Medicines Australia has welcomed the announcement by the National Institute of Complementary Medicine of a clinical trial for a Chinese herbal medicine, Sailuotong. Sailuotong has been shown, in pilot ...

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]]> /news/tcm-sailuotong-to-be-trialed-in-vascular-dementia/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Depositphotos_6648822_m.jpg?fit=1732%2C1155&ssl=1 $2 saved in health costs per $1 spent on vitamin B supplement /news/2-saved-in-health-costs-per-1-spent-on-vitamin-b-supplement/ /news/2-saved-in-health-costs-per-1-spent-on-vitamin-b-supplement/#disqus_thread Mon, 23 Nov 2015 21:36:05 +0000 /?p=7168 A new health economics analysis has revealed that regular supplementation with Insolar, a vitamin B3 derivative produced by Blackmores, which can reduce the risk of new skin cancers significantly, potentially ...

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]]> /news/2-saved-in-health-costs-per-1-spent-on-vitamin-b-supplement/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Dollarphotoclub_67625957-1024x641.jpg?fit=1024%2C641&ssl=1 Stakeholders welcome regulatory framework report /news/stakeholders-welcome-regulatory-framework-report/ /news/stakeholders-welcome-regulatory-framework-report/#disqus_thread Fri, 20 Nov 2015 05:50:40 +0000 /?p=7131 The Australian Self Medication Industry and Complementary Medicines Australia have welcomed the Stage Two Expert Panel report on the regulatory framework for medicines and medical devices. “ASMI supports the majority ...

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]]> /news/stakeholders-welcome-regulatory-framework-report/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Dollarphotoclub_75783184.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&ssl=1 Final Report of Review of Medicines and Medical Devices Regulation /news/final-report-of-review-of-medicines-and-medical-devices-regulation/ /news/final-report-of-review-of-medicines-and-medical-devices-regulation/#disqus_thread Fri, 20 Nov 2015 02:10:21 +0000 /?p=7126 The second, and final, report from the Independent Review of Medicines and Medical Devices Regulation has been released. It highlights the importance of cutting red tape for the rapidly expanding ...

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]]> /news/final-report-of-review-of-medicines-and-medical-devices-regulation/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Dollarphotoclub_76065923-1140x641.jpg?fit=1140%2C641&ssl=1 EBOS Group acquires Red Seal /news/business/ebos-group-acquires-red-seal/ /news/business/ebos-group-acquires-red-seal/#disqus_thread Mon, 16 Nov 2015 03:01:10 +0000 /?p=7022 EBOS Group Limited has entered into an agreement to acquire a leading New Zealand natural health products business, Red Seal, for NZ$80 million substantially bolstering the Group’s existing position in ...

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]]> /news/business/ebos-group-acquires-red-seal/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/45408569_m.jpg?fit=865%2C554&ssl=1 TWC creates private label professional CM range /news/twc-creates-private-label-professional-cm-range/ /news/twc-creates-private-label-professional-cm-range/#disqus_thread Fri, 06 Nov 2015 00:56:39 +0000 /?p=6886 Consumers are becoming increasingly discerning in their approach to complementary medicines, says a TWC pharmacist: and as a result, new higher strength, higher quality, targeted vitamins are finding favour in ...

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]]> /news/twc-creates-private-label-professional-cm-range/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Nourex_TM11078_HR.jpg?fit=2048%2C1448&ssl=1 Clinical tips: vitamins and minerals explained /in-depth/clinical-tips/clinical-tips-vitamins-and-minerals-explained/ /in-depth/clinical-tips/clinical-tips-vitamins-and-minerals-explained/#disqus_thread Thu, 29 Oct 2015 13:29:10 +0000 /?p=6694 How does a pharmacist cope with all the new information about vitamins and minerals—as well as consumers’ interest in them? wonders Karalyn Huxhagen The complementary medicine area of health is ...

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]]> /in-depth/clinical-tips/clinical-tips-vitamins-and-minerals-explained/feed/ 1 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Dollarphotoclub_76065923-1140x641.jpg?fit=1140%2C641&ssl=1 Out of stock frustrating, but quality compromise would be worse: Blackmores /news/out-of-stock-frustrating-but-quality-compromise-would-be-worse-blackmores/ /news/out-of-stock-frustrating-but-quality-compromise-would-be-worse-blackmores/#disqus_thread Mon, 26 Oct 2015 05:46:18 +0000 /?p=6629 The out of stock situation with some Blackmores products is frustrating, but a better alternative than offering a lower-quality product, says the company’s managing director Australia and New Zealand, David ...

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]]> /news/out-of-stock-frustrating-but-quality-compromise-would-be-worse-blackmores/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/blackmores.jpg?fit=1500%2C1000&ssl=1 Blackmores Institute Symposium 2015 highlights /news/blackmores-institute-symposium-2015-highlights/ /news/blackmores-institute-symposium-2015-highlights/#disqus_thread Thu, 22 Oct 2015 23:59:39 +0000 /?p=6557 The AJP is reporting from the Blackmores Institute Symposium 2015, which is being held at the Pullman Albert Park in Melbourne. Pharmacist, life coach and NLP counsellor Vanessa Lontos spoke ...

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]]> /news/blackmores-institute-symposium-2015-highlights/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image.jpg?fit=750%2C1050&ssl=1 Mums the focus of Be Medicinewise Week: Day One /news/mums-the-focus-of-be-medicinewise-week-day-one/ /news/mums-the-focus-of-be-medicinewise-week-day-one/#disqus_thread Mon, 12 Oct 2015 01:42:32 +0000 /?p=6344 During this year’s annual Be Medicinewise Week, Australians are encouraged to ‘be medicinewise at all ages and life stages’ and the focus for the first day of the campaign is ...

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]]> /news/mums-the-focus-of-be-medicinewise-week-day-one/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/34768390_m.jpg?fit=848%2C565&ssl=1 Aussies juggling multiple medicines: NPS MedicineWise /news/aussies-juggling-multiple-medicines-nps-medicinewise/ /news/aussies-juggling-multiple-medicines-nps-medicinewise/#disqus_thread Fri, 09 Oct 2015 04:45:46 +0000 /?p=6319 Australians are set to be reminded about the importance of using medicines safely and appropriately next week, during Be Medicinewise Week. Be Medicinewise Week 2015 runs next week from 12-18 ...

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]]> /news/aussies-juggling-multiple-medicines-nps-medicinewise/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Dollarphotoclub_75783184.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&ssl=1 Preventive focus for Naturopathy Medicine Week /news/preventive-focus-for-naturopathy-medicine-week/ /news/preventive-focus-for-naturopathy-medicine-week/#disqus_thread Wed, 07 Oct 2015 23:42:44 +0000 /?p=6292 It’s Naturopathy Medicine Week, and the Australian Naturopathic Practitioners Association is encouraging Australians to investigate naturopathy as preventative health. “Australians who regularly visit a well-trained Naturopath can prevent and turn ...

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]]> /news/preventive-focus-for-naturopathy-medicine-week/feed/ 1 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Dollarphotoclub_46329037.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 Pharmacies the top shop for vitamins and minerals: Roy Morgan /news/pharmacies-the-top-shop-for-vitamins-and-minerals-roy-morgan/ /news/pharmacies-the-top-shop-for-vitamins-and-minerals-roy-morgan/#disqus_thread Tue, 22 Sep 2015 06:14:48 +0000 /?p=6020 The latest findings from Roy Morgan Research show that demand is skyrocketing for vitamins and minerals in Australia – and more and more, they’re being bought from a pharmacy. In ...

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]]> /news/pharmacies-the-top-shop-for-vitamins-and-minerals-roy-morgan/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Dollarphotoclub_76065923.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 Clinical tips: cancer and alternative treatment /in-depth/clinical-tips/clinical-tips-cancer-and-alternative-treatment/ /in-depth/clinical-tips/clinical-tips-cancer-and-alternative-treatment/#disqus_thread Thu, 17 Sep 2015 13:30:56 +0000 /?p=5887 Some cancer patients place their faith in dietary cures, writes Ben Basger: what role can pharmacists have in helping them make good decisions? Have you been exposed to scared and ...

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]]> /in-depth/clinical-tips/clinical-tips-cancer-and-alternative-treatment/feed/ 4 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/28699395_m1.jpg?fit=847%2C565&ssl=1 Australians missing out on safe complementary ingredients: Gibson /news/australians-missing-out-on-safe-complementary-ingredients-gibson/ /news/australians-missing-out-on-safe-complementary-ingredients-gibson/#disqus_thread Fri, 11 Sep 2015 02:38:20 +0000 /?p=5821 Complementary Medicines Australia has welcomed the TGA’s announcement of approval of 10 new ingredients that have been assessed as suitable for use in listed medicines. “We welcome this streamlining of ...

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]]> /news/australians-missing-out-on-safe-complementary-ingredients-gibson/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Dollarphotoclub_46329037.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 Pharmacists key in complementary medicines… but no support for homeopathy /news/pharmacists-key-in-complementary-medicines-but-no-support-for-homeopathy/ /news/pharmacists-key-in-complementary-medicines-but-no-support-for-homeopathy/#disqus_thread Thu, 10 Sep 2015 00:23:55 +0000 http://۲ʿ/?p=5781 The PSA has issued a position statement recognising that complementary medicines may have a role in the management or treatment of some conditions, and that pharmacists are ideally placed to ...

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]]> /news/pharmacists-key-in-complementary-medicines-but-no-support-for-homeopathy/feed/ 4 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Dollarphotoclub_52143451.jpg?fit=2048%2C1356&ssl=1 Pain and other chronic conditions at 2015 Blackmores Institute Symposium /news/pain-and-other-chronic-conditions-at-2015-blackmores-institute-symposium/ /news/pain-and-other-chronic-conditions-at-2015-blackmores-institute-symposium/#disqus_thread Tue, 08 Sep 2015 03:57:38 +0000 http://۲ʿ/?p=5739 Ground-breaking findings that may help the one in five Australians who live with chronic pain will be unveiled at the 2015 Blackmores Institute Symposium by internationally acclaimed integrative medicine expert, ...

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]]> /news/pain-and-other-chronic-conditions-at-2015-blackmores-institute-symposium/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Dollarphotoclub_83180310.jpg?fit=2048%2C1460&ssl=1 CM exports to Asia more than double over past year /news/business/cm-exports-to-asia-more-than-double-over-past-year/ /news/business/cm-exports-to-asia-more-than-double-over-past-year/#disqus_thread Mon, 31 Aug 2015 06:40:47 +0000 http://۲ʿ/?p=5527 On the eve of the Vitafoods Asia expo in Hong Kong, one of the premier events for the global complementary medicines industry, Complementary Medicines Australia has welcomed the latest AusTrade ...

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]]> /news/business/cm-exports-to-asia-more-than-double-over-past-year/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Dollarphotoclub_46329037.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 CM scholarships to help build research base /news/cm-scholarships-to-help-build-research-base/ /news/cm-scholarships-to-help-build-research-base/#disqus_thread Fri, 14 Aug 2015 06:53:19 +0000 http://۲ʿ/?p=5187 Complementary Medicines Australia has welcomed the announcement of three new complementary medicine scholarships by the National Institute of Complementary Medicine in partnership with the Blackmores Institute. The scholarships aim to ...

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]]> /news/cm-scholarships-to-help-build-research-base/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Dollarphotoclub_76065923.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 Flordis slams menopause CAMs paper /news/flordis-slams-menopause-cams-paper/ /news/flordis-slams-menopause-cams-paper/#disqus_thread Thu, 06 Aug 2015 06:35:06 +0000 http://۲ʿ/?p=5084 Complementary medicines company Flordis has slammed a paper showing that CAMs are of limited use in treating menopause symptoms. Following the recent Medical Journal of Australia publication of a Monash ...

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]]> /news/flordis-slams-menopause-cams-paper/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/40197439_m.jpg?fit=852%2C562&ssl=1 Homeopathy has no place in pharmacy: Canadian pharmacist /news/homeopathy-has-no-place-in-pharmacy-canadian-pharmacist/ /news/homeopathy-has-no-place-in-pharmacy-canadian-pharmacist/#disqus_thread Mon, 27 Jul 2015 04:25:32 +0000 http://۲ʿ/?p=4911 A Canadian pharmacist has slammed the sale of homeopathic remedies in community pharmacy, stating that homeopathy and science are mutually exclusive. “Retail pharmacies have a sugar pill problem,” writes Scott ...

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]]> /news/homeopathy-has-no-place-in-pharmacy-canadian-pharmacist/feed/ 8 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/40694934_ml.jpg?fit=1678%2C1119&ssl=1 Blackmores wins seventh year as most trusted vitamins brand /news/blackmores-wins-seventh-year-as-most-trusted-vitamins-brand/ /news/blackmores-wins-seventh-year-as-most-trusted-vitamins-brand/#disqus_thread Tue, 21 Jul 2015 03:03:07 +0000 http://۲ʿ/?p=4839 Blackmores has been awarded the Reader’s Digest Most Trusted Brand in the Vitamins & Supplements category for 2015— the seventh consecutive year the brand has received this accolade. The Trusted ...

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]]> /news/blackmores-wins-seventh-year-as-most-trusted-vitamins-brand/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/blackmores.jpg?fit=1500%2C1000&ssl=1 Elderberry could provide jet lag relief: researchers /news/elderberry-could-provide-jet-lag-relief-researchers/ /news/elderberry-could-provide-jet-lag-relief-researchers/#disqus_thread Tue, 21 Jul 2015 02:07:01 +0000 http://۲ʿ/?p=4833 The negative health effects of international air travel are well documented, but it’s possible that the common elderberry can provide some relief, according to Griffith University researchers. Associate Professor Evelin ...

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]]> /news/elderberry-could-provide-jet-lag-relief-researchers/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Elderberry.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 Call for naturopaths to be registered after near-death of child /news/call-for-naturopaths-to-be-registered-after-near-death-of-child/ /news/call-for-naturopaths-to-be-registered-after-near-death-of-child/#disqus_thread Fri, 17 Jul 2015 02:59:01 +0000 http://۲ʿ/?p=4775 The arrest of a Sydney naturopath for child abuse has reignited the debate on naturopathic registration, says the Public Health Association of Australia, which is now calling for the regulation ...

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]]> /news/call-for-naturopaths-to-be-registered-after-near-death-of-child/feed/ 1 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Dollarphotoclub_46329037.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 St John’s Wort produces antidepressant adverse reactions /news/st-johns-wort-produces-antidepressant-adverse-reactions/ /news/st-johns-wort-produces-antidepressant-adverse-reactions/#disqus_thread Thu, 02 Jul 2015 01:34:04 +0000 http://۲ʿ/?p=4599 St John’s Wort can produce the same adverse reactions as antidepressants, and serious side effects can occur when the two are taken together, according to new University of Adelaide research. ...

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]]> /news/st-johns-wort-produces-antidepressant-adverse-reactions/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Dollarphotoclub_44313879.jpg?fit=2048%2C1363&ssl=1 CMA calls for less health red tape, more innovation support /news/cma-calls-for-less-health-red-tape-more-innovation-support/ /news/cma-calls-for-less-health-red-tape-more-innovation-support/#disqus_thread Tue, 30 Jun 2015 07:25:15 +0000 http://۲ʿ/?p=4570 In a submission to the Department of Health on reducing regulation in the health portfolio, Complementary Medicines Australia has reiterated its support of the Government’s commitment to foster a regulatory ...

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]]> /news/cma-calls-for-less-health-red-tape-more-innovation-support/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Dollarphotoclub_52143451.jpg?fit=2048%2C1356&ssl=1 Don’t sell homeopathic products: RACGP /news/dont-sell-homeopathic-products-racgp/ /news/dont-sell-homeopathic-products-racgp/#disqus_thread Wed, 03 Jun 2015 02:44:01 +0000 http://۲ʿ/?p=4116 GPs should not prescribe homeopathic remedies for their patients and pharmacists should not sell or recommend the use of homeopathic products, according to the RACGP. Releasing its position statement on ...

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]]> /news/dont-sell-homeopathic-products-racgp/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Dollarphotoclub_54558289.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 Homeopathy: It’s not the products, it’s the thinking /in-depth/opinion/homeopathy-its-not-the-products-its-the-thinking/ /in-depth/opinion/homeopathy-its-not-the-products-its-the-thinking/#disqus_thread Tue, 26 May 2015 13:30:40 +0000 http://۲ʿ/?p=3930 According to Taree pharmacist Ian Carr, homeopathy will do no harm, but it won’t do any good either, and pharmacists need to remove ‘magic water’ from their shelves to avoid ...

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]]> /in-depth/opinion/homeopathy-its-not-the-products-its-the-thinking/feed/ 25 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Dollarphotoclub_54558289.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 Complementary Medicines Australia launches seminar /news/complementary-medicines-australia-launches-seminar/ /news/complementary-medicines-australia-launches-seminar/#disqus_thread Fri, 01 May 2015 07:02:54 +0000 http://۲ʿ/?p=3559 Complementary Medicines Australia has now opened registrations for the 2015 Quality Learning Seminar, to be held at the Swissotel, Sydney, 3rd June 2015. “Australian complementary medicines are highly regarded and ...

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]]> /news/complementary-medicines-australia-launches-seminar/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Dollarphotoclub_52143451.jpg?fit=2048%2C1356&ssl=1 Don’t fear vitamins and minerals: CMA /news/dont-fear-vitamins-and-minerals-cma/ /news/dont-fear-vitamins-and-minerals-cma/#disqus_thread Wed, 22 Apr 2015 06:21:57 +0000 http://۲ʿ/?p=3443 Customers shouldn’t be afraid of taking vitamins and minerals, Complementary Medicines Australia says. CMA was responding to a study by the University of Colorado, which suggested that there could be ...

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]]> /news/dont-fear-vitamins-and-minerals-cma/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Dollarphotoclub_76065923.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 CMA calls for wellness healthcare model /news/cma-calls-for-wellness-healthcare-model/ /news/cma-calls-for-wellness-healthcare-model/#disqus_thread Wed, 22 Apr 2015 01:32:29 +0000 http://۲ʿ/?p=3425 Australia needs a new approach to healthcare, one which promotes self-reliance and shifts the emphasis of the health system towards greater support of wellness and prevention of disease, says Complementary ...

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]]> /news/cma-calls-for-wellness-healthcare-model/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Dollarphotoclub_52143451.jpg?fit=2048%2C1356&ssl=1 Better, not more CM regulation: ASMI /news/better-not-more-cm-regulation-asmi/ /news/better-not-more-cm-regulation-asmi/#disqus_thread Mon, 20 Apr 2015 06:09:36 +0000 http://۲ʿ/?p=3399 ASMI has urged the Federal Government to fine-tune the regulatory system for complementary medicines, calling for better rather than less regulation of complementary medicines. Dr Deon Schoombie, ASMI Executive Director, ...

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]]> /news/better-not-more-cm-regulation-asmi/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Dollarphotoclub_75578730.jpg?fit=1024%2C685&ssl=1 Keep eating fish, supplementing: CMA /news/keep-eating-fish-supplementing-cma/ /news/keep-eating-fish-supplementing-cma/#disqus_thread Tue, 14 Apr 2015 02:41:30 +0000 http://۲ʿ/?p=3336 Complementary Medicines Australia has responded to media reports that the National Heart Foundation is reviewing dietary and supplementation advice in relation to fish oil, based on a study looking at ...

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]]> /news/keep-eating-fish-supplementing-cma/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Dollarphotoclub_70434643.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&ssl=1 GPs need better CM knowledge: CMA /news/gps-need-better-cm-knowledge-cma/ /news/gps-need-better-cm-knowledge-cma/#disqus_thread Fri, 10 Apr 2015 02:48:54 +0000 http://۲ʿ/?p=3295 Complementary Medicines Australia has applauded the announcement by the Minister for Health, Sussan Ley, of a new collaborative governance arrangement for future GP training. It has highlighted the importance of ...

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]]> /news/gps-need-better-cm-knowledge-cma/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Dollarphotoclub_51070137.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1 Chondroitin benefits confirmed /news/chondroitin-benefits-confirmed/ /news/chondroitin-benefits-confirmed/#disqus_thread Fri, 27 Feb 2015 10:36:04 +0000 http://۲ʿ/?p=2553 The Australian Self Medication Industry has welcomed new research that confirmed the benefits of chondroitin sulphate for osteoarthritis. A Cochrane Review of 9,110 people across 43 randomised controlled studies revealed ...

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]]> /news/chondroitin-benefits-confirmed/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Dollarphotoclub_73096712.jpg?fit=2048%2C1682&ssl=1 Chondroitin use confirmed in Cochrane Review /news/chondroitin-use-confirmed-in-cochrane-review/ /news/chondroitin-use-confirmed-in-cochrane-review/#disqus_thread Thu, 26 Feb 2015 06:33:29 +0000 http://۲ʿ/?p=2535 Carl Gibson, chief executive of Complementary Medicines Australia has welcomed the results of a Cochrane Review of chondroitin sulfate that confirm the efficacy and safety of this supplement in the ...

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]]> /news/chondroitin-use-confirmed-in-cochrane-review/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Dollarphotoclub_614717391.jpg?fit=2048%2C1360&ssl=1 Managing high pressure with CMs: Braun /news/managing-high-pressure-with-cms-braun/ /news/managing-high-pressure-with-cms-braun/#disqus_thread Thu, 26 Feb 2015 06:03:58 +0000 http://۲ʿ/?p=2529 Working under high pressure almost always goes hand-in-hand with a decrease of performance in comparison to low-pressure situations, says Adjunct Associate Professor Lesley Braun, director, Blackmores Institute. Speaking to pharmacists ...

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]]> /news/managing-high-pressure-with-cms-braun/feed/ 0 https://i1.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/0009_DSC6116.jpg?fit=2000%2C1331&ssl=1 Blackmores to create bespoke pharmacy products /news/blackmores-create-bespoke-pharmacy-products/ /news/blackmores-create-bespoke-pharmacy-products/#disqus_thread Wed, 25 Feb 2015 06:39:36 +0000 http://۲ʿ/?p=2517 Blackmores is about to delete 18 products from its grocery line and plans to enhance the brand’s presence in pharmacy with bespoke lines, MD David Fenlon told a gathering of ...

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]]> /news/blackmores-create-bespoke-pharmacy-products/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/0006_DSC6092.jpg?fit=1024%2C681&ssl=1 Apply minimum regs to complementary medicines: ASMI /news/apply-minimum-regs-complementary-medicines-asmi/ /news/apply-minimum-regs-complementary-medicines-asmi/#disqus_thread Mon, 23 Feb 2015 02:00:39 +0000 http://۲ʿ/?p=2475 The Australian Self Medication Industry has welcomed the Federal Government’s Review of complementary medicines. “This is a great opportunity to get the right regulatory settings for complementary medicines, which are ...

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]]> /news/apply-minimum-regs-complementary-medicines-asmi/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Depositphotos_8977014_m.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1 Expert review wants CMs feedback /news/expert-review-wants-cms-feedback/ /news/expert-review-wants-cms-feedback/#disqus_thread Fri, 20 Feb 2015 04:01:42 +0000 http://۲ʿ/?p=2470 The Department of Health’s Expert Review of Medicines and Medical Devices Regulation panel is seeking feedback from stakeholders to inform its thinking on the regulation of complementary medicines. The release ...

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]]> /news/expert-review-wants-cms-feedback/feed/ 0 https://i0.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Dollarphotoclub_61250131.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1 Glucosamine and chondroitin for OA of the knee /news/glucosamine-chondroitin-oa-knee/ /news/glucosamine-chondroitin-oa-knee/#disqus_thread Sun, 08 Feb 2015 17:00:00 +0000 http://۲ʿ/?p=2243 Carl Gibson, chief executive of Complementary Medicines Australia has welcomed results from a new study which shows equivalent benefits of taking glucosamine and chondroitin for osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee ...

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]]> /news/glucosamine-chondroitin-oa-knee/feed/ 0 https://i2.wp.com/۲ʿ/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Dollarphotoclub_61471739.jpg?fit=1024%2C680&ssl=1 Consider complementary medicines input, Govt urged /news/consider-complementary-medicines-input-govt-urged/ /news/consider-complementary-medicines-input-govt-urged/#disqus_thread Tue, 03 Feb 2015 03:18:15 +0000 http://۲ʿ/?p=2150 In its pre-Budget submission, Complementary Medicines Australia has recommended the Government reflects the economic and population health contributions made by the complementary medicines industry when considering the upcoming Federal Budget. ...

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