Features

CHOLESTEROL facts and figures

Published on Apr 02, 2012 in Articles, Category Data, Category Features, Category Features, Features, Slideshow

CHOLESTEROL facts and figures by Jo AndrewsB.Sc Chemical Engineering, BHlthSc(ComplMed), Adv Dip Naturophathy,Senior Lecturer of Australasian College of Natural Therapies Cholesterol is an essential compound in our body. It is a building block for a number of critical products, without which we would not survive. So much attention has been paid to this special [...]

Diabetes Management – CPD Credits

Published on Apr 02, 2012 in Articles, Category Data, Category Features, Category Features, Features, Slideshow

Diabetes Management – An Ongoing Opportunity for Pharmacy byAnthony Tassone, B.Pharm (Hons), Cert IV (TAA), Dip Mgt, AACPA – National Professional Development Manager, Guild Pharmacy Academy – the Pharmacy Guild of Australia With the allocation of $344 million under the 5th Community Pharmacy Agreement (5CPA) for the Pharmacy Practice Incentive (PPI) Program – the next [...]

NDSS – National Diabetes Services Scheme

Published on Apr 02, 2012 in Articles, Category Data, Category Features, Category Features, Features, Slideshow

NDSS – National Diabetes Services Scheme by Diabetes Australia Pharmacies play an important role in delivering the National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS) to people with diabetes. There are nearly 4,000 NDSS outlets, known as ‘Access Points’, across Australia. The majority of these NDSS outlets are community pharmacies. Access Points help to deliver NDSS products to [...]

Beauté

Published on Feb 14, 2012 in Features, Special Features, Training

Stepping up in Acid Suppression

Published on Jan 31, 2012 in Articles, Category Data, Category Features, Category Features, Features

Stepping up in acid suppression By James Gimblett, B.Pharm MPS (Curtin University of Technology) Self prescribing of antacids upon initial symptoms occurs in at least 10% of the population. Studies suggest a stepwise approach in the treatment of GORD leads to better concordance with the patient. We can either start low and work our way [...]

Coenzyme Q10 – A Key Ingredient for Optimal Heart Health

Published on Oct 11, 2011 in Articles, Features

Coenzyme Q10 – A Key Ingredient for Optimal Heart Health By Allan Nash, B.Pharm, M.Pharm, AACPA, director of MedCheck Coenzyme Q10: A key ingredient for optimal heart health Co Q10 metabolically regulates energy at a cellular level. It is present in the inner mitochondrial cell membrane and is involved in the production of ATP that [...]

Seeing the Benefits of Dietary Supplements?

Published on Oct 11, 2011 in Articles, Category Features, Features

Seeing the Benefits of Dietary Supplements? By Pat Gerry – Optometrist and Sports-Specific Consultant at Eyeman, www.eyeman.com.au It appears it’s that time of the year when the media (and maybe mainstream medicine) feel it is timely to attack the use of alternative medicines and dietary supplements due to the industry’s apparent poor regulation. I am [...]

Models for Heartburn Treatment – Step Up & Step Down

Published on Oct 09, 2011 in Articles, Category Features, Features

Models for Heartburn Treatment – Step Up & Step Down By Brandon Schlumpf – Pharmacist Tewantin Priceline Pharmacy Heartburn, or acid reflux, is a burning sensation rising through the chest towards the neck caused by gastric acid from the stomach being regurgitated into the throat. It is a common condition and most, if not all, [...]

Pain Management Feature – Physiology of Pain

Published on Oct 09, 2011 in Articles, Category Features, Features

Physiology of Pain By James Gimblett, B.Pharm M{S (Curtin University of Technology) Pain management is a complex bracket of pharmacology, with analgesics being widely prescribed and sought after in the community. Patients may present with pain but it is their perception of severity, duration and recurrence of incidence that we must take into account when [...]

Childhood Atopic Eczema by Dr John Su

Published on Aug 02, 2011 in Articles, Category Features, Features

Childhood Atopic Eczema by Dr John Su MEpi, MSt, FRACP, FACD, paediatric dermatologist at Box Hill Hospital, Royal Children’s Hospital (Melbourne) and Austin Health. Senior lecturer at Monash University and University of Melbourne. Atopic eczema affects up to 1 in 3 Australian children. It is a chronic and recurrent condition, characterised by skin inflammation (dermatitis) [...]

Probiotics – the good bacteria by Alan Teoh – CHR Hansen

Published on Aug 02, 2011 in Category Data, Category Features, Category Features

Probiotics – the good bacteria By Alan Teoh – Manager, Health & Nutrition Chr. Hansen Pty. Ltd. What is a probiotic product? Stated simply, a probiotic product is a food supplement that contains a specific minimum number of live viable probiotic or good bacteria. The number of beneficial bacteria in a probiotic food [...]

Probiotics in Primary Care

Published on Aug 02, 2011 in Category Data, Category Features, Category Features

Probiotics in primary care byJames Gimblett – B.Pharm MPS (Curtin University of Technology) As pharmacists, we have many tools for use in primary care and the administration of probiotics is a very useful agent for treating and preventing gastrointestinal conditions. There are many types and strains of probiotics on the market but not all of [...]

Digesting the confusion of : Probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics

Published on Aug 02, 2011 in Category Data, Category Features, Category Features

Digesting the confusion of : Probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics by Jo Andrews – B.Sc Chemical Engineering, Adv Dip Naturopathy, Senior Lecturer of Australasian College of Natural Therapies Our gastrointestinal tract is host to a complex ecosystem which has over 500 different species of bacteria (up to 1014 microbes) which can have a total weight of [...]

The Complex Ecosystem Within the Gut

Published on Aug 02, 2011 in Category Data, Category Features, Category Features

The Complex Ecosystem Within the Gut by Bernadette Kostowski – Senior Microbiologist (Quality Control) Bachelor of Applied Science (B. App. Sci) The human gastrointestinal tract accommodates more than 400 bacterial species. In fact, it is estimated that half the weight of wet colonic material is due to bacterial cells, whose numbers exceed by 10-fold the [...]

Managing Asthma in Older Adults

Published on May 31, 2011 in Features, Special Features

Managing Asthma in Older Adults By Siobhan Brophy, Communications Manager, National Asthma Council Australia Despite the improvements in asthma management seen over the past two decades, older people with asthma remain at particular risk of asthma-related morbidity and mortality. Asthma tends to be more severe in older patients than young adults, and acute [...]