obesity

How fragile is your sleep? As daylight saving ends on Sunday, sleep experts say that the many Australians who already sleep poorly could experience further unsettled nights unless they follow a sound formula for quality sleep.

More than two-thirds of Australians say they’re in excellent health: yet we have one of the highest rates of obesity among developed countries and 280 of us develop diabetes every day.

Women are pharmacy’s strongest customer: because they’re often the family caregiver, they also tend to be primary shoppers in households. But sometimes they also need to place greater emphasis on their own health: and International Women’s Day (8 Mar) is a great reminder to do so, says Bronwyn Flanagan, Priceline Pharmacy Service Manager.

A woman dies from a 10-litre a day cola habit; and clothing sports advertisements for Jim Beam bourbon, insidiously push its products, slams Sydney Uni experts. According to the researchers, these just some of the ‘extreme examples’ of big companies using the same tactics as tobacco companies to push products.

A key difference between the US market and the Australian is a failure by ‘traditional’ health professionals like doctors and pharmacists to understand the complementary medicines market.

Australians are a healthy bunch – and most of us feel positive about our quality of life, says the latest national report card on health released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).

However, most Australians also have at least one health risk factor that is likely to contribute to poorer future health.

Life’s riskier for some Australian men than others, a new report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has found – especially if they’re Indigenous, or live in a regional, remote or socio-economically disadvantaged area.

Young parents aged under 40 are showing dangerously high levels of obesity compared to single or childless people the same age, new data from Bupa has found.

The Bupa Family Health Survey shows 61% of surveyed parents under 40 were overweight based on their Body Mass Index (BMI), compared to only 40% of couples without kids and 45% of young singles.

by Kos Sclavos, national president, Pharmacy Guild of Australia

There are many department categories in a community pharmacy where pharmacy assistants play a key role. The weight loss category is one such category.