Lane Cove Wellness Centre

13/10/2024

I still worry about increased incidence of osteopenia and osteoporosis - gradual loss of bone. The major cause of osteoporosis is insufficient calcium in the diet (ABS 2014). Food these days is just not delivering the goods. Don't believe me? See: https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/health/health-conditions-and-risks/australian-health-survey-usual-nutrient-intakes/latest-release
OUR SMOOTHI POWDER WAS DESIGNED TO HELP OVERCOME THE DEFICIENCY (94% IN WOMEN OVER 70 (abs).

Provides a distributional analysis of usual nutrient consumption enabling population assessment of intakes against the Nutrient Reference Values

07/05/2024

Again very chuffed to receive an appreciative comment on my blog on "What is Herd Immunity" - as follows:
"Its like you read my mind You appear to know a lot about this like you wrote the book in it or something I think that you could do with some pics to drive the message home a little bit but instead of that this is fantastic blog An excellent read I will certainly be back". Thank you Alia.

29/04/2024

Well friends we have sold our pharmacy after 40 years at this site. Weird feeling in a good way but still working on for a little while to help new owners Sorya and Ed till the dust settles. Kirsty has accepted a contract to still consult in CPAP usage and also see nutrition clients.* I only need to help win the pennants and for the Bunnies to make a comeback . . . . . . . . . . .
Thank you beautiful Lane Covies for putting up with us for so long. And we will be remaining in the area "for the forseeable future".
*Kirst has been formally given the "foremost CPAP specialist" Gong... by a prominent respiratory specialist. Deserves it too.

17/04/2024

So it's basically official, following a recent defamation case. The obvious implications of the judgement could easily be interpreted that the then Albanese-led opposition won Government by total deception of the public, despicably destroying - knifing in the back even - lives and careers of trusted friends in the process as part of their rolling, anti-Morrison Government smear campaign. They then brazened out in parliament the aftermath of accusations of wrongdoing when in Government. They were then criticised afterwards for virtually legislating against their own promises! And riding out the storm of further accusations with lying denials in The House. To cap it all off, the Honourable Mark Butler MP reportedly paid his wife's PR company $23.4M before parliament had even sat and while she was a temporary employee to apparently further line the pockets of one of their own - while all along brazenly denying any corruption or wrong-doing. All this and then depriving trusted, ethical, hard-working pharmacists of a decent living in taking out their working, take-home pay by again "gaming" the rules - an act that has potentially violated the constitution in the name of the people. Honourable indeed.

31/03/2024

Scientists being baffled by the cause of the sudden spike in global temperatures (SMH 23/3/24) baffles me. Why? Because the "spike" is obviously being caused by the recent massive surge from the current, gob-smacking "standard" rate of tree destruction everywhere in order to erect wind turbines and solar panels- from Europe, and especially Borneo, Africa, Australia and the Amazon. Trees are our single most available tool to cool the planet through its endothermic Calvin cycle and chlorophyl -sponsored activity of converting CO2 to O2 plus lignin. This cools both at ground level and the air above. So that's not "puzzling" - it is unhinged denial by the "scientists" quoted. And the increase in coal-fired smelter production of enormous wind turbines and gigantic batteries as well as solar panels - AND produced by slave labour in China - that are being erected by madmen in forests and on arable land - is the single most probable cause, sadly. There must be a better way. See :https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/backgroundbriefing/giant-wind-farms-clearing-queensland-bush/13670398

04/02/2024

Jan loves listening to Richard Glover on the ABC. Cheerful, ever upbeat particularly when it comes to our great Sydney lifestyle, he never criticises and is forever tolerant of people's quirks. All of which is why she was almost reduced to tears when he tore into "Pharmacists" recently for no reason other than seemingly to support Labor's bullying agenda to pick on the little people, tear up the 7 CPA ("community pharmacy 5 year agreement between pharmacists and the Federal Government"). And this, for no apparent reason AND completely without warning AND in mid-term. It was almost like he sold his soul to the evil side because in reality that meant that Richard no longer supported his long suffering public but merely Anthony Albanese's bewildering agenda in this - AND in many other areas as well. Toadying to the Boss?

12/01/2024

Headline in AJP:
Wholesalers working to deliver to flood-affected Victorians

"Pharmaceutical wholesalers are working with pharmacies in flood-hit parts of Victoria to get medicines to patients in need."

Folks, this is a network that the Albanese government seems determined to dismantle. Why is that a very bad idea? Simple - Australia is a unique, "First World" and yet also a frontier country that still relies on human endeavour to ensure the health of our community at every level - suburban or regional.

We've got wet delivering meds even in Lane Cove. Why? Because we chose to do it and love doing it.

I love our country, I love my profession. I do not love politically motivated, aimless, interfering, senseless micro-governing.

So Albo, think of the sick and elderly and let the ethical pharmacies keep doing what works best.

Don't make them choose between voting for you and keeping their local chemist!
So be kind to us in March - when you announce the results of the new Guild-Government "negotiations".

PS. Please don't break this next 5-year agreement in mid-term like the last one. Be an honorable politician this time.