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CMA Grant Opportunity for Full Members: Advance Your Research and Clinical Skills
The CMA is excited to announce a grant opportunity for all FULL Members Eligibility: This is open to all Full Members of the CMA, including Naturopaths, Herbalists, Homeopaths, Nutritionists, and Ayurvedic Practitioners, regardless of whether you hold a degree or not. Focus on Contribution: We encourage candidates to demonstrate a desire to raise this…
Read MoreHerb-Drug Interactions Database
There is an ever growing number of patients that use pharmaceutical drugs prescribed by their doctor but want to use natural remedies prescribed by their naturopath. Many CMA practitioners have enquired about a reliable database that they can access checking herbal-drug interactions for safe and optimal outcomes. Recently a study compared the performance of eight…
Read MoreANC Meets with NT Shadow Health Minister – Bill Yan
ANC (Australian Naturopathic Council) representatives, CMA President Kristy Hollis & Dr Amie Steel had a Zoom meeting with William ‘Bill’ Yan the NT Shadow Minister for Health. “With the ‘Preventative Health Conference 2024 – Building Prevention Success Stories’ being held in Darwin later this month we reached out to Mr William Yan– the NT Shadow…
Read MoreAustralian Complementary Medicine Business Explodes
Australian complementary medicines sales have more than doubled from $2.3 billion to $4.7 billion in just over three years according to Complementary Medicines Australia (CMA) ceo Carl Gibson, who yesterday unveiled the results of the 2017 Australian Complementary Medicines Industry Audit. Gibson was speaking at the Complementary Medicines Australia Innovation Seminar and Supplier Expo yesterday,…
Read MoreBayer Urges Herbal Standards
Pharmaceutical giant Bayer has urged the global industry to “look at creating globally accepted standards governing the development of herbal products,” with about 32% of all pharmaceutical drugs currently based on botanicals. The company issued a statement during the 25th United European Gastroenterology (UEG) Week in Barcelona Spain which looked at Bayer’s Iberogast and functional…
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