General Health

Is it menopause or could it be your thyroid?

When women in their 40s and 50s notice a drop in energy, changes to sleep patterns, an increase in depressed moods and unexplained weight gain, they often chalk it up to the beginnings of menopause – but could the real culprit be a thyroid disorder? Hypothyroidism is a condition caused by an underactive thyroid not […]

The future of pharmacy in a post Covid Australia

The Covid-19 crisis has taken Australia’s pharmacy sector on a roller coaster ride in recent months with no one able to say for sure what the future of the industry will look like. However what is almost certain is that pharmacy will not simply go ‘back to normal’ once the coronavirus pandemic is declared contained. […]

Are you suffering from Isolation Skin Neglect? It’s a thing…

Every cloud has a silver lining and for many women the silver lining of Covid isolation has been to reduce (or completely drop!) hair, make-up and all-round primping from our daily routines. Go on admit it – it HAS been nice to have a break from the daily grind of looking fabulous. At least for […]

Dry skin from all that hand-washing? Here’s what will help:

If you’ve been regularly washing your hands for the government-endorsed 20 seconds throughout the day – keep up the good work! You can pat yourself on the back knowing you have, in your own small way, contributed to the flattening of the coronavirus curve. No good deed goes unpunished however – you will have noticed […]

Read the ingredients in your hand sanitiser – it may not work.

There are many products now on the market that claim to be hand sanitiser, however how effective are they really at killing the germs that  make us sick? As our supermarket and pharmacy shelves are being emptied of hand sanitiser, alternative ‘natural’ versions have started appearing in online shops, Facebook ads and at market stalls. […]

Top 4 vitamins to boost immunity

We’ve done the research so you don’t have to Walk into any health food shop or pharmacy and you’ll find a dizzying collection of vitamins all claiming to promote good health in a range of ways. And most of them do what they say, however reading all those labels and doing the online research can […]

How the world’s scientists are working together to beat Covid-19

Promising new Covid-19 treatments on the horizon While we’re all doing our bit to flatten the curve by severely curbing our social and work activities, scientists and medical researchers around the world are hard at work developing new treatments and vaccines that will potentially prevent deaths and serious illness as well as help us emerge […]

What to say when customers try panic buying medication

Over the past few weeks almost every pharmacy in the country has had customers trying to panic buy medication. Most of these customers are well-meaning, but they’re worried. Worried that shipments of medicine from overseas will abruptly stop, or worried that all the other panic-buyers will have already emptied pharmacy shelves when next they present […]

The sensible way to future-proof your pharmacy against medicine shortages

There’s already too much coronavirus ‘click-bait’ out there and we were initially reluctant to post another story on the subject, however the need to discuss the very real potential of increased medication shortages has prompted us to start tapping away at the keyboard… Currently Australia imports almost all its medicine from overseas. We have an […]

COVID-19 Continuity Plan – Commercial in Confidence

Dear Patients, Pharmacies & Prescribers, The NCC Team has been closely monitoring the global developments of COVID-19. The safety and well-being of our team, yourself and your team is of the highest priority. As Australia navigates this challenging scenario, the team and I are sharing our strategy to minimising disruption to our Patients, Practitioners and […]

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