Increase regulation of online sale of weight-loss jabs, pharmacists say | Drugs

Pharmacies are demanding tougher regulation of the online sale of weight-loss jabs amid a predicted new year’s boom in demand. The National Pharmacy Association (NPA), who represent independent community pharmacies, urged the regulator to require greater consultation with patients before dispensing weight-loss jabs and other high-risk medication online. Current rules, the NPA said, “leaves the…

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Remains of carved canoe may be most significant discovery of its kind, NZ archaeologist says | New Zealand

Parts of a carved and decorated traditional ocean-going canoe (waka) found in the Chatham Islands, around 800km east of New Zealand, could be the most significant discovery of its kind in Polynesia, archaeologists say. The Chatham Islands is an archipelago administered as part of New Zealand. Over the past month, archaeologists and local volunteers have…

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Ghostly white northern lights present new auroral mystery

Mysterious ribbons of grayish white have been spotted woven through the northern lights. New images reveal that these ghostly glows can appear tucked within or curled up beside red and green auroras. But the pale lights are not auroras themselves, researchers reported December 30 in Nature Communications. Instead, they may arise through a similar process…

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