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Proudly sponsored by your local community pharmacist

Keep an ear out on your local radio station for Dr John’s Health Checks, proudly supported by your local community pharmacist.

Dr John’s Health Checks are a valued daily dose of health advice for radio listeners across the country.  More than 80 radio stations, including both regional and metropolitan stations, feature Dr John’s regular radio segments – Health Checks and Health Matters, a radio hour broadcast weekly on over 40 regional stations via the Macquarie Regional Radio Network.

Each one of Dr John’s segments focuses on a different health issue of importance to the community. In fact, Dr John has been informing Australians about health issues affecting them every day for the last 25 years.

This valued partnership between Dr John and community pharmacists demonstrates the value of doctors and pharmacists working together to improve the health of all Australians.

So remember to listen out for Dr John’s health tips, and if you need professional medicines or health management advice, remember to ask your pharmacist!

2010

September 2010

1. 17 September - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Dementia Awareness Week 
2. 8 September - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Baby Care 
3. 7 September - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Eczema Awareness Week 
4. 6 September - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Asthma Awareness Week 
5. 3 September - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Medications and dangerous driving 
6. 2 September - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Hayfever 
7. 1 September - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Ask your Pharmacist Week

August 2010

1. 30 August - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Ask Your Pharmacist 
2. 16 August - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: National Glaucoma Week 15th to 21st August 
3. 9 August - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Safe Storage of Medicine 
4. 6 August - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Long Term Sleep Problems 
5. 5 August - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Healthy Bones 
6. 2 August - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Continence Awareness Week 1st to 7th August 

July 2010

1. 16 July - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Asthma Management in Winter  
2. 7 July - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Dangers of Sharing Medicines  
3. 6 July - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Cough and Colds and Winter Misery  
4. 5 July - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Prostate Cancer  
5. 2 July - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Self Manage Your Diabetes with the Help of You  
6. 1 July - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Fit and Healthy This Winter 

June 2010

1. 21 June - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Drug Action Week 20th to 26th June  
2. 18 June - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Arthritis Doesnt Just Happen in Age  
3. 17 June - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Be Aware of Hepatitis  
4. 15 June - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Dangers of Buying Medicines Online  
5. 14 June - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: More on Prostate Cancer  
6. 4 June - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Screening for Bowel Cancer

May 2010

1. 20 May - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Managing Chronic Pain 
2. 17 May - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Stroke and National Stroke Week  
3. 14 May - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Stopping Smoking 
4. 11 May - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Season Infections and Infection Control 
5. 6 May - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: You Can Control Your Asthma 
6. 4 May - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Codeine Changes 

April 2010

1. 22 April - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Influenza this season
2. 20 April - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Help from your Community Pharmacy
3. 15 April - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Patient medication profile 
4. 9 April - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Pain and pain medicines 
5. 8 April - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Men get the blues as well 
6. 6 April - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Findapharmacy.com.au 
7. 1 April - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Cold and Flu Medicines

March 2010

1. 23 March - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Managing Pain Properly
2. 19 March - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Swine Flu 
3. 16 March - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: PMPs 
4. 12 March - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: World Glaucoma Day 14th March 
5. 2 March - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: DAA Help from your Community Pharmacist 
6. 1 March - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Arthritis

February 2010

1. 26 February - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Swine Vaccine for Children
2. 23 February - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Ovarian Cancer 
3. 12 February - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Tips for a Healthy Heart 
4. 8 February - Health Check withy Dr John D'Arcy: Mens Health Ambassador Speaker Program 
5. 2 February - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Pain and Using Pain Medicines 
6. 1 February - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Swine Flu Vaccine

January 2010

• 26 January - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Sleep Hygiene  
• 22 January - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Mind your mind  
• 20 January - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy:Hydration and the elderly  
• 19 January - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Incontinence  
• 14 January - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Foot Infections  
• 7 January - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Contraception 

2009

December 2009

• 21 December - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Avoiding Christmas over indulgence  
• 14 December - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Be very afraid of Detox and miracle diets  
• 8 December - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Slip slop slap seek and slide  
• 7 December - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Drink with care this Christmas  
• 4 Decmeber - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Travelling with Medicines  
• 2 December - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: STD  
• 1 December - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: RUOK Day 

November 2009

• 30 November - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Patient Medication Profiling 
• 27 November - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: RUOK Day 29th November 
• 19 November - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Managing Pain 
• 17 November - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: When it Comes to Medications Newer is not Always Better 
• 16 November - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Healthy Heart This Summer 
• 12 November - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Osteoporosis 
• 11 November - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: New Aspirin Guide Lines 
• 10 November - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: COPD 
• 5 November - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Diabetes Guild 
• 2 November - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Mens Health Guide 

October 2009

• 30 October - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Dementia and the Bush  
• 21 October - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Osteoporosis the Silent Disease  
• 19 October - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Carers Week  
• 16 October - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Taming Incontinence  
• 13 October - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Bunions and All That  
• 12 October- Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: The Value of CMI  
• 5 October - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Zits and Slow Grinders Acne and its Management  
• 2 October - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Triumph for Breath  
• 1 October - Health Check with Dr John D'Arcy: Mental Health