Vien here to share all things health (and some business talk from behind the counter)
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Daily Dose Ep56. How To Manage (Viral) Gastro(enteritis) During Ease Lockdowns In Sydney
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Sydney, enjoy your eased lockdowns during COVID this December 2020. However be aware that viral gastro is in the wild and appearing as nausea, vomiting, and or diarrhoea. Tummy is usually upset too. I still see it this 3rd week in Sydney hence this update. I highly recommend everyone maintain common sense hygiene measures: social distancing, wearin…
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Daily Dose Ep51: How To Feed Problem Babies (Colic, Reflux, Constipation, Allergy)
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In Australia and New Zealand we have the Food Standards dictating what’s allowed in your baby’s formula powder. Fortunately most brands have to hit minimums for protein, carbs, and fats. Unfortunately the optional extras are exactly that, optional! I have to also add a disclaimer: breast milk is KING. Formula comes nowhere close. Breast milk is lik…
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Daily Dose Ep 50: How To Treat & Prevent Mastitis In New Mothers
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Are you a new mum with painful, sore, nipples that feel like a needle is stabbing? If so you may be suffering from the all too common mastitis. An inflammation of the breast nipple and tissue. It's definitely not fun to experience and can even bring on serious illness if the infection spreads or you have a severe form of it so see your doctor stat!…
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Daily Dose Ep47: Viral Gastro In Sydney
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Hey Sydneysiders its Smiling Pharmacist here to warn everyone to keep up their hand sanitizers and hygiene cos there's viral gastro making the rounds Symptoms are diarrhoea, nausea, vomiting, low appetite. Spread easily by coughing, sneezing, sharing utensils. So keep up the mask wearing! Treatment involves maintaining hydration with oral rehydrati…
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Daily Dose Ep45. Best Treatment for Scars (2nd edition)
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Sun's out, bums out! With warmer weather in Sydney we're seeing people head outdoors and also seeing more injuries! Grazes, cuts, scabs the lot! Here's how to: 1) prevent fugly scars in the 1st place, and 2) minimize scars that recently formed Topics covered 📖 -types of scars: keloid, hypertrophic, pitted.. -stages of wound healing -debunk pop item…
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Daily Dose Ep44. How To Treat Thrush (Vaginal & Penile)
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Embarrassing but it happens! If you're a women over the age of 16 years, you're likely to get thrush at least once in your lifetime. Men you're not off the hook either it can happen on the tip of your penis Now to be clear, thrush is NOT a sexually transmitted disease (STD) and is more a result of a compromised immune system. What's that mean? Well…
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Daily Dose Ep42. How To Treat Allergies and Get to the Root Of The Problem
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The Four-Day-Rule-Of-Thumb: this is a diagnostic tool I used to help uncover the root cause of people's hives (a form of allergy). Often times a customer will come in with a skin rash all over their body and ask for an antihistamine. Of course I give them what they want but when I notice they're not in a hurry I'll ask to give them my 2cents. Recog…
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The Friday Tune Up Ep2. Grandma’s Cooking, Formula 1, Gary Vee, Learning Mandarin and more!
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Considering the cold front Sydney experienced last weekend, this episode shares my taste of Grandma’s cooking of Banh Canh, a vietnamese dish made from rice noodles (hand-made). Nom! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehealthtuneup/message
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Daily Dose Ep44. How To Manage a Child with Fever
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hey guys I just wanted to quickly rush Ep44 out before the others as I'm getting so many requests for Panadol suppositories.. The update: they're Out Of Stock till Nov 2020 (have been since start of year) In this podcast I share tips for parents on how to manage with aforementioned product Enjoy --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spoti…
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Behind The Counter Ep17: Over Paying Tax 💰💰💰
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How to unwittingly get a windfall of $11,000 and how I wish I didn’t have this in the first place. Paying too much tax 💰💰💰--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehealthtuneup/message
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Behind The Counter Ep16: Connecting with Sophie Cotsis (Member of Parliament)
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Serendipity. It happens when you connect with people-but you must get out from behind your desk! I got to lunch with Sophie but also Kiel the General Manager of Canterbury Hospital whom just happened to be at the cafe too! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehealthtuneup/message…
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Behind The Counter Ep15: Keep Ya Finger on the Pulse
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Else you’ll lose money without even knowing! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehealthtuneup/message
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Behind The Counter Ep14: Hire That Accountant!
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The first person you should hire is not an assistant, not a chef, but and accountant!--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehealthtuneup/message
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Behind The Counter Ep13: Have systems in place from the small to the big! Don’t be a One Man Show
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I had an issue last night we’re a customer left without her script and unhappy. You learn best from your most unhappy customers and this one hit home that we need to systematise every one of our processes-even something we do on a routine basis like dispensing medicine! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehealtht…
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Behind The Counter Ep12: Crucial Business Mistakes To Avoid
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Debrief from the three day conference up at Gold Coast February 2019--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehealthtuneup/message
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Behind The Counter Ep11: The One Skill Needed To Run A Business: Accounting!
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Due diligence. That ugly word used before buying real estate, or a business, or anything serious in your life! I didn’t do any before buying this pharmacy except for knowing something called a P&L sheet. Well actually that’s one-third of the pie....the other two essentials are the balance sheet and the cashflow sheet. Yikes. Please do yourself a fa…
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My Girlfriend's Eczema Won't Go Away: How To Fix It Inside-Out
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I had the pleasure of meeting my physiotherapist friend, Kevin, and he asks: Q. What should my girlfriend do for her eczema? She gets it on the nape of her neck and it never seems to go away. Having just returned from Taiwan, she’s going to eliminate diary from her diet in hopes of getting some relief. Currently she is using steroid creams. --- Sen…
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|NIGHTLINE| Vien Tells A 17yo Girl To Quit Hungry Jacks
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A quick 2min rant as I destroyed a girl's misguided view of healthy eating habits and tell her to quit her job at Hungry Jacks. Background on this girl: 17yo, life long sufferer of constipation, eats oily food, avoids water and will only eat fruit given by her grandmother. She's on Movicol x4 a day, Concerta, and a few others I forget now.. Being a…
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Behind The Counter Ep10. Baby Formula Rage
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Re-thinking my strategy of selling baby formula to China. Focussing more of local communities --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehealthtuneup/message
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Behind The Counter Ep9. How NOT To Do Business with Family
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Setting New Years Resolutions the Tim Ferris way. Keeping Your Cool. Working In A Family Business--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehealthtuneup/message
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Behind The Counter Ep8: How to Read More Effectively
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Happy Boxing Day everyone in this episode I talk about my reading habits that I’ve learned from successful people and what I’m doing this Boxing Day--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehealthtuneup/message
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Behind The Counter Ep7: You Get What You Pay 💰
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Lessons in running a small business: work with the professionals and know ur rights as a paying customer. Saying No.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehealthtuneup/message
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Behind The Counter Ep6: Time Management
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I think I’ve found the best time management tool! Go back to high school days and set yourself a timetable! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehealthtuneup/message
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Behind The Counter Ep5: From The Horse’s Mouth: Coach JT Foxx
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Today’s format is a little different: I read a chapter from the World famous business coach JT Foxx’s book: Millionaire Underdog --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehealthtuneup/message
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Behind The Counter 365 Ep3: What Goes Around Comes Around, Universe Speaks
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I believe what you give out into the universe comes around in kind. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehealthtuneup/message
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Behind The Counter Ep2: Give Me 10 Push-ups! Mindset is Everything
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In this episode I preach to myself the virtues of getting my head in the right space. How? Through body movements that hack my mental state. Tony Robbins is famous for the line “Motion is Emotion!” It’s true. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehealthtuneup/message…
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Behind The Counter is a journey of a young pharmacist starting his own business: the ups and downs
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Never Work For Less Than $20/hr --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehealthtuneup/message
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|NIGHTLINE| Ep13: Fixing Internal Fires
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With the audio stripped from the Facebook show NIGHTLINE, I apologise for any long silences. This Ep I talk inflammation and how to fix it internal to get to the root of one lady’s rosacea, and related acne, eczema, gout etc. Hope you enjoy it. Xoxo vien--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehealthtuneup/message…
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While scary sounding it’s quite harmless.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehealthtuneup/message
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A young healthy lady comes in with two scripts for her chest pain. Vien digs past the diagnosis to see what else could be wrong--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehealthtuneup/message
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Not the sexiest topic but very frequent occurring in the community --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehealthtuneup/message
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After buying some camping gear with my gf we decided to stop for some Jap. It was on the cheap $5 for a bento box. Oh man did I pay for it with running diarrhoea..--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehealthtuneup/message
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This simple question the unlock to a host of clues about my patients. From what they eat, to their sleep patterns. I can read your health better than the next ten questions I ask. What does your job tell me about you?--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehealthtuneup/message…
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This podcast was recorded specially for my friend David K. He wanted to optimise his brain performance for 2018 and was seeking nutritional supplements like fish oil and ginkgo. The latter being the topic today. Summary points: 1) clinical trials show some benefit for short term memory 2) takes about a month to see effects 3) dosage is 120-240mg (m…
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Vien has a new podcast! If u wanna know why I hate some doctors it’s cos of the way they mismanage simple problems like hives Listen in #anchor #podcast #allergies@smilingpharmacist--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehealthtuneup/message
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Moobs! Aka Man Boobs and How to Fix em As always I get interesting questions everyday about this amazing thing we call the human body!Today is no different and I had bill ask me about his very disconcerting issue of MOOBS aka man boobs aka gynaecomastia We talk about the XY chromosome in men vs womenWhy babies and elderly men suffer moobs tooWhethe…
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On the #AskVienShow we talk stomach ulcers! The reason you get it and how it’s traditionally treated vs how natural products may help. In particular we ask whether mastic gum helps. For Info Follow on: ||Facebook & Insta @pharmacistvien ||Snapchat @vienraphael --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehealthtuneup/mess…
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How do you treat constipation? Better yet how do you treat the yucky bloating feels, or the abdominal spasms?Tune into @pharmacistvien in this latest podcastWe delve into * Types of constipation* Latest research * Role of probioticsFollow on: ||Facebook & Insta @pharmacistvien ||Snapchat @vienraphael --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.…
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Need facial Botox? We talk Bell’s Palsy 🛎 Elie our engineer friend wants to know WHY science hasn’t got an answer to the root cause of Bell’s Palsy. Well on the #AskVienShow we get digging at that answer Follow me on Insta and Facebook @PharmacistVien --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehealthtuneup/message…
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Need facial Botox? We talk Bell’s Palsy 🛎 Elie our engineer friend wants to know WHY science hasn’t got an answer to the root cause of Bell’s Palsy. Well on the #AskVienShow we get digging at that answer Follow me on Insta @pharmacistVien Facebook @pharmacistVien--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehealthtuneup/me…
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How do Oestrogens cause saggy Man-Boobs? Oestrogens are found not just in women but also men. Even in the prostate! In excess it acts like a carcinogen causing breast cancer, prostate cancer, causing insulin and leptin levels to rage out of control. It causes diabetes and erectile dysfunction. It’s involved with heart attacks and strokes. So ......…
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This Thursday is R U OK day where we talk suicide prevention. Grab a mate and reach out with a question, start some dialogue, it might just be what they need to steer clear of suicide #ruok --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehealthtuneup/message
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On the train and annoying dude behind you is blasting his headphones; in the elevator and hipster is blaring the volume. Seems like we can't escape the decibels but at what cost to their hearing? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehealthtuneup/message
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The Rooster and the Golden Egg: looking after the Rooster 🐔 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehealthtuneup/message
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The Facebook Pharmacist turns 30--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehealthtuneup/message
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