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Participants at a recent meeting on "Pharmacognosy in the 21st century" heard that frog venoms were a source of useful peptides (p701). Leading article (p681).
Medicines management
The All-Party Pharmacy Group has told the Government it should pay for a £1.8m trial of cardiac medicines management by community pharmacists (p682).
Inhaled steroids and bone density
Researchers have found that high cumulative doses of inhaled steroids can reduce bone density and predispose patients to osteoporosis (p685).
Multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis and its treatment is the subject of this week's continuing education article, which is part of our series on neurology (p694).
Health promotion
The involvement of pharmacists in health promotion in Scotland was discussed at a meeting of pharmacists and health promotion specialists in Edinburgh recently (p704).
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