Front Cover Picture
Our front cover picture of yogurt ties in with this week’s continuing
education article (p118).
Part of our series on nutrition, the article focuses on probiotics (microbes
which are contained in foods such as live yogurts) and prebiotics (which
stimulate the growth of microbes in the intestine).
Emergency contraception allegations
New allegations have been made by the Daily Mail that some
pharmacists, whom the newspaper identified, have made unlawful supplies
of emergency hormonal contraception to a 15-year-old girl (p101).
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has asked the newspaper to produce its
evidence (p101).
Law and Ethics Bulletin (p108).
Leading article (p99).
NICE approvals
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence has approved treatments
for Alzheimer’s disease and motor neurone disease (p103).
Care in Germany
Two separate articles this week look at pharmaceutical care (p122)
and integrated care (p124)
in Germany.
ASHP meeting
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists met recently in
Las Vegas. Our report of the meeting’s highlights begins on p126.
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