Leading
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Resolutions revisited 2
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This week, many people will be counting the cost to their bodies of over-indulgence during the Christmas and New Year celebrations. There is no better antidote than to cut down on calorie intake and alcohol consumption, drink more water and have a few early nights
News & Features 3-8
News summary 3-6
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How mobiles and pharmacy are set to revolutionise chronic disease
treatment 7-8
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The mobile telephone is set to revolutionise
pharmacists' involvement in managing chronic conditions like diabetes.
Stuart McWilliam investigates
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• Products Text 9
• Drug tariff updates Text
• Recalls & Drug alerts Text 9
Hycamtin (topotecan) 1mg vials
Endoxana tablets 50mg
Broad Spectrum 10
Why sun protection advice to the UK public must be remedied quickly 10
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By Oliver Gillie
Letters PDF (80K) 11-13
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Influenza pandemic / Preregistration training / COX-2s / CAM / Controlled drugs / Medicines use reviews / Pharmacy practice
Scottish contract 2006 14
Scottish
contract 2006
How to manage a minor ailment service 14
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In the third article in our series about the services
community pharmacists in Scotland will be expected to offer under their new community
pharmacy contract from April 2006, Clare Bellingham describes how the minor ailment
service will operate
Articles 15-18
Could nutraceuticals be a further weapon in the battle for weight loss? 15-18
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Nutraceuticals are a growing sector of the supplements
market. Several that have been the subject of scientific and medical research
are currently being marketed as aids to weight loss. In this article, Georgina
Boon and Brian Lockwood examine the issue
Meetings 19
Reports
Cystic Fibrosis Pharmacist Group
Diabetes in cystic fibrosis on the rise 19
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Onlooker PDF (90K) 20
Out on the spice trail January 6 is the Christian celebration of the feast of Epiphany (“manifestation”), also observed as the 12th day of Christmas, when Christmas trees are removed from the house and decorations are taken down Text
Road ahead in 2006 For some, the arrival of a new year is a moving occasion, although it is really just a matter of dates. We take the start of a new year as the first of January but it was not always so Text
Use of animals in drug testing is urgently due for re-evaluation The
necessity for using animals in the preliminary and later testing of drugs
and chemicals for toxicity has been queried in many quarters Text
Continuing Professional Development
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Recent articles
Clinical developments in 2005 23-26
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In our first CPD article of the year, Harriet Adcock
looks back at the medicines launched during 2005 and considers some of the more
significant clinical developments of the past year
CPD Diary
CPD diary: Supermarket pharmacist rationalising prescriptions 26
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Len Clay has held various jobs in community pharmacy,
including being the superintendent of a pharmacy chain. Five years ago, he joined
Asda superstore in Preston, Lancashire
The Society PDF (180K) 21-22,
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• Patient safety vital in transfer of home oxygen service,
says Society Text 21
• Final details for inspector's preregistration talk in Blackburn Text 21
Law and Ethics Bulletin 2001
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• Ketamine becomes a Class C Controlled Drug Text 21
• Extended formulary nurse prescribers and Controlled Drugs Text 21
• Watching the Council in action A few representatives of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's branches are invited to attend each meeting of the Society's Council as observers. Mark Burdon from the Sunderland branch, reports on his experiences as an observer at a recent Council meeting Text 22
Medicines, Ethics and Practice: a guide for pharmacists 22
January 2006 amendments Text
Official notices 2001
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• Erasures from the Register on the direction of the Statutory Committee Text 27
Obituaries & tributes Text 27
Diary Text
• Branch meetings Text 28
• Society meetings Text 28
Evening meeting: Politics and pharmacy (16 January)
Symposium: Small-scale manufacturing (7 February)
Residential course: Stability testing (13-15 February)
• Future events Text 9
• Conferences Text 9
• Reunions Text
Awards Text 9
ABPI pharmacy awards
Charitable requests Text
Corrections & clarifications Text 9
Drugs and operas
Resources Text 9
Hypogonadism
Wants Text
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