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Correspondents to The Journal towards the end of last year — and
another last week — raised a number of concerns about conducting medicines use reviews. The main anxiety was the time required to undertake them properly — 20 to 30 minutes per review seems not to be unusual
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National workforce census
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pharmacists on the 2005 Register 40-42
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In this article, Karen Hassell and Martin Eden present
demographic data extracted from the 2005 Register of Pharmaceutical Chemists,
focusing on those who
Possible treatments for hepatitis C — what's currently in the pipeline? 43-44
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Most of the 200,000 people in the UK who are chronically
infected with hepatitis C are not aware of the fact and the incidence of resulting
liver disease is predicted to rise. Jenny Bryan looks at recent developments
in the search for hepatitis C treatments
MURs: how the picture is developing 44-46
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Medicines use review was introduced as an element
of the new community pharmacy framework for England and Wales in April 2005.
In this article, Angela Alexander outlines progress so far
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Hub fluid does not increase microbiological contamination of prepared
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Aim — To determine the microbiological relevance
of syringe hub fluid to product integrity during storage
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Bird flu and pandemic preparedness — control measures and
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Intelligent method development: why it is important to the drug industry 52-53
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Ignore the circadian clock at your peril In the 10 November 2005 issue of Nature a physiologist at Yale School of Medicine has commented on the complex factors controlling the circadian rhythm that affects us all Text
Structural abnormalities found in the brains of habitual liars In these complicated times we are so used to coming across deliberate lies or distorted statements from our politicians and others who arrogantly claim to be our leaders in the struggle for life and decency that we regard the phenomenon of fibbing rather superficially. However, a report in the British
Journal of Psychiatry recently indicates that the problem lies far deeper Text
Simple tastes and simple needs are the secrets of a contented life I remember that in my school days there was a popular song that proclaimed: “A contented mind is a purse well-lined.”
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Symposium: Pharmacovigilance of herbal medicines (26-28
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