Leading Article 444
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Is your balance right? 444
Of those pharmacists in England and Wales
who have now got to grips with undertaking medicines use reviews,
many may be reflecting on the quantity and quality of their work.
Some pharmacists seem to have taken to the service with ease and
have found MURs a rewarding professional exercise
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How to avoid becoming a fossil 444
In the BMJ for 7 April, Nigel Hawkes,
health editor for The Times, writes a provocative wake-up call
for the medical royal colleges: “The royal colleges must up their
game — or die.”
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News & Features 445-451
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News summary, including R&D 445-450
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Lead stories
-Society urged not to set rules for medicines displays
-NPA opposes reclassifying pseudoephedrine
-Monitoring of P medicines sales needs to improve
-MPs' committee slams NPfIT
-Consultation on POM to P naproxen switch launched
-Nottingham researchers win joint Queen's Award
-First DPP-4 inhibitor launched
-Phase II data positive for HIV drug
MURs: achieving the right balance 451
It is two years since medicines use reviews (MURs) were introduced as an advanced service under the new community pharmacy contract. However, research suggests that some pharmacists are still unsure about the difference between MURs and clinical medication reviews. Dawn Connelly reports
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Products 452-453
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Products 452-453
-New medicines
-SPC changes
-Prescription products
-Safety information
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Announcements 452
-Keele prescribing courses
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Journal Oversight Board 452
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3 April 2007 452
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Broad Spectrum 454
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Duel or duet? The relationship between
pharmacists and the drug industry 454
By Stephen Goundrey-Smith
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Letters 455-460 |
-White Paper
-Pseudoephedrine
-Eczema
-Chemotherapy
-Community pharmacy
-Locum pharmacy
-Packaging
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-Dispensing
-Monitored dosage systems
-Parallel imports
-Prescription charges
-The Society
-Skill mix
-Professionalism
-Boots travel insurance
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What does it mean to be a member of a profession in 21st century Britain? 461-462
In this article Ian Caldwell describes the differences between a profession and a job, and points out that individual professionals have a collective responsibility for the competence and integrity of the whole profession
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Nutrition links
Why and what pharmacists need to know about nutrition labelling 463-464
Most people will have noticed food labelling being debated in the news, but what are the factors being discussed? Pamela Mason reports
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Meetings 465-467
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Health Service Research and Pharmacy Practice
Concerns about MUR service revealed 465
Several studies presented at a recent conference focused on pharmacists' experiences of medicines use reviews. Dawn Connelly reports
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British Pharmaceutical Students Association
Make your voice heard, students told 466-467
The role pharmacy students might play within a prospective royal college was discussed at a recent conference. Matthew Wright reports
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Onlooker 468
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ancient solar observatory revealed 468
The 2 March issue of Science carries
an account of an intriguing new discovery in Peru at Chankillo, a
massive ruin estimated to date back 2,300 years and situated 400km
north of Lima
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Puzzling productivity difference between male
and female scientists 468
For some time there has been irritation over
the difficulty that women scientists find in publishing the results of
their research in contrast with the ease with which their brothers manage
to do the same thing. When you consider the number of papers appearing
in print, women obviously produce fewer
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Researchers uncover intriguing ancestral intolerance to lactose 468
An examination of neolithic human skeletons
dating back to 5840BC has revealed an intriguing situation in that these
stone age people had an inability to tolerate lactose
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No, Dr Reid, smoking does not improve one's enjoyment of life 468
A piece in the 17 March issue of the BMJ disposes
of the contention that better quality of life and more pleasure result
from the habit of smoking tobacco, as was asserted recently by the former
health secretary John Reid
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Welsh Directorate welcomes wide support for the pharmacist's
role 469
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Death of pharmacist at 102 469
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Society publishes guide to fundamental principles of medical
writing 469
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Society's diverse role reflected in 2006 annual review 470
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New edition of nutraceuticals book published 470
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BPSA honours Society's membership manager 470
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New section added to museum's webpages 470
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Law and Ethics Bulletin 2001
to present
Correction to the “Denatured alcohol” section of ‘Medicines,
ethics and practice’ 470
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Official notices 2001
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Annual general meeting 471
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Statutory Committee inquiries 471
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Hospital Pharmacists Group election 2007 471
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Industrial Pharmacists Group election 2007 471
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Obituaries & tributes 471
Obituaries
-Graham
-Williams
Tribute
-Wells
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Branch meetings 472
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Society meetings 472
-Veterinary Pharmacists Group conference: A
bright future for veterinary pharmacy (8 June)
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Future events 453
-Smoking cessation (3 May)
-Hazardous drugs (14 June)
-Preregistration training
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Reunions 453
-Bath 1996
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Resources 453
-Type 2 diabetes tool
-Carers
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