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387 Research
in Aberdeen reveals need for pharmacy in deprived area A pharmacy
has been set up in a deprived area of Aberdeen following research to
assess which services were required by residents
and other health professionals ...[more]
388 Privy
Council likely to lose its role in Pharmaceutical Society appointments The
Privy Council's role in appointing members of the Royal Pharmaceutical
Society's Council and the chairman of its Statutory Committee is likely
to be taken over by the National Health Service
Appointments Commission...[more]
388 Health minister resigns over Iraq war decision Lord Hunt
has resigned his position in the Government as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health
because he disagrees with the decision to go to war against Iraq...[more]
388 GPs' new contract ballot put on hold A ballot of general
practitioners by the British Medical Association to find out whether they will accept a new contract
has been delayed by financial concerns...[more]
388 Health professionals alerted to atypical pneumonia United
Kingdom health care professionals should be on the alert for severe acute respiratory syndrome
(SARS) following a global warning from the World Health Organization and the first probable case
of the disease in England...[more]
389 Unpublished studies support role of community pharmacy in public health Community
pharmacists can improve the health of the local population through their work on sensitive health
issues, according to unpublished studies examined in a new report...[more]
390 Quality-of-life
claim made for HRT finally laid to rest Hormone
replacement therapy (HRT) does not result in a better quality of life
for older women without menopausal symptoms, an analysis of data from
the Women's Health Initiative shows...[more]
390 New dyspepsia and diabetes guidelines Two new sets of guidelines
were published earlier this week...[more]
390 Uncontrolled adult asthma patients benefit from add-on montelukast The
value of leukotriene receptor antagonists in uncontrolled adult asthma has been confirmed in
two large randomised trials...[more]
390 Role for nifedipine in hypertensive diabetes patients Nifedipine
could be considered as first-line therapy for hypertensive patients with diabetes, say researchers.
Their conclusion follows the finding that nifedipine is as effective as diuretic therapy in reducing
cardiovascular complications in this group of patients...[more]
391 Peanut allergy research is published Researchers claiming
that children's peanut allergy can be caused by peanut oil-based skin creams and soya milk have
had their findings published...[more]
392 Medicines management services save money and improve patient care Medicines
management and patient concordance services delivered by community pharmacists can save money
and improve patient care, according to new research from Australia...[more]
392 Older patients still missing out on statins despite rise in prescribing Many
patients who need statins are not receiving them despite increases in the number of prescriptions
for lipid lowering drugs, report researchers from St George's Hospital Medical School, London...[more]
392 MeReC Extra update A thiazide diuretic should be included where possible in the treatment of most hypertensive patients, the latest issue of MeReC Extra concludes in its review of the ALLHAT trial...[more]
393 Imatinib hailed as first-line treatment Imatinib (Glivec) "now seems to be the initial treatment of choice" for patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) who are not candidates for transplantation, according to Dr Karl Peggs and Dr Stephen Mackinnon, of the Royal Free and University College London medical school, London. Furthermore, initial treatment with imatinib might be useful for all CML patients while the suitability of stem-cell transplantation, the only curative treatment for CML, is considered, they say...[more]
394 Poor prescribing for the elderly found Clinical care for
the elderly in the United Kingdom has been found wanting by primary care researchers...[more]
394 National Prescribing Centre competency framework allows pharmacists
to consider prescribing needs A competency framework for supplementary prescribing
by pharmacists, published by the National Prescribing Centre, will help prospective prescribers
to identify their training needs...[more]
394 Primary
care insurance...[more]
394 Moss
buys Scottish seven...[more] |
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387 OFT
test not appropriate says Society The House of Commons
Health Select Committee has been told by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
that commercial competitiveness is the wrong test to use when measuring
health services...[more]
387 Scots MPs urged to lobby Cabinet group Pharmacists in Scotland
have been urged to ask their members of Parliament to try to influence the Cabinet committee
that will decide how to respond to the Office of Fair Trading's pharmacy report...[more]
Pharmaceutical Care Awards 2002
Closing date for Care Awards Next Wednesday (26 March) is
the closing date for the Pharmaceutical Care Awards 2002...[more] |
