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781 Patients choose not to take medicines rather than just forget, review
shows Non-compliance
with prescribed medicines is often an intentional decision by patients
rather than just a result of forgetfulness, according to a new review
...[more]
781 Where is pharmacy's share of the new NHS money? Community
pharmacy has not seen any of the large uplift in money granted to the National Health Service
by the current Government. Rather, the money has been used to increase consultant and general
practitioner salaries, Steve Dunn, group managing director of AAH Pharmaceuticals, told the Vantage
convention in California this week...[more]
781 Call for new guidelines for gonorrhoea treatment as ciprofloxacin resistance
rises National and local treatment guidelines for gonorrhoea must be urgently reviewed
in the light of new evidence showing a large increase in ciprofloxacin resistance, according
to the Gonococcal Resistance to Antimicrobials Surveillance Programme...[more]
782 Shared care
addiction scheme starts A seamless addiction
service involving hospital and community pharmacists will be piloted
this month in Wolverhampton. It involves acute care in a specialist clinic
with long-term management for stable patients in
the community...[more]
782 Southend pharmacy bags target waste Community pharmacies
in Southend, Essex, are using carrier bags to give patients receiving repeat prescriptions the
message not to order more medicines than they need...[more]
782 Lloyds offers free diabetes tests Free testing for diabetes
is to be offered by Lloydspharmacy from 9 June...[more]
782 Pharmacy costs survey to start on 16 June A full survey
of the costs of providing the current National Health Service pharmaceutical service is to be
held during the week 16–22 June...[more]
783 CFC salbutamol
inhalers will go soon Metered-dose inhalers
containing salbutamol with a chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) propellant will
soon disappear from the market. Whether this will be because they are
made illegal or because manufacturers stop making
them is not yet clear...[more]
783 Further trial results
cast doubts over benefits of hormone therapy Further results from the Women's Health
Initiative (WHI) study support earlier conclusions that the risks of hormone replacement therapy
(HRT) outweigh the benefits...[more]
783 Costly wheeze...[more]
783 Traffic asthma
impact...[more]
 American
Thoracic Society conference 2003
783 COPD prevalence
underestimated Many smokers are living with undetected chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a study conducted at the Aintree
Chest Centre, Liverpool, indicates...[more] |
784 Probiotic
protection against atopic eczema continues to age four years Probiotics
given to women around the time of childbirth or to babies could protect
children from atopic eczema for up to four years...[more]
784 Long-term
survival benefit for enalapril Enalapril given for three to
four years improves long-term survival in patients with left ventricular
systolic dysfunction...[more]
784 First trial
of statins in renal transplant The effect of statins on renal
transplant patients has been tested for the first time in a prospective
controlled trial...[more]
784 New data
on renal transplant drugs Data presented at the American Transplant
Society meeting held this week in Washington DC provide insight into
use of immunosuppressants following kidney transplant...[more]
784 Scottish
Hib booster...[more]
784 More women
survive breast cancer...[more]
784 Testing for
H pylori not needed?...[more]
 American Society of Clinical Oncology 2003
785 Promising
results for oxaliplatin from three colorectal cancer trials at ASCO Adding
oxaliplatin (Eloxatin) to conventional colorectal cancer therapy increases
tumour response rates and reduces the chance of cancer recurrence, results
of three phase III studies presented at the American Society of Clinical
Oncology annual meeting show...[more]
785 Survival benefit for lung cancer patients given adjuvant therapy Chemotherapy
after lung cancer surgery improves patient survival, data from two studies presented at the annual
American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting reveal...[more]
785 Statins have role in cancer prevention Results from a Dutch
population study suggest that statins may have a role in cancer prevention and add to mounting
evidence that this class of drugs may reduce cancer risk...[more]
786 Leeds seeks
own school of pharmacy The University of Leeds has confirmed
that it is considering setting up a school of pharmacy...[more]
786 Aberdeen
looks at combined teaching The school of pharmacy at the Robert
Gordon University, Aberdeen, and the faculty of medicine at the University
of Aberdeen are to look at how they can implement some combined teaching
for pharmacy and medical students...[more]
786 Lilly reprimanded
for promoting Cialis before it received a licence Promoting
Cialis (tadalafil) before it received its marketing authorisation has
earned Eli Lilly & Co a public reprimand for bringing the pharmaceutical
industry into disrepute...[more]
786 GP contract ballot goes ahead...[more] |
