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173 Pharmacy
needs to have a role in tackling obesity Tackling obesity
should be one of the roles for community pharmacy that is enabled by
the new contract for England and Wales, the All-Party Pharmacy Group
says ...more
173 One-third
of adults could be obese by 2020 If current trends continue,
at least one-third of adults, one-third of girls and one-fifth of boys
could be clinically obese by 2020, a new report suggests ...more
173 Technicians
told not to participate in Agenda for Change yet Pharmacy
technicians are being advised not to participate in local evaluation
of Agenda for Change at early implementer sites. The advice comes from
the Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK and UNISON ...more
174 Amount
of active ingredient in some St John's wort products may not match claims
on product's label Some commercial products of St John's wort
(Hypericum perforatum) contain much higher or much lower amounts of active
ingredient than stated on the label, say researchers from Taiwan ...more
174 Call
for improved evidence base for complementary medicine in UK Complementary
and alternative medicine (CAM) in the UK is under-researched and access
to it is unequal, suggest the authors of an article in the Journal
of Medical Ethics ...more
174 Aluminium
in vaccine cleared as ADR cause Researchers have found no
evidence that aluminium salts in vaccines cause any serious or long-lasting
adverse events ...more
174 Call
for comments on latest stage of Shipman inquiry Pharmacists
are invited to comment on the most recent stage of the Shipman inquiry
which examined the use and monitoring of Controlled Drugs in the community
...more
175 Prescribing
emergency hormonal contraception in advance advocated by sexual health
charity Provision of emergency hormonal contraception in advance
of it being needed would widen access to EHC and deliver public health
benefits, according to the fpa. Furthermore, such a service should be
available from pharmacies ...more
175 NHS
standards to replace plethora of targets A smaller range of
core and developmental standards for the NHS is set to replace a wide
range of current targets ...more
175 Northern
Ireland gets new pharmacy strategy A new strategy for community
pharmacy in Northern Ireland was published this week ...more
175 Paying
for statins People who have a high cholesterol level that
falls below the recommended treatment level should be able to be obtain
a private prescription for statins from their GP and have follow-up monitoring,
researchers suggest ...more
175 Decide
on HRT on individual basis Deciding whether or not to use
hormone replacement therapy (HRT) should be on an individual basis rather
than on a population basis ...more
175 Nucare's
70th store Nucare now has 70 pharmacies carrying its brand
name ...more
176 No
benefit seen with magnesium given after stroke Magnesium given
within 12 hours of acute stroke does not significantly reduce the chances
of death or disability, say researchers, but may be of benefit in non-cortical
strokes ...more
176 High-dose
vitamin therapies fail to reduce incidence of stroke A study
designed to find out if vitamin therapy reduces the incidence of stroke
in patients with high homocysteine levels has failed to reveal an effect
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176 Memantine
plus donepezil improves symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease Memantine,
an N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist, produces better outcomes
than placebo — when taken together with cholinesterase inhibitor
donepezil — in patients with moderate to severe Alzheimer’s
disease, new research has shown ...more
176 Clozapine
helps reduce severity and duration of dyskinesias in severe Parkinson's
disease Clozapine (Clozaril) reduces the severity and duration
of dyskinesias that result from long-term levodopa therapy in patients
with Parkinson's disease, a French study shows ...more
177 Valentine
adverts warn about sexually transmitted infections Spoof Valentine
cards are being used to warn young people about the risks of unsafe sex
...more
177 Seven north-east
London PCT chiefs support moves to increase pharmacy security Seven
primary care trust chief executives in north-east London are supporting
moves to improve the security of community pharmacies in their areas
...more
177 MHRA acts
to define “fast-acting” and “24-hour relief” claims
for advertisements Concern over what is meant by “fast-acting” and “24-hour
relief” have led the MHRA to issue guidance on what it considers
to be acceptable claims and the supporting evidence needed to justify
them ...more
177 Overdose
advice updates required Anxiety over inappropriate and out-of-date
advice in the summaries of product characteristics of some medicines
has prompted the MHRA to issue guidance to manufacturers ...more
R & D
178 Sleep quality
drug among Aventis pipeline products A compound that promotes
the quality of people's sleep, rather than just getting them off to sleep,
is one of four products now in late-stage development by Aventis. Five
other products will be filed with authorities in the EU and US this year
...more
178 Strontium
reduces risk of vertebral fractures Treatment with strontium
ranelate leads to early and sustained reductions in the risk of vertebral
fractures in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis, according to recent
results from phase III clinical trials ...more
178 Ranolazine
in combination improves angina Ranolazine can increase exercise
capacity and provide additional anti-anginal relief to patients with
severe chronic angina taking standard anti-anginal therapy, according
to new research ...more
178 Ricin toxin
targets HIV A monoclonal antibody linked to a portion of the
ricin toxin has been used to target HIV-infected CD4+ T cells ...more
178 Colorectal
cancer risk Drugs that enhance the effects of peroxisome proliferator-activated
receptor-d (PPAR-d) may put patients at risk for colorectal cancer ...more
178 Protein blocks
mucus secretion Researchers have identified a fragment of
a protein that inhibits mucin release in a mouse model of asthma ...more
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