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435 Clarification
over supplementary prescribing detail Clinical management
plans used in supplementary prescribing do not have to be physically
signed by the parties agreeing to them, delegates heard at a prescribing
conference held at Homerton College, Cambridge, on 2 April ...more
435 New
dictionary of standardised codes for medicines and devices launched for
IT use Different computer systems now have the means of exchanging
clinical information following the launch of a new dictionary of standardised
codes for medicines and devices across the NHS on 1 April ...more
435 Task
groups set up to advise on public health Eight task groups
have been appointed in England to advise the Government on steps that
can be taken to improve public health ...more
435 Independent
prescribing for pharmacists to start in 2005 Independent prescribing
by pharmacists will begin next year, the Department of Health confirmed
this week ...more
436 Principles
of better care for homeless identified Homeless people face
many barriers to health care and in order to help overcome these barriers,
some principles of best practice are described in this week's Journal
of the Royal Society of Medicine ...more
436 New
reference sources launched by NPC Two new information sources
were launched this week by the National Prescribing Centre: one covers
terms used in prescribing and the other is about patient group directions
(PGDs) ...more
436 Allied
health professionals to get more prescribing rights Use of
patient group directions is to be extended in England to speech and language
therapists, dietitians, occupational therapists, orthotists and prosthetists
from next month, the Government announced last week ...more
437 Poll
finds involvement is a patient choice priority More involvement
of patients in decisions about their condition and treatment is an overwhelming
priority for both the public and health professionals, according to a
survey published by the Department of Health ...more
437 NPA
has positive meeting with minister Rosie Winterton, health
minister responsible for pharmacy services in England, is to be invited
to visit a number of innovative community pharmacies so that she can
see what pharmacy can offer the health service ...more
437 BMJ
best treatments website available through NHSDirect Evidence-based
patient information from the BMJ about common health conditions is now
available via NHSDirect Online ...more
437 New
powers for Welsh CHCs Community Health Councils in Wales now
have new responsibilities that include the right to inspect pharmacy
premises ...more
437 Welsh
oxygen supply Community Pharmacy Wales says that community
pharmacists should retain the contract for the provision of oxygen services,
for both long-term and short-burst oxygen therapy ...more
438 More evidence
on passive smoking harm emerges Further evidence that passive
smoking can be damaging to health has emerged from three studies reported
recently ...more
438 Licence for
modafinil extended to help people with sleep problems triggered by shift-work Provigil
(modafinil) has had its UK licence extended, which will help patients
who struggle with having to work anti-social hours or who suffer from
excessive sleepiness as a result of a chronic medical condition ...more
438 Pharmacists
could be more proactive in osteoarthritis management Pharmacists
can play a bigger role in the management of osteoarthritis, according
to a report published this week by the charity Arthritis Care ...more
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439 Which, if
any, antibiotics to use for “strep throat”? Penicillin
is three times more likely than cephalosporins to fail in the treatment
of “strep throat” in children, according to US researchers
...more
439 Menorrhagia
treatment: surgery may eventually be needed Many women taking
hormone treatment or using the intrauterine device Mirena for menorrhagia,
rather than undergoing hysterectomy, will eventually need surgery for
their condition, two recent trials suggest ...more
439 Erectile
dysfunction drugs may reduce fertility but help depression Two
recent studies reveal that drugs belonging to the phosphodiesterase type-5
inhibitor class have both negative and positive side effects ...more
440 Students
vote for an overhaul of MPharm courses An urgent overhaul
of the MPharm course is required, according to students attending the
62nd annual British Pharmaceutical Students Association conference in
Birmingham this week. However, the subject was widely debated before
an amended motion was carried with a casting vote from Elizabeth Doran,
BPSA president ...more
440 Trevor Jones
to retire from the ABPI Trevor Jones, director-general of
the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, is to retire
in the summer. Professor Jones has been ABPI director-general since July
1994 ...more
440 MHRA publicises
changes to misleading advertisements Action taken by the Medicines
and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency against misleading advertising
for medicines is now being published by the agency ...more
440 MHRA to ask
for child data Data on the use of medicines in children are
to be sought from pharmaceutical companies by the Medicines and Healthcare
products Regulatory Agency ...more
R & D news
441 Compound
offers new direction in prevention of type 1 diabetes ISO-1,
a synthetic compound, has shown promise as a chemopreventive agent in
type 1 diabetes. The compound, identified by researchers at North Shore-Long
Island Jewish Research Institute in Manhasset, New York, is thought to
work by blocking a protein called macrophage migration inhibitory factor
(MIF) ...more
441 Technique
bolsters dendritic cell vaccines Researchers have developed
a technique that allows dendritic cell vaccines, which are being investigated
as potential cancer vaccines, to activate the immune system more successfully
...more
441 Gene therapy
boost for haemophilia and cancer Strategies for the treatment
of haemophilia and cancer have been given a boost by gene therapy techniques
used in two recent studies ...more
441 Rat genes
mapped A draft sequence of the genome of the laboratory rat
has been published ...more
441 SARS vaccine
protects mice An experimental vaccine containing a small segment
of the SARS coronavirus DNA is able to prevent the virus from replicating
in laboratory mice, new data reveal ...more
441 Obesity drug
for cancer? A proteomics screening technique has identified
the anti-obesity drug orlistat (Xenical) as a potential treatment for
prostate cancer ...more
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