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71 Society
complains about delay to Section 60 Order The Royal Pharmaceutical
Society has written to the Department of Health to complain about a further
delay to the Pharmacy Order under Section 60 of the Health Act 1999 ...more
71 Yellow
card data to be published online Patients are now able to
report suspected adverse drug reactions direct to the Medicines and Healthcare
products Regulatory Agency, which will also publish anonymised data on
suspected ADRs online, it was announced this week ...more
71 Pharmacist
reviews fail to prevent hospital admissions Medication reviews
by pharmacists appear to increase emergency hospital admissions, according
to a study published this week ...more
71 Conditions
for patients to opt out of new database clarified The Department
of Health has clarified the conditions under which patients may opt out
of various aspects of the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) electronic
database in light of media enquires ...more
72 Huge investment
needed to meet WHO health goals The world must immediately
and massively increase investment in health programmes to achieve the
World Health Organization’s Millennium Development Goals, according
to a report presented to UN secretary general Kofi Annan in New Yorkthis
week ...more
72 Number misusing
drugs falls in Scotland Drug misuse in Scotland is falling,
according to research published this week ...more
72 Moderate drinking
is shown to be good for women’s minds Moderate drinking does not adversely affect a woman’s cognitive function, according to new research. Moreover, women who drink one alcoholic drink per day have been found to perform better in mental agility tests than those who do not drink
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72 Co-operative
Group buys out Welsh pharmacy chain Co-operative Group Pharmacy has bought out the Welsh pharmacy group Howard & Palmer Ltd
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72 BAPW new website The
British Association of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers has launched a new
website that will include information about the BAPW, its campaigns and
its members ...more
73 People want
more information on common ailments People want more information
about how to manage common ailments, a survey conducted by Developing
Patient Partnerships has shown ...more
73 Diuretics
prevent more cardiovascular complications than other monotherapies Diuretics
are more effective than other monotherapies in preventing cardiovascular
disease complications, an analysis of different treatments has shown
...more
73 Access
to patient data would improve illness surveillance Surveillance
of winter illnesses and other infections could be greatly enhanced by
access to electronic patient data, says a new report ...more
73 BOC
defers oxygen proposals Proposals to charge pharmacy contractors
rental on oxygen cylinders have been deferred until April ...more
73 Scotland’s pharmacists asked to watch where they stamp Community
pharmacists in Scotland are being advised by the Scottish Pharmaceutical
General Council to ensure that the pharmacy stamp does not obscure the
CHI (community health index) number on prescription forms ...more
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74 Delivery devices
for asthma are equally effective Devices used to deliver inhaled
corticosteroids and bronchodilators can be equally effective, according
to the authors of new US evidence-based guidelines. They therefore recommend
that other factors be taken into account when selecting a delivery device
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74 Fulvestrant
adds benefit for women with advanced breast cancer following treatment
with aromatase inhibitor Fulvestrant (Faslodex) — an
oestrogen receptor antagonist — provides clinical benefit in postmenopausal
women with advanced breast cancer that has progressed, despite aromatase
inhibitor therapy, results from three clinical trials show ...more
74 Alert issued
about damage to Aventis Optipen Pro A warning about a potential
problem with Optipen Pro insulin pens, which could result in patients
taking extra doses of insulin, has been issued by the Medicines and Healthcare
products Regulatory Agency ...more
74 Asda taken
to task over analgesic promotions Asda has agreed not to make
further volume-based promotional offers on analgesic products following
a complaint made to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory
Agency ...more
75 Possible new
approach to asthma management A novel approach to asthma management
could be on the horizon: the use of formoterol/budesonide combination
inhalers as both preventer and reliever therapy ...more
75 Once-daily
asthma corticosteroid launched Ciclesonide (Alvesco), the
first once-daily corticosteroid asthma preventer, has been launched by
Altana ...more
75 Short-acting
beta2 agonists linked with asthma deaths Use of
short-acting beta2 agonists is associated with a modest increase
in risk of death in people with asthma, say researchers. However, they
warn that the association does not prove that this class of drugs is
responsible ...more
75 Clopidogrel
and ulcer prevention Patients with a history of aspirin-induced
ulcer bleeding fare better if they are treated with aspirin and a proton-pump
inhibitor than if they are given clopidogrel (Plavix) ...more
75 Amiodarone
no benefit in CHF Amiodarone does not improve survival among
patients with mild to moderate congestive heart failure, say researchers
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75 Parkinson’s
gene mutation A gene mutation has been separately identified
by three research groups as the cause of around one in 25 cases of Parkinson’s
disease ...more
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