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3 Restrictions
lifted on nicotine replacement therapy Pharmacists have welcomed
the announcement that children aged over 12 years and women who are pregnant
or breast feeding can now use nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) ...more
3 NRT
use in pregnancy increases risk of birth defects, study suggests Using
nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) in early pregnancy increases the risk
of birth defects, according to data from a study ...more
3 Pharmacists
awarded MBEs in Honours list Two pharmacists have been recognised
in the New Year Honours list for 2006 ...more
3 Statement on
contract monitoring issued In monitoring the new contract, representatives of primary care trusts can enter pharmacy premises and request documents necessary for audit and monitoring purposes. However, contractors are not obliged to send copies of these documents to PCTs, according to the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee and the Primary Care Contracting team
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4 Drug donations
cause health and economic problems In an emergency situation, drug donations are useless — they cause additional public health problems for the affected population and economic problems for the country, a report by the humanitarian organisation Pharmaciens Sans Frontières (PSF) concludes
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4 Clot risk the
same for all modes of transport Travelling for more than four
hours in any form of transport increases the risk of venous thromboembolism
(VTE), a series of studies funded by the Department of Health, the Department
of Transport and the European Commission has shown ...more
4 CHD risk associated
with diabetes higher in women Research has revealed that women with diabetes are at higher risk of dying from coronary heart disease than men with diabetes
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4 Intensive treatment
reduces cardiovascular disease risk in type 1 diabetes Intensive diabetes treatment reduces the long-term risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with type 1 diabetes, new data have confirmed
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4 Letrozole reduces
breast cancer recurrence rates Compared with tamoxifen, letrozole (Femara; Novartis) significantly reduces the risk of recurrence of hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer in post-menopausal women, new data have shown
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5 First guidance
for pharmacists published by CfH Guidance on what pharmacy
contractors in England need to do in order to implement release 1 of
the electronic prescription service (EPS) has been published by NHS Connecting
for Health (CfH) ...more
5 Over 6,000
chlamydia test kits issued in Boots pilot More than 6,000
test kits for the sexually transmitted infection chlamydia have been
issued by Boots pharmacists in the first month of a pilot scheme in London
...more
5 Draft CD management
guidance to be altered Draft guidance on the safer management
of Controlled Drugs is to be revised in the light of responses to last
year's consultation on the subject ...more
5 Patients get
to choose NHS patients in England are now able to choose any
one of four places they are offered when referred by GPs for specialist
treatment ...more
5 Ketamine controls Ketamine
became a Schedule 4 Part 1 Controlled Drug on 1 January ...more
5 Hangover cures No
compelling evidence exists to suggest that available interventions are
effective at preventing or treating alcohol-induced hangovers, a study
has shown ...more
6 Vitamin D could
reduce cancer risk Supplementation with 1,000IU of vitamin
D3 daily could reduce the incidence of colon, breast, prostate
and ovarian cancer, at low cost and with few adverse effects, according
to researchers at the Moores Cancer Centre, University of California,
San Diego ...more
6 Statins have
neutral effect on cancer incidence Statins have a neutral
effect on the risk of developing or dying from cancer, conclude the authors
of a paper ...more
6 LDL cholesterol
lowered by new food product A new cholesterol lowering ingredient,
Reducol, is expected to be sold in food products this month. It is a
mixture of phytosterols derived from coniferous trees and can be mixed
with spreads, yoghurts and other food and drinks ...more
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