Opinion A stricter approach to vaccinationPersonal belief exemptions for vaccination put at risk those who are unable to participate for medical reasons.…Published: 12 February 2015
Opinion Facilitate recreational drug testing to help save lives Giving drug users better information about what is in their drugs before they take them could save lives.…Published: 12 February 2015
Opinion Putting cosmeceuticals in context ‘Handbook of cosmeceutical excipients and their safeties’, by Kwan Yu Heng, Tung Yee Kei, Kochhar Jaspreet Singh, Li Hairui, Poh Ai-Ling and Kang Lifeng.…Published: 12 February 2015
Opinion Removing items from children’s noses Removing objects from young children’s noses can be challenging. ‘Watch and wait’ and the ‘parent’s kiss’ are two techniques available.…Published: 10 February 2015
Opinion Stress balls reduce surgical anxiety, partners don’tResearch suggests that patients undergoing surgery experience less anxiety and pain when they are distracted.…Published: 10 February 2015
Opinion Shark attack on cancer cellsSmall simple chain antibodies from sharks may be used to generate lead compounds in inflammatory disease and cancer.…Published: 10 February 2015
Opinion Why a ‘conscience clause’ is essential in assisted suicide legislation Pharmacists must be allowed to opt out of dispensing lethal prescriptions if assisted suicide is legalised, and this right should be protected in law, says Aileen Bryson, policy and practice lead at Royal Pharmaceutical Society Scotland.…Published: 10 February 2015
Opinion Expanding the clinical role of pharmacists Scotland’s vision for pharmacists to become prescribers is exactly what the profession needs.…Published: 9 February 2015
Opinion One-stop dispensing has had its day — time to embrace technology Hospitals should explore the use of technology to help streamline the inpatient medicine supply process for the benefit of patients and staff.…Published: 9 February 2015
Opinion How to get hospital experience as a pharmacy studentFourth-year pharmacy student Alisha Sodhi shares her advice for securing adhoc shadowing experiences and placements in hospitals…Published: 9 February 2015