Feature Specialist roles in hospital pharmacy Pharmacy professionals have the opportunity to specialise in a variety of clinical areas. Eamonn McArdle explores the possibilities.…Published: 4 September 2015
News Scotland brings in medicine card to avoid kidney injury after dehydration Pocket-sized patient information cards that warn patients to temporarily stop taking specific medicines if they have a dehydrating illness are being introduced across Scotland.…Published: 29 June 2015
News Impaired kidney function may not justify avoidance of nitrofurantoin Advice not to use nitrofurantoin to treat patients with urinary tract infections who have impaired kidney function may be unfounded, research suggests.…Published: 7 May 2015
News EMA recommends treatment for rare kidney condition The European Medicines Agency has recommended the approval of tolvaptan for the treatment of a rare inherited disease, autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.…Published: 9 March 2015
News Paracetamol use linked with cardiovascular risk and other adverse events Researchers have discovered a consistent dose-response relationship between paracetamol use and risk of mortality or cardiovascular, gastrointestinal or renal adverse events.…Published: 3 March 2015
News Researchers identify new anti-inflammatory compounds Two separate research groups have identified compounds that can inhibit components of the immune system that are involved in several inflammatory disorders.…Published: 20 February 2015
News Initiative seeks to protect patients from acute kidney injury If you have not yet heard of sick day rules for reducing patients’ risk of acute kidney injury (AKI), you probably will soon.…Published: 16 December 2014
Feature Immune checkpoint inhibitors bring new hope to cancer patients PD-1 and PD-L1 inhibitors induce a higher response rate across a wider range of tumours than other immunotherapies.…Published: 18 November 2014
News Smartphones help to improve medicine adherence in teenagers and young adults Half of teenagers and young adults with kidney disease have used smartphones to help them remember to take their medicines, a study suggests.…Published: 18 November 2014
Opinion Googling the bloodstream: how disease might be detected with ingested nanoparticles Google is developing technology that combines ingested disease-detecting nanoparticles with a wrist sensor.…Published: 14 November 2014
