CP, April 2018, Vol 10, No 4

Depression in children and young people: identification and management

As one of the most common paediatric psychiatric disorders, pharmacists and healthcare professionals need to be aware of the symptoms of depression and be able to assess children and young people who may be at risk.…

Community pharmacists’ contribution to public health: assessing the global evidence base

In the UK, community pharmacies are more accessible to the general population than general practices. Therefore, government white papers and briefing documents from pharmacy professional bodies have advocated the expansion of the role of community pharmacists, particularly in relation to the provisi…

Glucose-lowering drugs and cardiovascular risk: how recent outcome trials have informed practice

Although large clinical trials with glucose-lowering drugs have consistently shown beneficial reductions in microvascular complications, their effects on macrovascular complications have been controversial. Interpreting these trials is complicated by substantial differences in their design, the…

Person-centred over patient-centred care: not just semantics

How does the technology giant’s marketing approach relate to person-centred care in health?…

Community pharmacy and support for patients who take oral anticancer medication

The NHS must provide an integrated cancer service, particularly because improvements in diagnosis and treatment position the management of many cancers similarly to other long-term conditions[1] ,[2] . Drugs used to treat cancer are increasingly being developed as oral treatments, …

Narrow-spectrum antibiotics favourable for paediatric respiratory infections, researchers say

Research has shown that broad-spectrum antibiotics are associated with slightly worse quality of life in children compared with narrow-spectrum antibiotics, without providing a significant benefit…

Benefits of smoking cessation medicines decline over first year

Research has shown that the proportion of people who benefit from smoking cessation medicines dwindles over the first year of use…

Ibuprofen use in early pregnancy might impact female offspring’s fertility

Research has shown for the first time that ibuprofen use may negatively affect foetuses as early as in the first trimester…

Steroids do not reduce death from septic shock, study finds

Despite being used for more than four decades, steroid use does not reduce 90-day death rate in patients with septic shock…

More research needed to investigate role of vitamin D in IBS treatment

A group of researchers has concluded that, while the literature indicates a potential role, further studies are needed before vitamin D can be considered a therapeutic option for people living with irritable bowel syndrome.…