PJ, 11 October 2014, Vol 293, No 7831

Standing up to Ebola

Pharmacists may not be needed at the bedside in the present Ebola epidemic, but their experience in pharmaceutical logistics should be utilised.…

Involve the public in service design

Before embarking on the development of new services, pharmacists should be asking patients and the public for their input.…

Medicines optimisation, antimicrobial resistance and pharmacy education

RPS president Ash Soni reflects on major issues raised during the ‘pharmacy conference season’ in September.…

Views on sharing discharge information with pharmacists

Focus groups reveal different opinions on which information should be shared with community pharmacists.…

Evolocumab shows promising results in familial hypercholesterolaemia

Evolocumab, a fully human monoclonal antibody to PCSK9, reduced LDL cholesterol when added to background lipid-lowering therapy in patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia.…

Nobel prize awarded for deciphering how individuals orientate themselves

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to three neuroscientists who between them discovered the brain’s “inner GPS”.…

Long-acting insulin ‘probably superior’ to intermediate-acting insulin

New research favours long-acting insulin over intermediate-acting versions due to the greater reduction in haemoglobin A1c, less weight gain and lower incidence of severe hypoglycaemia.…

Gene therapy: a treatment coming of age

A decade ago many people had written off gene therapy altogether but now there are dozens of trials in progress around the world.…

Antibiotic use linked with childhood obesity

Exposure to four or more courses of broad-spectrum antibiotics was associated with an increased risk of childhood obesity, new research suggests.…

Thursday 16 October: Cardiff

“4th Annual Medicines Safety Conference”, Parc Thistle Hotel, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3UD. Meeting 9.30am–4.30pm. Post conference reception to launch Your Care Your Medicines — a Welsh vision for pharmacy. Confirmed speakers include Mark Drakeford AM, minister for …