PJ, February 2020, Vol 304, No 7934

Pharmacist-led atrial fibrillation screening service cuts stroke numbers by 20%

Clinical pharmacists have helped reduce the number of strokes by 22% following an atrial fibrillation pilot in Tameside and Glossop.…

Deaths: George Alston Macadam

On 22 December 2019, George Alston Macadam, aged 68 years, of Stockton-on-Tees. Mr Macadam registered with the Society in 1975 and left in 2014.…

Deaths: Alan Ross

On 11 November 2019, Alan Ross, aged 85 years, of Manchester. A former member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Mr Ross registered with the Society in 1956. …

Deaths: Dora Bladen

On 6 January 2020, Dora Bladen, aged 83 years, of Brockenhurst, New Forest. A former member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Mrs Bladen graduated from from Nottingham University in 1959.  The funeral will be held on 27 January 2020 at St Nicholas’s Church, Brockenhurst. Donatio…

Deaths: Anthony Finch Thomas

On 20 December 2019, Anthony Thomas MRPharmS, aged 83 years, of Cardigan, Wales. Mr Thomas registered with the Society in 1960. …

Type 2 diabetes remission possible with modest weight loss

People with type 2 diabetes mellitus who achieve weight loss of 10% or more within five years of diagnosis are more than twice as likely to go into remission than people who maintain the same weight, research in Diabetes Medicine has shown.…