Apixaban linked to lower risk of recurrent blood clots compared with warfarin Compared with warfarin, people in both frail and non-frail cohorts taking apixaban experienced an average of 12.1 fewer days of home time loss, a study found.…
Investigational anti-clotting drug reduced stroke risk by more than one-quarter, study finds Researchers observed a 17% reduction in major cardiovascular events in patients who took asundexian compared with the placebo group.…
More than 550 patients seen under pharmacy cholesterol testing pilot The pilot rolled out a seven-minute point-of-care cholesterol test across seven community pharmacies in north east London to estimate patients’ potential future risk of heart problems.…
News round-up: long COVID, chikungunya and free supplies of ciprofloxacin Our weekly summary of the important developments in pharmacy and health news you may have missed.…
Weight-loss drug to be offered to patients at risk of stroke or heart attack In response to the new recommendation, sector leaders have called for the NHS to “mobilise the pharmacy network” as weight-loss medications are offered to an increasing number of patients.…
COVID-19 vaccines not associated with sudden death in healthy young people The researchers found no significant difference between the first, second and third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in terms of increased risk of sudden cardiac death in healthy young patients.…
Apixaban safer than rivaroxaban for thrombosis treatment, study finds Researchers found that patients who took anticoagulant apixaban for the treatment of venous thrombosis experienced less “clinically relevant bleeding”, compared with those who received rivaroxaban.…
Health news round-up: cardiovascular disease, women’s health and the potential for new sepsis treatment A weekly summary of important developments in pharmacy and health news that you may have missed.…
Health news round-up: GLP-1s for psoriasis, promise for people with cancer and pharmacogenomics A weekly summary of important developments in pharmacy and health news that you may have missed.…
Tobacco companies should fund national community pharmacy ‘stop smoking’ service, says report Recommendations by AstraZeneca in partnership with several pharmacy bodies have also called for the ‘NHS health check’ to be offered in community pharmacies.…
