Clinical research

Health news round-up: Huntington’s disease breakthrough and how to tackle medicines misinformation

Senior clinical reporter Joanna Robertson summarises some important developments in health news.…

Antipsychotic prescribing in dementia does not follow NICE guidance, study shows

Researchers found that the prescribing of antipsychotics for older people with dementia goes on longer than advised, which increases the risk of avoidable harms.…

More research needed into psychedelics for mental illness treatment, says Royal College of Psychiatrists

The Royal College of Psychiatrists has also called for the creation of a centralise patient database to monitor the use of psychedelics and related substances, as well as their effects.…

Health news round-up: diabetes and weight-loss news from EASD

Senior clinical reporter Joanna Robertson summarises clinical trial results from the European Association for the Study of Diabetes conference in Vienna.…

Daily GLP-1 receptor agonist pill leads to ‘significant’ weight loss

Average body weight loss in participants taking 36mg of orforglipron (Emgality; Eli Lilly) was 11.2%.…

News in brief: hope for lung cancer patients in studies presented at world conference

Senior clinical reporter Joanna Robertson summarises clinical trial results from the World Conference on Lung Cancer in Barcelona.…

Health news round up: long-term conditions, cancer drugs and a medicines pricing stand-off

Senior clinical reporter Joanna Robertson summarises some important developments in health news.…

Tackling systemic barriers through pharmacy practice research

This month’s column from the RPS chief scientist’s office includes reflections of recent pharmacy practice research through the lens of Core20PLUS5.…

Vaccines often overlooked in antimicrobial stewardship, microbiologists warn

Attendees of a roundtable organised by the Microbiology Society concluded that there was an “urgent need to strengthen the evidence base for vaccine impact on AMR”.…

More than 40 organisations commit to include older adults in research

The statement of intent outlined commitments to “challenge any unwarranted exclusion of older adults or those with long-term conditions (multimorbidity) from research”.…