Innovation review seeks patients’ views on access to new medicines A new website is being launched on 15 July 2015 that will collate patients’ views on how access to innovative medicines and medical technology could be speeded up.…
More is not always better: time to stop overtreating patients Unnecessary tests, treatments and medication could be doing more harm than good for patients.…
Study finds favour in self-monitoring for patients on oral anticoagulants People using oral blood thinning therapy such as warfarin can successfully monitor and manage their own international normalised ratio (INR) using commercially available devices, research shows.…
Chlamydia accounts for almost half of all STI diagnoses in EnglandChlamydia was the most common sexually transmitted infection confirmed in England in 2014, accounting for 47% of all STI diagnoses.…
Blood borne virus project wins ‘most reproducible’ audience vote at Pharmaceutical Care Awards The audience choice award was presented to a community pharmacy project that focused on testing for hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV in the Isle of Wight.…
Zinc supplements can cause copper deficiency High-dose zinc supplements may cause iatrogenic copper deficiency in a “significant minority” of patients, finds new research.…
Medical uses for bacteriaResearch is pointing towards bacteria as a useful diagnostic tool in the detection of cancer, diabetes, Crohn’s disease and periodontitis.…
GPs continue to prescribe outdated antibiotics for gonorrhoea GPs are continuing to prescribe outdated antibiotics for the treatment of gonorrhoea, according to research reported in BMJ Open.…
NICE to offer guidance on management of menopausal symptoms The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has for the first time produced guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of menopause.…
How brains are wired may affect smokers’ ability to quit Researchers have found that there is a stronger connection between certain regions of the brain in smokers who successfuly quit compared with those who relapse.…