Scleroderma: clinical features and diagnosis Scleroderma is associated with a higher mortality rate than all other connective tissue disorders because of its multiple complications, including pulmonary hypertension and renal crisis.…
Initiative seeks to protect patients from acute kidney injury If you have not yet heard of sick day rules for reducing patients’ risk of acute kidney injury (AKI), you probably will soon.…
Evidence still lacking for Ebola treatments, concludes European Medicines Agency Lack of evidence for seven investigational drugs being developed for the treatment of Ebola means it is impossible to make conclusions about their safety or efficacy.…
Use of antiretroviral therapy will drive down HIV virulence HIV is evolving relatively rapidly, which is contributing to a reduction in HIV virulence at the population level, say researchers writing in PNAS.…
Risk modelling study suggests aspirin’s harms outweigh benefits for younger women For most women, the long-term benefits of aspirin do not outweigh the increase in major gastrointestinal bleeding, say researchers.…
Benefits of influenza vaccination19 November 2014: English Pharmacy Board member Sibby Buckle spoke to the Daily Mail to offer advice and tips about staying healthy this winter. Buckle told the paper that it is a good idea to get a flu jab as it’s 95% effective and lasts for a year. She said: “People who’ve n…
Pharmacy-led statin support service in general practice helps patients reach cholesterol targets Using pharmacists to support statin-prescribing in general practice improves patients’ chances of reaching their cholesterol targets and has a lasting effect on the prescribing behaviour of GPs.…
Ebola clinical trial suspended after volunteers complain of joint pains A phase I clinical trial of the fast-tracked Ebola vaccine VSV-ZEBOV has been halted in Switzerland because some trial participants developed mild joint pain.…
Paper towels versus hot air hand dryers — which is more hygienic? Despite the myth that hot air dryers are more hygienic, Andrew Haynes explains that paper towels are actually better for three important reasons.…
Chemoprevention with tamoxifen cuts risk of breast cancer by almost 30% Tamoxifen used in primary prevention cuts the risk of breast cancer by around 30% and this benefit lasts for at least 20 years, a long-term follow-up of the International Breast Cancer Intervention Study shows.…