Obesity

Looking beyond dieting for weight loss and health

‘The diet myth: the real science behind what we eat’ by Tim Spector.…

Link between obesity and bowel cancer points to potential of hormone therapy

A team of pharmacologists has shown how obesity increases an individual’s risk for developing bowel cancer and unveiled the potential of a hormone therapy in preventing the disease in obese individuals.…

The Pharmaceutical Journal’s top 5 comment pieces of 2015

Junk food tax, statins prescribing and opioid painkiller addiction were among the most read topics in the opinion section in 2015.…

Second clinical trial death puts the future of obesity drug in doubt

The US Food and Drug Administration has given the pharmaceutical company Zafgen a verbal notice that its investigational new drug application for beloranib has been put on complete clinical hold after the death of a patient during a phase III clinical trial.…

Type 2 diabetes: pharmacological management strategies

Current and future treatment options for the management of patients with type 2 diabetes.…

Cuts to public health funding risk hampering growth of pharmacy-led healthy living schemes, warns RPS

Leaders warn that the government’s proposed reduction in funding may prevent wider access to public health services through community pharmacies.…

Injectable liraglutide can help obese type 2 diabetics lose weight

A daily injection of liraglutide can help obese or overweight patients with type 2 diabetes lose weight if they also follow a low calorie diet and do more exercise, according to research published in JAMA.…

Fattening up the NHS drugs bill

More people diagnosed with diabetes, increased number of patients requiring drug treatment and rising costs of newer antidiabetic medicines all add to a hefty drugs bill for the NHS.…

Treating benefit recipients badly

Why threatening to cut benefits for those who refuse treatment is unworkable.…

Clinical Pharmacist’s monthly news round-up: the top 10 in the past month

What has been happening in the world of pharmacy? Here’s our pick of must-read news from the past month.…