Expensive night outCharging a fee for being drunk in A&E would do little to improve people’s attitudes to alcohol.…
Stop demonising a potentially useful product for smokers Compulsory regulation of electronic cigarettes could spoil a safe substitute for smoking.…
Chief medical officer’s annual report focuses on mental healthCMO Sally Davies has called for an end to healthcare providers’ focus on “wellbeing”, saying there is little evidence to support this approach for tackling mental ill-health.…
Efforts to counter climate change-related health risks need to be put centre stage, says WHO President of the World Bank Group Jim Yong Kim calls for action on climate change, saying most serious impacts will be on public health.…
Mixed results for heavy metal emissions from e-cigarettes Emission of two toxic heavy metals – chromium and nickel – is significantly higher with e-cigarettes than with normal cigarettes, research shows.…
The Ebola outbreak International health organizations are struggling to contain the biggest Ebola outbreak on record. …
Expanding the role of community pharmacy for the benefit of patients Katie Hovenden explains how promoting public health has led to her being the first pharmacist to be named as an inspirational female leader by the Health Service Journal.…
Medicines supply chain ‘overwhelmed’ by Ebola crisis Pharmacists working in West Africa have spoken about the overwhelming scale of the challenges they have faced in Liberia in the battle against the Ebola virus.…
Community pharmacists identify people at risk of diabetesPharmacists can identify patients who have an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, research by the University of East Anglia and Boots UK confirms.…
How a pharmacy-led lung cancer awareness campaign met NHS aimsHow a “Lung cancer awareness month” campaign demonstrated pharmacy’s crucial live-saving role in detecting the disease…
