Study provides insight into why PPI users benefit from calcium supplements Researchers have identified a gene, Snx10, whose expression is required both in the bone and stomach to maintain normal gastric acidification and calcium absorption.…
Mary Isobel Jordan diesOn 5 April 2015, Mary Isobel Jordan FRPharmS, aged 94, of 24 Millard Close, Hereford, Herefordshire HR2 7EW. Mrs Jordan registered with the Society in 1944 and then became a Fellow in 1992.…
Call for European infrastructure to improve patient safety Hospital pharmacists should play a central role in increasing the governance of medicines and in reporting and learning from incidents, according to David Cousins, an expert in medication safety.…
Pharmacists are not a threat to GPsI found GP Clare Gerada’s view on pharmacists archaic ( The Pharmaceutical Journal 2015;294:208). Is the role of the pharmacist not constantly evolving? At least I thought it was. Pharmacists will never be able to step up as long as there are GPs like Gerada around. I was blo…
Using a mummy as a medicine Different types of mummy could be used to make tincture, treacle, elixir or balsam, which could, in turn, be used for treating different types of affliction.…
Could crossing your fingers alter pain levels?The thermal grill illusion is a sensory ‘trick’ first demonstrated by a Swedish physician, Torsten Thunberg, in 1896.…
Developing antibacterial plastics Researchers in America have developed some bioplastics, made with albumin, soy or whey, that have antibacterial properties.…
Possible new antivenom from one of the oldest surviving mammal familiesOpossums have a naturally high level of immunity to certain types of snake venom. The opossum peptide responsible for this immunity has potential as an antivenom.…
Pharmacy2U under fire over data selling practices Pharmacy2U has been accused of selling patient information, including names, addresses, dates of birth and the dates of patients’ last prescription.…