Electrolytes in cardiology How potassium, magnesium, sodium and calcium imbalances can lead to serious heart complications.…
UK government accepts recommendations for reforming regulation of healthcare professionals The UK government has broadly accepted the Law Commissions’ recommendations for reforming the regulation of healthcare professionals across the UK.…
NHS needs ‘radical’ changes in service provision, say MPsThe NHS is financially unsustainable unless there is a “radical” change in the way that services are provided, according to the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee.…
AstraZeneca’s CRISPR collaborations aim to identify drug targetsAstraZeneca has announced four research collaborations that will use CRISPR, a pioneering genome-editing technique, to identify and validate potential drug targets.…
Sydney Crowther diesOn 19 January 2015, Sydney Crowther MRPharmS, aged 95, of Maddington Place, Shrewton, Salisbury SP3 4JE. Mr Crowther registered with the Society in 1942.…
Sestrin 3 gene regulates convulsions in epilepsy Researchers analysed hippocampal brain tissue samples from 129 people with temporal lobe epilepsy and found that genetic control of convulsions was due to a single gene.…
Tribute to Sydney CrowtherWhen Sydney Crowther passed away on 19 January 2015 at the fine age of 95, it was the end of an era for pharmacy. He was a remarkable man and a passionate “old-school” pharmacist. He qualified from Bradford Technical College (now University) in 1941, registered in April 1942, and immediately jo…
Anti-VEGF therapies could have role in treating TB Bevacizumab, an anti-VEGF drug, was able to normalise granuloma vasculature, improve the delivery of small molecules and decrease hypoxia in a rabbit model of tuberculosis.…
Adherence to diabetes treatments falls after a cancer diagnosis Adherence to glucose lowering therapies in diabetes patients falls following a cancer diagnosis.…
The NHS is a customer, not something to saveContrary to Graham Phillips’s view ( The Pharmaceutical Journal 2015;294:116), I do not believe community pharmacy is going to save the NHS. The NHS is a customer. It buys services from community pharmacies which are businesses operating purely for profit. Ask the multiples, s…