E-cigarettes: proceed with cautionI note that your online poll suggests support for the sale of e-cigarettes in pharmacies (2014;293:412). It is not clear who you polled but that is beside the point. We need to proceed with extreme caution in this matter. First, let us be absolutely clear about the motivation of many of the co…
Q&A: Ensuring vaccine safety is no easy task Patrick LF Zuber, group leader for global vaccine safety at the World Health Organization, talks about vaccine safety, the Ebola vaccine and new vaccines in the pipeline.…
The production of chemotherapy and total parental nutrition products in a hospital pharmacyAyla Atalar describes her first experience with the production side of hospital pharmacy.…
Patients’ fear of dementia is concealing its true prevalenceStigma and fear associated with dementia is preventing early diagnosis and hampering researchers from obtaining a full picture of the disease, according to the International Longevity Centre UK. …
MPs question the value of the NHS Health Check A report from an influential group of MPs suggests that the health check programme represented poor policy and may not achieve its intended aims.…
Psychedelics: entering a new age of addiction therapy Psilocybin, the compound that makes mushrooms magic, is showing promise as a treatment for several psychiatric illnesses.…
Embrace opportunities under five-year NHS plan, pharmacists urged Pharmacy organisations have identified opportunities to integrate more with other services and have a real impact on improving patient care within the five-year NHS plan.…
Vaccine for human respiratory syncytial virus on the horizonA vaccine being developed to protect against human respiratory syncytial virus may offer hope in preventing this major cause of infant infection.…
Lymphomas: current and future treatment options The management of lymphomas involves a range of different chemotherapy schedules, with novel medicines emerging and offering better treatment options.…
E-cigarettes in pharmaciesI attended this year’s Pharmacy Show at the NEC in Birmingham on 5–6 October 2014 and saw a large number of exhibitors flogging their e-cigarette products to attendees, many of whom are pharmacists. How can pharmacists encourage patients to give up smoking while at the same time promote …