Preventing falls in older people How pharmacy teams can reduce the risk of falls in elderly people by identifying risk factors and managing medicines.…
Review considers strategies for intracranial artery stenosis Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty with stenting (PTAS) and medical therapy is linked with a higher risk of stroke than medical therapy alone.…
Online poll supports practice of pharmacies selling e-cigarettes More than half of people polled by The Pharmaceutical Journal say that pharmacies should stock e-cigarettes.…
Urgent care campaign to call for greater pharmacist role A campaign to promote greater use of pharmacists to relieve mounting pressures on urgent and emergency NHS services has been launched.…
Treatment of schizophrenia should not be limited to drugs, says WHOTreatment of schizophrenia should not be limited to pharmacotherapy but should also include psychosocial interventions, says the World Health Organization (WHO).…
Should pharmacies sell electronic cigarettes? As the UK sees the massive growth of vapers, the e-cigarette industry and pharmacy leaders debate the merits of selling e-cigarettes in pharmacies at the Pharmacy Show.…
Phase II clinical trials for Ebola vaccine planned for early 2015Experts involved in the organisation of clinical research on Ebola vaccines intend to move to randomised controlled phase II trials in early 2015.…
Pneumococcal vaccine reduces antibiotic resistant infections in children by 62% The 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) has reduced the incidence of antibiotic resistant pneumococcal infections in children.…
E-cigarette advertising cannot target young people under tighter rules Electronic cigarettes must not be targeted at young people and non-smokers, under new advertising rules established to ensure the products are promoted responsibly.…
Janssen and Novartis pick up 2014 Prix Galien awards Janssen and Novartis scooped prizes at the UK Prix Galien Awards for the first new drug for tuberculosis (TB) in 40 years and the first broadly protective meningitis B vaccine.…
