Treating mental health disorders in children and adolescents ‘Clinical handbook of psychotropic drugs for children and adolescents 3rd edition’ by Elbe D, Bezchlibnyk-Butler K Z, Virani A S , Procyshyn R M.…
Is it time to rethink the place of oral diclofenac? In light of the withdrawal of diclofenac from OTC sale in UK pharmacies over concerns about cardiovascular safety, it may be time to reconsider the role of the drug altogether.…
Cost of vaccines becoming unaffordable in developing countries, charity warns The cost of vaccines recommended by the World Health Organization has gone up 68-fold over the past 13 years, according to international aid charity Médecins sans Frontières.…
ATR inhibitors induce cell death in ALT-positive osteosarcoma and glioblastoma cells ATR inhibition may be a useful treatment approach in cancers that use the alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT) pathway to overcome cell death.…
The Pharmaceutical Journal’s top 5 comment pieces of 2014Benedict Lam takes a look back on the most popular and talked about comment pieces of 2014…
Gold standard guidance on injectable drugs ‘Handbook on injectable drugs, 18th edition’, editor-in-chief Gerald K McEvoy.…
Audit highlights problem of patients taking NSAIDs without gastroprotectionMany patients taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are not co-prescribed gastroprotective agents, an audit of community pharmacies in England has found.…
Top 10 news stories of 2014 from The Pharmaceutical Journal Harriet Adcock provides a rundown of the top ten news stories of 2014.…
Effectiveness of statins similar for men and women Incremental reductions in major vascular events with statin therapy is similar in men and women, according to research published in The Lancet.…
Physiology underpins notion that colds are caught more readily in cool weather The antiviral immune response is diminished at lower temperatures, according to a mouse study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.…