It shouldn’t be up to pharmacists to check prescription eligibility Expecting pharmacists to enforce the collection of prescription charges cannot be considered a professional duty.…
Developing studies to test drug safety as a research fellow In her role as principal research fellow at the Drug Safety Research Unit, Deborah Layton uses principles of pharmacoepidemiology to develop studies to help assess the safety of drugs.…
The public trusts pharmacists but not to the same degree as other health professionals, survey shows The public trusts the advice given by a community pharmacist but the degree of trust is lower than that afforded to other health professionals, according to an IPSOS/Mori poll.…
Beethoven’s musical electrocardiogramsCould Beethoven have suffered from cardiac arrhythmia? His music suggests he could have.…
How Vibrio cholera has adapted to its environmentA recent study published in Science describes the mechanism by which the cholera bacterium propagates.…
Osteoporosis: a disease of the modern world?A lack of vigorous exercise has caused human bones to become weaker over thousands of years.…
Remembering a very useful mollusc: A californicaThe mollusc Aplysia california has proved to be valuable in studying the mechanisms of movement, learning and memory.…
Smokers’ metabolism of nicotine could point to the best way to quit The speed at which smokers metabolise nicotine may suggest the most effective smoking cessation method – either varenicline or the nicotine patch.…
Learn about dosage form design ‘Design and manufacture of pharmaceutical tablets’, by Reynir Eyjolfsson.…
A complete reference guide to vaccine production ‘Vaccine Development and Manufacturing’, edited by Emily P Wen, Ronald Ellis, Narahari S Pujar.…