Personal contact from pharmacist enhances patients’ adherence to medicinesInterventions that include counselling by a pharmacist help patients with cardiovascular diseases adhere to their medicines, UK research shows.…
Acne vulgaris Acne affects eight out of ten teenagers and can persist into later life. Pharmacists have a wide range of treatments to offer patients.…
Pharmacy-led asthma service helps patients Service provided by pharmacists in Australia help patients manage conditions.…
Paracetamol ineffective for acute lower back painFirst-line treatment for lower back pain is no more effective than placebo.…
Study sheds light on genetic basis of schizophreniaResearchers find more than a hundred specific locations in the human genome associated with risk for the brain disease.…
Leading clinical practice Consultant pharmacists Stephen Tomlin and Mark Gilchrist describe some of the topics to be covered in the “Leading clinical practice” stream at the RPS Annual Conference 2014.…
Pharmacy staff advice improves patient knowledge Talking to patients about antibiotics as their medicines are dispensed improves their knowledge more than just distributing a leaflet on the topic.…
Letrozole shows promise as infertility treatmentLetrozole associated with higher live-birth and ovulation rates among infertile women compared with clomifene. …
Vaccine shows promise against dengue A recombinant vaccine against the mosquito-borne disease has shown efficacy in a phase III randomised clinical trial.…
Controlled release of antiretroviral drugs by intravaginal ring Device releases combination of drugs over a month.…
