PJ Online news feed http://www.pjonline.com/feeds/news PJ Online news feed en-Uk University applications drop 10 per cent in England http://www.pjonline.com/news/university_applications_drop_10_per_cent_in_england <p> University applications have decreased by almost 10 per cent this year in England — where tuition fees are due to rise... </p> Over 400 request prescription payment checks http://www.pjonline.com/news/over_400_request_prescription_payment_checks <p> A total of 434 pharmacy contractors requested a total of 5,623 prescription payment checks from the NHS Business Services Authority... </p> Risks for women smokers taking proton pump inhibitors http://www.pjonline.com/news/risks_for_women_smokers_taking_ppis_0 <p> Women with a history of smoking may be at particular risk of hip fracture when using proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) long-term... </p> Different BP in arms may indicate risk of disease http://www.pjonline.com/news/different_bp_in_arms_may_indicate_risk_of_disease <p> Patients whose systolic blood pressure differs by 10mmHg or more between each arm are at increased risk of peripheral vascular disease... </p> Tighter controls needed over websites selling POMs to public http://www.pjonline.com/news/tighter_controls_needed_over_websites_selling_poms_to_public <p> Tighter controls are needed over the online advertising of prescription drugs, researchers have concluded... </p> New Pharmacist Support trustees http://www.pjonline.com/news/new_pharmacist_support_trustees <p> Four trustees have joined the board of the charity Pharmacist Support.. </p> Sequential tamoxifen-anastrozole treatment trialled http://www.pjonline.com/news/sequential_tamoxifenanastrozole_treatment_trialled <p> Relapse-free survival is not significantly improved by sequential tamoxifen and anastrazole treatment, rather than continuous tamoxifen... </p> Poor outcomes when thalidomide added to advanced-NSCLC therapy http://www.pjonline.com/news/poor_outcomes_when_thalidomide_added_to_advancednsclc_therapy <p> Adding thalidomide to combined chemoradiotherapy does not improve survival rates for patients diagnosed with unresectable... </p> Dutasteride slows early prostate cancer growth http://www.pjonline.com/news/dutasteride_slows_early_prostate_cancer_growth <p> Dutasteride can slow progression of low-grade prostate cancer, suggest data published online in <em>The Lancet</em> (24 January 2012)... </p> Calls to stop roll-out of NHS 111 http://www.pjonline.com/news/calls_to_stop_rollout_of_nhs111 Nine serious incidents have been reported with England’s pilot NHS 111 telephone service, it has emerged Global health roundup: fake antimalarials, drug resistant TB and tropical diseases http://www.pjonline.com/news/global_health_roundup_fake_antimalarials_drug_resistant_tb_and_tropical_diseases Global health roundup: fake antimalarials, drug resistant TB and tropical diseases AstraZeneca slashing global workforce by ten per cent http://www.pjonline.com/news/astrazeneca_slashing_global_workforce_by_ten_per_cent <p> AstraZeneca will cut 7,300 jobs globally within the next two years in a bid to improve productivity, the company announced today... </p> Low-dose ulipristal controls bleeding in women with womb fibroids http://www.pjonline.com/news/lowdose_ulipristal_controls_bleeding_in_women_with_womb_fibroids <p> Ulipristal 5mg can control bleeding in patients with uterine fibroids, according to two studies published online today... </p> Call for all babies to receive vitamin D supplements http://www.pjonline.com/news/call_for_all_babies_to_receive_vitamin_d_supplements <p> Babies under the age of six months should be routinely given vitamin D supplements, the Heath Research Forum has said... </p> Hip fracture risks for women smokers taking PPIs http://www.pjonline.com/news/risks_for_women_smokers_taking_ppis <p> Women with a history of smoking may be at particular risk of hip fracture when using proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) long-term... </p> Vitamin D deficiency in dead babies shows why official advice is misleading http://www.pjonline.com/news/vitamin_d_deficiency_in_dead_babies_shows_why_government_advice_is_wrong Unlike governments in other northern countries, ours says babies should not receive vitamin D supplementation until they are six months of age. This advice is failing the public<br /> <br /> Developments in transdermal delivery open the pores to a new range of drugs http://www.pjonline.com/news/developments_in_transdermal_delivery_open_the_pores_to_a_new_range_of_drugs The transdermal drug delivery market has gone from strength to strength over the past decade and continues to grow. Kalliopi Dodou examines current and future developments How pharmacy education and training is being shaped http://www.pjonline.com/clinical-pharmacist/2012_feb/pharmacy_education_training_shaped <p> Plans are afoot to overhaul pharmacy education and training in England and the Government has recently announced its plan to create a new body Health Education England to oversee the process </p> <p> &nbsp; </p> iPhone app directs Kent teenagers to free condoms http://www.pjonline.com/news/iphone_app_directs_kent_teenagers_to_free_condoms <p> Teenagers in Kent can download an iPhone application that tells them where they can access free condoms and local sexual health services... </p> More genetic testing called for within NHS http://www.pjonline.com/news/more_genetic_testing_called_for_within_nhs <p> Proposals for the widespread adoption of genomic technologies in the NHS were delivered to the Government last week... </p>