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America rewards whistle blowers
11 Jul 08 | 14.19 | International
Reporting fraudulent and illegal practices in pharmacies has made a pharmacist large sums of money. Joy Wingfield professor of pharmacy law and ethics at the University of Nottingham, who addressed the conference, reports
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Silver controversy
10 Jul 08 | 17.45 | International
Hippocrates first reported the healing properties of silver and, in the early 20th century, people would put silver dollars in milk bottles to prolong the milk’s freshness. Silver is now widely used as an antibacterial agent in wound dressings and antiseptic creams
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Are we any nearer to finding life on Mars?
10 Jul 08 | 17.42 | International
In all the fuss about the Phoenix spacecraft landing near the Martian north pole recently, we should not forget that the first landing on Mars was 32 years ago this month (July)
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Reducing blood pressure might cut dementia
8 Jul 08 | 13.55 | England International
Antihypertensive treatment might reduce the risk of dementia in those aged 80 years and over
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International team to identify substandard medicines
7 Jul 08 | 12.24 | England EU International
Four community pharmacists in the UK are to work with doctors from a German humanitarian organisation in Kenya and India to help identify counterfeit and substandard drugs
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Vasopressin does not improve survival for patients undergoing CPR outside hospitals
3 Jul 08 | 15.21 | International
Adding vasopressin to adrenaline (epinephrine) does not improve outcomes during advanced cardiac life support for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, new research suggests
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March IJPP: feasibility of pharmacist-led advice service for drug misusers
1 Jul 08 | 10.04 | International
Research published in the March 2005 issue of the International Journal of Pharmacy Practice is highlighted by Natalie Lane more >
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Do yourself a favour: log on to PJ Online
26 Jun 08 | 18.16 | International
From Tuesday 1 July 2008 — but not before — visiting PJ Online (www.pjonline.com) will be a new experience more >
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Global alliance retention incentives
21 Jun 08 | 17.18 | International
Guidelines on incentives for the recruitment and retention of healthcare professionals have been produced by the Global Health Workforce Alliance, a collaboration of professional associations, including the International Pharmaceutical Federation more >
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GSK tops access-to-medicines poll
21 Jun 08 | 17.15 | International
GlaxoSmithKline has topped a poll that rates pharmaceutical companies on their ability to get their products to the world’s poorest people more >
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