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Lloyds helps its technicians join Society's Register
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An incentive scheme encouraging pharmacy technicians to register with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has been launched by Lloydspharmacy more >
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Oral health tackled by new pharmacy service
20 Aug 05 | 0.00 |
Early identification of oral health problems is to be undertaken by community pharmacists in Fife more >
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Interviews fail to reduce smoking in pregnancy
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Motivational interviewing does not reduce levels of smoking among pregnant women, a study has found more >
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Alendronate after PTH maintains bone density
20 Aug 05 | 0.00 |
Giving alendronate (Fosamax) to postmenopausal women after a year of parathyroid hormone therapy maintains bone mineral density, researchers have found. If parathyroid hormone (PTH) is not followed by treatment with an antiresorptive agent improvements in bone density are lost, they say more >
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BP monitoring audit shows inaccuracy of readings
20 Aug 05 | 0.00 |
Almost a fifth of sphygmomanometers give inaccurate readings, an audit of devices in use in south London has found more >
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Local policy needed for capecitabine use in England and Wales until NICE issues advice
20 Aug 05 | 0.00 |
NHS organisations should develop their own local policy on how capecitabine (Xeloda) is prescribed until the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has issued guidance, Andrea Sutcliffe, the deputy chief executive of NICE, said last week more >
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Give eplerenone early after acute myocardial infarction
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In the first month after myocardial infarction early treatment with eplerenone (Inspra) can reduce the risk of death by 31 per cent compared with placebo, research shows more >
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Focus should be on primary prevention in heart disease
20 Aug 05 | 0.00 |
Public health initiatives that support the primary prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD) avoid four times as many deaths as initiatives targeted at patients who already have heart disease, according to a new study more >
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Folate associated with reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease
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Intake of at least the recommended daily allowance of folate is associated with a 55 per cent reduction in risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to new research more >
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Flu vaccine supply
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Problems with the supply of this autumn's influenza vaccines look likely after at least one manufacturer admitted that its deliveries will be delayed more >
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