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This website is intended for healthcare professionals
The NHS Health Check programme was designed to identify people with risk factors for CVD and ensure that they had access to the support and medication they might need to reduce that risk (Waterall,...
‘Harrison (2005) telephoned hundreds of both Catholic and non-Catholic hospitals in the United States, asking about EHC availability. She found that almost half of hospital emergency departments (42%...
DMARDs (Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs) such as methotrexate, azathioprine and leflunomide, licensed in dermatological, gastrointestinal and rheumatic conditions are not strictly biologics....
In a year of news about COVID-19, it is easy for a genuinely exciting development like the topic of this month's editorial to get lost in the relentless news cycle of late. I don't think I myself have...
On 10 June, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published new final guidance that has recommended several new treatment options for around 25 000 people with moderate...
Day 1: A by-product of chloroquine synthesis, quinolone antibiotics were discovered in the early 1960s. Already broad spectrum, the addition of chemical groups such as fluorine led to the 2nd...
A recently published study evaluated incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) and the initiation as well as subsequent adherence to statin treatment for the treatment of primary prevention in those who...
This review of the literature published in the Journal of Vascular Health and Risk Management (Reynolds et al, 2021), looked at the important area of the use of the drug group statins and the...
Try the following drug calculations and remember that Sir Isaac Newton [1643-1727] once said ‘Truth [the answer] is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of...
Before the pandemic, the modernisation of the NHS included digitalisation and the use of remote consultations (NHS UK, 2019; Welsh Government, 2019; NHS Digital, 2020). There had been a slow but...
Drug A is available in 250 microgram tablets. Your patient requires 2 mg twice daily. How many tablets will the patient require each day? .
I suppose I should begin this editorial by letting you know I have now had my second COVID-19 vaccination! I know I am part of a growing number of those afforded increased protection from the virus,...
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