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St John's Wort is a herbal remedy that has been around for hundreds of years to treat mental health problems, and currently is bought over the counter for mild-to-moderate depression, as well as for...
This mixed methods study using a reasoned action approach in the Journal of Hospital Infection aimed to measure nurse independent prescribers' (NIPs) intention to manage patients, presenting with an...
When the implications of the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic dawned, the race for effective vaccines and/or treatments began. However, as Dinis-Oliveira (2020) notes, the scientific approach ranged ‘from...
Fungal infections caused by dermatophytes, a group of fungi that invade and grow in dead keratin, causing infection that is normally confined to dead layers of skin. Because dermatophytes require...
Multidisciplinary working is vital to proactively manage the nutritional care of oncology patients, whether this is via oral nutritional support or prophylactic/reactive enteral feeding..
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...
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