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Women are still missing out on vital treatment for cardiovascular disease, despite progress in the medical management of heart disease and stroke, a consensus statement published online in the journal...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced that the government will approve a 5.5% pay rise for nurses in England. In a speech in Parliament the chancellor said she had accepted the recommendations of the...
Junior doctors have embarked on their latest round of strikes in England after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak failed to avert further action by committing to restoring their pay, the BMA have said..
In the UK, there are currently five fluoroquinolones licensed for use, which can be taken orally, given intravenously or via inhalation. These include the most common, ciprofloxacin, which is used to...
This article, published in the British Journal of Health Psychology, was a systematic review to garner health professionals' knowledge and attitudes of antibiotic prescribing for urinary tract...
Cardiac arrhythmias represent a significant burden, affecting morbidity and mortality (Gheorghe-Andrei et al, 2018). Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia, and prevalence not only...
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has announced its advice to government for the Covid-19 vaccine programme this year.
‘Prescribers should become aware of the characteristics of the setting in which they work, and be conscious of how this may influence communication and patient interactions’.
This research, published in the Journal of Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety sought to implement a high-throughput signal detection programme using a sequence symmetry analysis to identify...
A researcher from the University of Glasgow has received funding to develop new wearable technology capable of measuring the progress of neuromuscular diseases. Professor Hadi Heidari has been awarded...
Duncan et al (2016) published a study in the BMJ Open, which evaluated trends in the prescribing of quetiapine to adults in the Canadian province of Alberta between 2008 and 2013.
This article, published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing, sought to review the evidence surrounding nurse and pharmacist review of patients undergoing systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT).
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