Alzheimer's disease and ethics

Over-the-counter statins

The use of pine in a healthcare environment

Considered the largest genus of conifers, Pinus (Pinaceae) includes more than 100 different species (Dziedziński et al, 2021), and Hickman (2021) explains that the creation of the town of Bournemouth,...

COVID-19 booster vaccinations

In November 2021 the UK Health Security Agency (2021) announced that those ‘aged 50 years and over, health and social care workers and younger people at risk are being offered a booster dose of...

The introduction of inclisiran

In January 2020, the UK Government's Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) announced ‘a ground-breaking, in-principle agreement with Novartis’, namely, the introduction of inclisiran, (DHSC,...

Salt, blood pressure and cardiovascular disease

Refugees, migrants and health

On 20 June 2017 – the United Nations World Refugee Day – Abbas et al (2018) convened a workshop during the 4th International Conference on Prevention and Infection Control in Geneva. The authors note...

Understanding ivermectin

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...

Emergency contraception

‘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%...

A newly qualified physiotherapist non-medical prescriber in the pandemic

Throughout my training, and as a newly qualified NMP, I was fortunate to work closely with a multidisciplinary team of consultants and nurse specialists in the specialty of rheumatology, all of whom...

Exploring pharmaceutical communication

Carbon footprints and pharmacy