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Although there are over 80 known different transmitters in the brain, each nerve ending only has one type. These neurotransmitters tend to be grouped together and each seems to have a specific role....
COPD is described as a preventable and treatable group of lung conditions characterised by airflow obstruction that is not fully reversible (Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease...
There are a number of definitions of the term deprescribing. At its core are facets of the medicines optimisation movement and concerns about polypharmacy, particularly in older adult care..
What is the rate (in micrograms per day) that a tablet will lose active ingredient, as it degrades? .
With the help of Prescribing and Therapeutics Training Ltd and the Journal of Prescribing Practice, you can earn your 1-hour CPD certificate..
Donna Kinnair, head of the Royal College of Nursing (herself no stranger to racism as a black woman living in the UK) points out that patients in black and minority communities have the worst outcomes...
A large mixed methods systematic review of 236 studies aimed to establish the feasibility, acceptability and cost effectiveness of bariatric treatment including pharmacotherapy, orlistat. Twelve...
‘Vaccination is not above serious debate, and it is sceptics – as distinct from anti-vaxxers – who drive medical progress’ .
James is 65 years old and currently shielding. You have managed this patient for many years in primary care and know his condition and treatment regime well. You undertake a telephone consultation...
The mean age of women (n=69) aged 37 to 64 was 52 (±5.4 SD) years. Follow-up time was from 6–24 months with a median follow-up time of 11 months (±6.0 SD)..
This cross-sectional study lasted one year and was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki regarding human experiments. The institutional ethics committee approved this study...
A qualitative approach was used in this research, using descriptive, exploratory methods..
Day 1: Reports of quinine for ‘febrile illness’ date back to 17th century Peru; one legend is that water contaminated by cinchona tree bark was drunk and fever abated. This led to local villagers...
The drug doxorubicin slows or stops the spread of cancer cells by blocking the enzyme, topoisomerase, which cancer cells rely on for their division and growth (Cancer Research UK (CRUK), 2019). It is...
This article provides follow-up guidance on patients with the most severe COVID-19 disease, namely, those that required critical care or had changes noted on chest x-ray consistent with COVID-19...
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