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Gaining patient trust over pharmacy access to records Subscription
With the roll out of pharmacy access to summary care records, some patients will inevitably express concerns about privacy, but the signs are that patients support this move.
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Donepezil may delay nursing home admission in moderate to severe Alzheimer’s disease Subscription
Discontinuing donepezil in Alzheimer’s patients as their disease worsens could double the risk of admission into a nursing home within a year, suggests a study published in The Lancet Neurology.
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Low dose aspirin may boost fertility in some women, suggests research Subscription
Taking low dose aspirin daily may increase the chance of conception in women with high levels of inflammatory markers, a US study has found.
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Poor medicines management a common issue in NHS services, finds Care Quality Commission Subscription
Patient safety is being compromised by poor medicines management in many NHS and adult social care services, according to a report by the Care Quality Commission.
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First self-administered injectable contraceptive approved for use in the UK Subscription
Women in the UK will be able to self-administer an injectable contraceptive for the first time after the medicines regulator approved new labelling for Sayana Press.
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Brains of CJD victims show signs of Alzheimer’s pathology Subscription
Victims of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease show evidence of Alzheimer’s pathology, suggests new research. But neuroscientists have quashed fears that people can “catch” Alzheimer’s.
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First drug to improve sexual desire in women approved in the United States Subscription
Addyi (flibanserin), a drug dubbed the ‘female Viagra’, has been approved for the treatment of acquired, generalized hypoactive sexual desire disorder in premenopausal women by the FDA.
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E-cigarettes are at least 95% safer than smoking tobacco cigarettes, says Public Health England Subscription
Public Health England has suggested that pharmacists encourage the use of e-cigarettes as an aid to stop smoking, but the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has concerns because the products are not regulated.
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Students trained at schools with lower entry standards more likely to fail GPhC registration exam Subscription
Pharmacy students that join university courses with lower A-level requirements or through ‘clearing’ are more likely to fail the General Pharmaceutical Council registration assessment at their first sitting.
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Barriers to reclassifying drugs identified by researchers Subscription
Researchers have investigated the factors that influence the likelihood of reclassification of medicines from prescription-only to being available over-the-counter.
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