People with more friends have higher pain tolerance, recent research has suggested. Katerina Johnson, a doctoral student in the University of Oxford Departments of Psychiatry and Experimental [...]
A landmark clinical trial is underway, to study the effectiveness of three hepatitis C medications. The initial patient at University of Florida Health has begun a 12-week drug regimen and is one [...]
Parasitic bacteria that are reliant on the other bacteria they infect have been investigated following their first-time discovery – in human spit. As reported in New Scientist, while the small [...]
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) is arguing that despite GPs being highly trained to care for patients with asthma, they need more investment to meet demand. Dr Maureen Baker, [...]
Researchers have found that an existing diabetes drug can be used to halt progression of another disease that is a leading cause of liver transplants. A three-year clinical trial led by [...]
Researchers have discovered a protein involved in skin psoriasis, a highly common disease, opening up new potentials for therapy. Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have [...]
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Wales has announced that Suzanne Scott-Thomas has been re-elected to serve a second term as Chair of the Welsh Pharmacy Board, while Paul Harris has also been [...]
The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC), which reviews newly-licensed medicines, has published advice accepting four new medicines for routine use by NHS Scotland. Co-careldopa (Duodopa) for [...]
Following the announcement that Elizabeth Fagan is taking up the role as the new Boots UK Managing Director, the Pharmacists’ Defence Association Union’s (PDA) Assistant General Secretary, Mark [...]
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has today published updated professional guidance for the prescribers of Specials which is endorsed by the Royal College of General Practitioners, the [...]
