Patients with depression who received the Moodivate app saw clinically meaningful reductions in their symptoms that were twice those achieved with standard-of-care therapy in a clinical trial conducted […]
A new guideline to help health care providers manage obesity in children and adolescents takes a patient-centred approach, emphasizing behavioural and psychological supports that focus on outcomes valued […]
Polypharmacy is a condition that increases the risk of side effects and drug-drug interactions due to the use of more medications than necessary. In particular, older adults, who […]
General practitioners are now “prescribing” parkrun for their patients as part of a social prescribing initiative to promote preventative care. But in The BMJ today, Dr Margaret McCartney argues that […]
More than two-fifths of Oregon community pharmacies require a prescription to purchase syringes, even though they can be sold over the counter, creating an access barrier that could […]
Before 2017, abortions were generally performed as procedures in fewer than 100 hospitals and clinics mostly in urban centres, leading to delayed care, particularly for people living in rural […]
29th EAHP Congress highlights Prescribing by hospital pharmacists is now well-established in a number of countries and there is evidence that stakeholders take a positive view of this […]
A new study from Queen Mary University of London found that 9% of all reported adverse drug reactions (ADRs) reported to the UK medicines regulator are associated with […]
29th EAHP Congress highlights Medication review, with input from pharmacy, is a national standard for post- intensive care (ICU) follow-up, set out in the Guidelines for the Provision […]
Emergency hormonal contraception (EHC) – the morning-after pill – is to be available, free of charge, from community pharmacies in England starting in October. This is part of […]
Consultant Pharmacist Hilary McKee runs regular rheumatology clinics at Antrim Hospital in Northern Ireland. She is an independent prescriber and much of her work involves review and fine-tuning […]
A new USC Schaeffer Center white paper finds expanded access to anti-obesity medications would lead to significant increases in life expectancy and disease-free years while generating a substantial societal return […]
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