Why you should get a flu jab this year
Flu vaccination is safe, effective and is offered free of charge to thirty million people in the UK this year in the country’s largest flu-immunisation programme to date […]
Flu vaccination is safe, effective and is offered free of charge to thirty million people in the UK this year in the country’s largest flu-immunisation programme to date […]
Cannabis could become a potentially effective treatment for pain associated with sickle cell disease, researchers reported on July 17, 2020 in Hematology. Cannabis could become a potentially effective treatment […]
Treatment of Type 2 diabetes with metformin appears to inhibit cognitive decline and development of dementia in older patients, researchers reported on Sept. 23, 2020 in Diabetes Care. “We’ve […]
Dozens of the most widely used blood pressure medications show no tendency to elevate risk of depression, Danish researchers report. They also noted that some of these treatments […]
An extract of Curcuma longa (CL), commonly known as turmeric, was found to be more effective than placebo for reducing knee pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis. However, […]
A Pesco-Mediterranean diet rich in plants, nuts, whole grains, extra-virgin olive oil, and fish and/or seafood is ideal for optimizing cardiovascular health, according to a cumulative review published […]
A comprehensive international study, led by Monash University researchers, has definitively found that pregnancy can delay the onset of multiple sclerosis (MS) by more than 3 years. MS […]
During the pandemic the oncology pharmacy service at Velindre Cancer Centre demonstrated its ability to react rapidly to service demands and to patients’ needs, according to Rhiannon Walters-Davies, […]
Modifications of cancer treatment regimens to reduce time spent in hospital, a drive-through pharmacy service and a technician-led virtual counselling clinic were some of the measures introduced at […]
The key message for primary care is about using the guidance document, Differentiation of the Cs to enable health care professionals to triage patients more accurately, says Professor David Baldwin, […]
Differentiation of the Cs is a document aimed at health care professionals working in primary care to help them to triage their patients. It provides a simple table that […]
The lung cancer service has been very seriously affected by the coronavirus pandemic, in particular, lung cancer referrals have fallen sharply during lockdown, says Professor David Baldwin, chairman […]