Re-Launched Allergy Screening Service Hits The Airwaves, National Pharmacy Association, UK Just under a hundred NPA members are now offering the NPA and Allergy UK Allergy Screening Service. The service which has been recently remodelled to include a "pin prick" test as well as a screen was the subject of radio interviews conducted by regional and local stations across England last week. NPA members were able to give an account of the service in action, highlighting how community pharmacy was improving access to allergy screening.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comAutism Help For Social Care Professionals - National Autistic Society, UK The National Autistic Society (NAS) has launched a guide to assessing and supporting adults with autism after the charity's I Exist campaign revealed a widespread lack of understanding and training in the condition amongst social care professionals. There is currently very little guidance for those who carry out assessments of need.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNational Pharmacy Association Responds To Patients Association Pharmacy Report, UK The recently published Patients Association Pharmacy report highlights a number of areas where primary care could improve patients' experience through improved co-ordination between primary care providers.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBringing Rats And Humans Together In The Study Of Distraction And Inattention When picking through a basket of fruit, it doesn't seem very difficult to recognize a green pear from a green apple. This is easy, thanks to "feature binding" - a process by which our brain combines all of the specific features of an object and gives us a complete and unified picture of it.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comInnovative Birth Control Method: A Low-Dose, Once-Weekly Contraceptive Patch, Phase 3 Trials Agile Therapeutics, Inc., a late-stage pharmaceutical company specializing in women's
health products, announced today that after a successful end-of-Phase 2 meeting with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the company is moving forward with its pivotal Phase 3 program to support a NDA filing and marketing approval of AG200-15 with SKINFUSION™ technology.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comElderly Cancer Survivors' Ability To Function Improved By Home-Based Interventions Climbing stairs, carrying groceries, taking a shower - these are activities that we take for granted; however, after a cancer diagnosis, many survivors are unable to function as they used to.
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