Anxiety About The Draft Pharmacy Order 2009, UK
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain's President, Steve Churton has reassured Society members that their concerns are taken seriously, following a Special General Meeting (SGM) on Sunday. Steve Churton said: "There was clearly a strength of feeling and passion among the speakers and I recognise the anxieties of retired, academic and industrial pharmacists about the draft Pharmacy Order 2009.
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FDA Fails To Consider Risks Of Over The Counter Plan B
Moira Gaul, Family Research Council's Director of Women's and Reproductive Health, released the following statement regarding the Obama Administration's decision to sell the morning-after-pill to 17-year-olds without a prescription. "The Obama Administration is permitting a judge to make a scientific decision as to the safety of the over-the-counter sale of Plan B. This decision places policy preferences before safety.
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URAC Director Of Pharmacy Programs To Speak At Academy Of Managed Care Pharmacy Annual Meeting
URAC, the leading health care accreditation and education organization, announced that Director of Pharmacy Programs Janice Anderson, RPh, has been selected to speak at the 21st Annual Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) Meeting, the largest assembly of pharmacy and health care professionals dedicated solely to the issues of managed care pharmacy. Ms.
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Sex And Racial Differences In Bladder Cancer Presentation And Mortality In The US
UroToday.com - Among patients with bladder cancer (BC), women are more likely to die from this disease when compared to men of the same age and race, and African-American patients are more likely to die from BC when compared to white patients of the same age and sex.
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17 Year Old Girls In The US Will Soon Have Access To Over The Counter Morning After Pill
According to a website announcement, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it will go ahead and allow 17 year old girls to get the morning after pill levonorgestrel (Plan B) over the counter once the drug manufacturer has successfully applied for a license.
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Recipients Of The 2009 APhA Academy Of Pharmacy Practice And ManagementPresentation Merit Award Announced
The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) announces the recipients of the APhA Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management (APhA-APPM) Presentation Merit Award. This award recognizes eligible participants on practice-related topics presented at the APhA2009 Contributed Poster Session. Established in 1998, the award is intended to give members an incentive to submit practice-focused papers to be presented during the APhA2009. Each year, eight recipients may be selected for this award.
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UK Breast Cancer Deaths Hit Record Low
New figures released by Cancer Research UK show that the number of women dying from breast cancer in the UK is the lowest ever since national records began nearly 40 years ago. In a report published on 22 April on the charity's website, the figures show that the rate of women dying from breast cancer in the UK fell to 11,990 in 2007.
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Weight Loss Pill Available Over The Counter In The UK
A weight loss pill that has been available on prescription for ten years and can help very overweight and obese people lose more weight than dieting alone is now available over the counter in the UK. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced earlier today that alli (orlistat 60 mg) is now on sale in pharmacies and chemists in the UK. The pill can help adults with a BMI of 28 kg/m2 or more lose 50 per cent more body weight than they would just by dieting.
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Digoxin, USP 0.125 mg, Digoxin, USP 0.25 mg (Caraco brand)
Recall of tablets because they may differ in size and therefore could have more or less of the active ingredient.
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Walnuts Linked To Lower Breast Cancer Risk In Mice
Scientists at a conference in the US this week presented the results of a study where they found that eating walnuts appeared to help delay the onset of breast cancer in laboratory mice. However, at least one expert warned that studies in mice don't necessarily translate to humans.
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