This curriculum contains the specification for programmes of study to prepare pharmacists to register as supplementary prescribers. It builds on the strengths in theoretical and

A debate has begun among researchers about whether Pfizer’s impotence drug Viagra (sildenafil) might be associated with instances of aggressive behavior and sexual violence. One

A tablet combining glibenclamide (glyburide) and metformin might produce better post-prandial glycaemic control compared to separate co-administration of the same agents. Researchers from Bristol-Myers Squibb

A national accrediting body on Tuesday released draft standards for ensuring that research institutions have the appropriate checks in place to properly inform and protect

Among HIV patients with lipodystrophy associated with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), increased fat accumulation in the liver may be at least partially responsible for

MedImmune has revised the labeling for its drug palivizumab (Synagis) to provide clarification on the risk of anaphylaxis, according to an alert from the U.S.

Managed care organizations are warning that draft guidelines recently published by the federal agency charged with policing government health programs could impede efforts to control

Patients who receive analgesics while in the intensive care unit (ICU) are monitored for haemodynamic levels more frequently, they are given more sedative and neuromuscular

סקר ישראלי: הומוסקסואלים צעירים משתמשים בקונדום באופן קבוע יותר ממבוגרים;  27% מההומוסקסואלים שאינם משתמשים בקונדום נימקו זאת בהימצאות בן-זוג קבועלמאמר מתוך walla בריאות

לחברות התרופות לא משתלם לייבא לארץ תרופות חדשות, רשויות הבריאות לא מזדרזות לממן אותן ביבוא אישי, וחולי האיידס לא זוכים לטיפול הראוי;  יום האיידס הבינלאומי

Use of designer drugs such as methamphetamine pills is spreading so fast it could soon dwarf the problem of traditional narcotics such as heroin and

Health plan sponsors anticipate saving millions as over-the-counter Claritin becomes readily available at drugstores nationwide and the prescription market for Claritin is eliminated, industry experts

British doctors are reporting an increasing number of pediatric deaths that might be the result of adverse drug reactions, researchers said on Wednesday.  Since 1964,

Healthcare groups from 14 nations have formed a new organisation with the goal of developing international guidelines to harmonise clinical practice standards and general healthcare.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved late Tuesday a new nonstimulant therapy for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), with the promise of fewer

Federal regulators on Wednesday agreed to allow Schering-Plough Corp. to begin selling its allergy treatment Claritin without a prescription, a US Food and Drug Administration

A review of glucosamine is presented in the November edition of the Drug & Therapeutics Bulletin and concludes that glucosamine at a dose of 1500mg

The investigational chemotherapeutic drug Glivec (imatinib mesylate) increases the uptake of other chemotherapy drugs by solid tumours, according to early research presented at a cancer

Both insulin aspart and insulin lispro, rapid-acting insulin analogs, control postprandial blood glucose in type 1 diabetic patients, according to a report in the November

More than half of men with erectile dysfunction in a preliminary study reported improved erection while taking Korean red ginseng, investigators in Korea report in