Stem cell donation
The first treatment for all types of leukaemia is usually chemotherapy, a powerful drug treatment that kills the cancerous cells in the blood. Treatment can...
Pharmacy/Drugs
The Pharmacy & Drugs category covers the safe, effective and evidence-based use of medications and therapies. It explores how medicines work, current prescribing practices, regulatory developments and issues affecting access, safety and innovation. From insights on drug interactions and adherence to analysis of emerging treatments, this category supports informed decision-making for clinicians, pharmacists and healthcare consumers alike.
The Post-Antibiotic Era
Increasing antibiotic resistance is a global health emergency. According to the World Health Organisation, without urgent, coordinated action, the world is heading towards a 'post-antibiotic...
Antibiotics…helping hand or harmful?
Resistance to antibiotics Over my surgical career, I have seen a real change in the way we use antibiotics. Initially, we doled them out at...
Pills for pain
Chronic pain is one of the major health concerns in the UK. According to the National Pain Audit, published in 2011, over 7.8 million people...
Bio-identical hormone therapy
Bio-identical hormone therapy routinely includes key anti-aging hormones such as oestrogen, progesterone, testosterone and DHEA, which can be taken orally in tablet form, administered as...
AMR and the importance of finding new ways to prevent and treat infections
Jim O’Neill, chair of the UK Government’s Review on Antimicrobial Resistance, has today called for vaccines and alternative approaches to be used more widely in...
How much is polypharmacy a necessary evil?
A few years ago, I and some GP colleagues – Tony Avery from Nottingham University, and Rupert Payne from Cambridge University – were asked to...
When depression drugs stop working
For all sorts of reasons, people who have been taking medication for depression (or related conditions including anxiety and OCD) for many years may find...
How can pharmacists fight antibiotic resistance?
Antibiotic resistance occurs when medicines are no longer effective in treating bacterial infections. This is potentially catastrophic, as much of modern medicine would become impossible...
Medical cannabis: snake oil or health solution?
Spend a bit of time browsing the internet for information about health conditions and you’ll eventually run across pages claiming that cannabis is the cure...
