Measuring the outcomes of iSIMPATHY
Interview and article by Christine Clark. Dr Claire Scullin explains how the iSIMPATHY project has been designed to end up with sustainable scheme to manage polypharmacy that has… read more.
Interview and article by Christine Clark. Dr Claire Scullin explains how the iSIMPATHY project has been designed to end up with sustainable scheme to manage polypharmacy that has… read more.
Article written by Gary Finnegan. A study that screened children for early-stage type 1 diabetes has detected a rate of COVID-19 infection higher than the number of cases… read more.
Interview and article by Christine Clark. Drs Claire Scullin and Joanne Brown describes how prescribing pharmacists will carry out in-depth medication reviews for hospital inpatients and make any… read more.
Pfizer Canada ULC and BioNTech SE announced that Health Canada has expanded the Interim Order authorization for their COVID-19 vaccine to include individuals 12 to 15 years of… read more.
Interview and article by Christine Clark Polypharmacy, or the concomitant use of multiple medicines, is estimated to cost $18 billion and account for 8.6 million hospital admissions annually… read more.
Article written by Gary Finnegan. The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) key committee, known as the CHMP, has recommended approval of eight medicines at its latest meeting. While the… read more.
Article written by Gary Finnegan. A flurry of activity at the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has provided a much-needed shot in the arm for European immunisation programmes. The… read more.
A meta-analysis of 14 air pollution studies from around the world found that exposure to high levels of air pollutants during childhood increases the likelihood of high blood… read more.
A new study from the University of Surrey has found that among people aged 55 to 75 more frequent use of the internet was beneficial for mental health… read more.
The use of ivermectin for prophylaxis and treatment of covid-19 in Zimbabwe has resulted in a 10-fold reduction in mortality. IMI interviewed Dr Jackie Stone, a family medicine physician in based in Harare, Zimbabwe to find out more.
After an appendectomy, a quarter (24.8%) of all children wanted a stronger pain treatment in the first 24 hours after their operation. Among children who had a tonsillectomy,… read more.
Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc has announced that the FDA approved a revised label for Vyxeos (daunorubicin and cytarabine) to include a new indication to treat newly-diagnosed therapy-related acute myeloid… read more.