The staying power of bifocal contact lens benefits in young kids
Young nearsighted kids who wear bifocal contact lenses that slow uncoordinated eye growth do not lose the benefits of the treatment once they stop wearing the lenses, new… read more.
Young nearsighted kids who wear bifocal contact lenses that slow uncoordinated eye growth do not lose the benefits of the treatment once they stop wearing the lenses, new… read more.
Amid a global surge in measles cases, new research suggests that undernutrition may be exacerbating outbreaks in areas suffering from food insecurity. A study involving over 600 fully… read more.
Clinical pharmacy is not standing still in Northern Ireland and plans are in place for the next stages of development. Professor Cathy Harrison, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer at the… read more.
For the first two to three weeks of their lives, infants have to undergo screening for neonatal jaundice (NNJ). It typically involves frequent clinic visits, which is not… read more.
Several key elements supported the spectacular developments in pharmacy services in Northern Ireland and one of the results was a £200 million saving over an eight-year period, according… read more.
People with COPD experience more falls and related injuries requiring medical care when using common fall-risk increasing drugs, according to a new study. The study is published in… read more.
Clinical pharmacy services in Northern Ireland are well-developed and delivered by a skilled and growing workforce, about 30% of which are now independent prescribers, according to Professor Cathy… read more.
As the keynote speaker at the 2024 ESCP symposium in Krakow, Poland, Professor Cathy Harrison (Chief Pharmaceutical Officer at the Department of Health in Northern Ireland) described how… read more.
The average life expectancy of people diagnosed with dementia ranges from 9 years at age 60 to 4.5 years at age 85 for women and from 6.5 to… read more.
During IVF treatment, doctors use ultrasound scans to monitor the size of follicles – small sacs in the ovaries containing eggs – to decide when to give a… read more.
Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have found that pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)—organizations that negotiate access to medicines for most patients in the United States—steer patients to use their own… read more.
Stallergenes Greer, a biopharmaceutical company specialising in allergen immunotherapy (AIT), announces that the European Commission (EC) has approved the extension of indication of Palforzia (defatted powder of Arachis hypogaea L.,… read more.
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