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EAHP 2012 Report – Compassionate use and off-label medicines

Written by | 3 Aug 2012

by Zara Qadir reporting on the presentation by Yechiel Hekster (pictured), Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, and a member of The Netherlands Medicines Evaluation Board.

Vitamin D could help protect lungs in smokers

Written by | 31 Jul 2012

by Bruce Sylvester – Results from a new study suggest that Vitamin D deficiency is related to lung function in smokers, suggesting that vitamin D supplementation could be… read more.

ILTS 2012 Report – Select elderly liver donor grafts perform the same as usual grafts, study finds

Written by | 28 Jun 2012

by Thomas R. Collins –  Liver transplants involving selected organs from elderly patients performed just as well as livers from usual donors,

Report from Cork branch Irish Association for Nurses in Oncology meeting 21st April 2012

Written by | 12 Jun 2012

In order to promote the ongoing education in cancer care which is one of the objectives of the association the Cork branch holds an annual education update. In… read more.

Respiratory diseases will worsen with global climate change

Written by | 12 Jun 2012

Worldwide increases in the incidences of asthma, allergies, infectious and cardiovascular diseases will result from a variety of impacts of global climate change,

Dyspnea during sexual activity is common in COPD patients

Written by | 12 Jun 2012

Troublesome dyspnoea that limits sexual activity is common among older patients with COPD, according to a new study from Denmark.

SABCS 2011 Report – It’s time to bend the cost of cancer care downwards

Written by | 14 May 2012

by Dr Sunil Upadhyay – There is clear evidence that the USA spends twice as much as any other country per GDP on cancer treatment but, except for… read more.

SABCS 2011 Report – Age dependent variation in the management of breast cancer

Written by | 14 May 2012

by Dr Sunil Upadhyay – Age is the number one risk factor for the development of breast cancer. Not only the incidence but also the mortality from breast… read more.

‘Brain fog’ of menopause confirmed

Written by | 3 May 2012

The difficulties that many women describe as memory problems when menopause approaches are real, according to a study published today in the journal Menopause, the journal of the… read more.

Hypertension treatment correlates to long-term improvement in life expectancy

Written by | 16 Mar 2012

Taken from the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) – by Bruce Sylvester – Systolic hypertension patients treated in a clinical trial with the diuretic chlorthalidone for… read more.

Drug focus on diabetes

Written by | 16 Mar 2012

It is estimated that there are 2.9 million people in the UK diagnosed with diabetes1 and the incidence is increasing, as it is across the world, all the… read more.

IASLC 2011 Report – Re-evaluation of the management of malignant pleural mesothelioma

Written by | 18 Jan 2012

by Dr Sunil Upadhyay – Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM) is of insidious onset and almost uniformly a fatal disease. Around 90% of the patients can be linked to… read more.

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