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Experts warn that e-cigarettes can damage the lungs

Written by Lorraine Carolan | 28 Sep 2012

New research has shown that despite electronic cigarettes being marketed as a potentially safer alternative to normal cigarettes, they are still causing harm to the lungs.

Picking the right device is so important

Written by Lorraine Carolan | 28 Sep 2012

The Brussels Declaration, published in the European Respiratory Journal in 2008 recognises the high prevalence of patients with poorly controlled asthma and calls for changes in asthma management… read more.

Study finds interdisciplinary approach to monitoring and managing pain improves patient care and satisfaction

Written by Alex Burton | 28 Sep 2012

Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified reliable predictors of pain by surveying patients throughout their hospital stays about the severity of their pain and their… read more.

ESC 2012 Report – Incidence rises in heart failure after Japan’s earthquake and tsunami

Written by Lorraine Carolan | 17 Sep 2012

by Zara Qadir – On March 11, 2011, Japan was shocked by the most powerful known earthquake ever to have hit Japan. The earthquake and tsunami caused 15,861… read more.

ESC 2012 Report – Cholesterol and risk: past, present and future – The benefits of adding newer cholesterol-lowering agents to the statins

Written by Lorraine Carolan | 17 Sep 2012

by Zara Qadir – ESC Geoffrey Rose Lecture on Population Sciences. The recipient of the ‘ESC Geoffrey Rose Lecture on Population Sciences’ went to Rory Collins (pictured), who… read more.

ESC 2012 Report – Intraaortic balloon pump fails to improve mortality rate in cardiogenic shock patients: Results from the IABP-SHOCK II study

Written by Lorraine Carolan | 17 Sep 2012

by Zara Qadir – In Europe, around 60-70,000 patients are diagnosed with cardiogenic shock each year. Developed in the early 1960s, intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) counterpulsation, is recommended… read more.

EAHP 2012 Poster Presentations – Two EAHP posters from Ireland show the benefit of ward-based clinical pharmacy services

Written by Lorraine Carolan | 3 Aug 2012

by Zara Qadir – On the occasion of its 40th Anniversary, the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP) recorded the highest number of attendees at its annual Congress… read more.

Canadian study suggests off-label prescribing of medications is common

Written by Lorraine Carolan | 3 Aug 2012

CHICAGO – A study evaluating off-label prescribing of medications in a primary care network in Canada suggests the practice is common, although it varies by medication, patient and… read more.

Report of the Bayer satellite symposium EAHP 2013

Written by Christine Clark | 3 Aug 2012

by Christine Clark – The Bayer satellite symposium, ‘The new oral anticoagulants: mechanisms, evidence and day-to-day decisions’, was held at the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists Congress in… read more.

EAHP 2012 Report – Drug safety in geriatric patients

Written by Lorraine Carolan | 3 Aug 2012

by Zara Qadir reporting on the presentation by Professor Petra Thürmann (pictured) from the Philipp Klee-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology at the HELIOS Klinikum Wuppertal in Germany.

EAHP 2012 Report – Compassionate use and off-label medicines

Written by Lorraine Carolan | 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.

Aspirin raises bleeding risk marginally among patients with diabetes

Written by Bruce Sylvester | 31 Jul 2012

by Bruce Sylvester – taken from The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Researchers in a large, retrospective study report that daily use of low-dose aspirin is… read more.

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