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Review aims to tackle ‘problematic polypharmacy’
Chief pharmaceutical officer to lead the review which will also look at efficiency and new technology Related items fromOnMedica Stroke survivors need more help taking medicine Public should ask GPs about drugs ’ relative risks and benefits GPs are letting down heart failure patients MPs want GPs to record prescription drug abuse Terminally ill patients get inadequate pain relief
Source: OnMedica Latest News - December 10, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
More stroke patients to be offered life-saving procedure
Patients with acute ischaemic stroke should be offered a procedure to remove the blood clot up to 24 hours after the onset of symptoms.
Source: NHS Networks - November 26, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Thrombectomy to be offered up to 24h after onset of stroke
NICE recommends procedure in new draft guideline Related items fromOnMedica Stroke survivors need more help taking medicine Stroke deaths falling in Europe, overall Diagnosing a transient ischaemic attack One in two women and one in three men will develop neurological disease Having a stroke doubles dementia risk
Source: OnMedica Latest News - November 26, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Guide for stroke survivors
Around 80,000 people a year are admitted to hospital with a stroke, and there are more than one million stroke survivors in England.
Source: NHS Networks - November 12, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Treatment of hypertension for low-risk patients questioned
Study funds little evidence of benefits from treatment Related items fromOnMedica Withdrawn valsartan meds not linked to short-term cancer risk Avoid BP-lowering drugs in stroke Adding insulin to metformin linked to higher mortality Stroke rate higher in HIV patients Recurrent stroke more likely at very low BP
Source: OnMedica Latest News - November 1, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Doctors able to prescribe medicinal cannabis
Law change will not apply to GPs Related items fromOnMedica Stroke survivors need more help taking medicine Cannabis compound may help curb frequency of epileptic seizures Government to review medicinal use of cannabis Prescribing guidance helps GPs working in prisons MS patients to get routine access to beta interferon drug
Source: OnMedica Latest News - November 1, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Prescription exemptions will be digitised to tackle fraud
Digitalisation is one of a package of measures which aim to halve prescription fraud Related items fromOnMedica GPs are letting down heart failure patients Call for NHS England to ‘think again’ on limiting treatment The end is nigh for paper prescriptions Stroke survivors need more help taking medicine Review launched into prescription drug dependency
Source: OnMedica Latest News - October 24, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Review shows link between herpes and dementia
Authors advocate use of antiherpes antivirals Related items fromOnMedica Anticholinergic drugs may be linked to increased risk of dementia New evidence on benzodiazepine link to Alzheimer ’s Stroke rate higher in HIV patients Single-dose malaria drug eliminates parasite from liver Alzheimer ’s drugs work for more severe forms of disease
Source: OnMedica Latest News - October 19, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Regulators tell county to look again at centralising stroke services
Stroke services in West Sussex could be reorganised – two years after plans were halted because of fears they would impact on other hospitals outside the county.
Source: HSJ - October 8, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Drugs regulator launches consultation on ‘no deal’ Brexit status
MHRA would need to take on roles currently carried out at EU level Related items fromOnMedica Stroke survivors need more help taking medicine Finding new cures with data transparency MPs slam government for its poor management of Cancer Drugs Fund UK spends 20% less on cancer treatment than rest of EU Also in the press
Source: OnMedica Latest News - October 5, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Cardiovascular disease in south-west England
Public Health England has published reports on cardiovascular disease in the south-west, focusing on risk factors, heart disease, stroke, kidney disease and diabetes.
Source: NHS Networks - October 4, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Air pollution may be linked to heightened dementia risk
Study tracked exposure to air and noise pollution Related items fromOnMedica UK death rate spikes for first time in a decade Dementia leading cause of death in women over 80 Risk of Alzheimer ’s lower in people with gout Dementia and stroke funding remains too low, say experts Dementia risk rises for middle-age abstainers and heavy drinkers
Source: OnMedica Latest News - September 19, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Scientists advance blood pressure genetics
Over 500 new gene regions discovered Related items fromOnMedica New ‘treadmill test’ can predict mortality Women less likely than men to achieve CHD targets GPs should advise exercise for patients with chronic disease Population weight control best for cutting diabetes prevalence Earlier thrombolysis improves stroke outcomes
Source: OnMedica Latest News - September 18, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Plans to close three acute stroke units revealed
Proposals for to replace six stroke units with three new hyper-acute stroke facilities across Kent and Medway have been revealed.
Source: HSJ - September 17, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Campaign aims to cut £256 million prescription fraud
New website will allow patients to check if they can get free scripts Related items fromOnMedica Stroke survivors need more help taking medicine NHS provides £15m for pharmacists in GP surgeries Primary Care Home has positive impact on care and services Emergency admissions at end of life set to sky rocket Practice sees huge benefits from integration
Source: OnMedica Latest News - September 10, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
