UK £30m Investment to Tackle Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer’s can affect any one of us or our relatives at any time, and the result is always devastating to everyone involved. The Alzheimer’s Research Council have announced plans to launch a £30 million drug discovery project to be driven by the Universities of...

Smoking Decrease, on the Increase

Although smoking rates in Europe are higher than for any other region in the world, the encouraging statistics show a significant improvement in smoking cessation over the last decade (from 2002-2012). In Europe, smoking accounts for 25% of all deaths in men and 7% of...

Pharmacy services – COPD screening

Community Pharmacists are well able to identify people at risk of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease at an early stage. More than half of people screened by pharmacies were identified at high risk of COPD. Throughout 2012 and 2013 the pilot screening finding was...