Press coverage July 2008 - June 2009

May 2009

Guardian.co.uk
MMR vaccine and autism (MMR vaccine: how effective and how safe, April 2003)

April 2009

Pharmaceutical Journal
DTB recommends less costly HRT over Angeliq (Drospirenone in HRT, April 2009)
Nursing times
VTE recurrence overlooked (Preventing recurrent venous thromboembolism, April 2009)

March 2009

Daily Mail online
Patch to perk up women’s libido ‘has little effect’ (Testosterone patches for female sexual dysfunction, March 09)
Daily Star
Flagging sex drive (Testosterone patches for female sexual dysfunction, March 09)
Channel 4 news online
Women’s sex remedy under attack (Testosterone patches for female sexual dysfunction, March 09)
BBC News
Sex patch effectiveness doubted (Testosterone patches for female sexual dysfunction, March 09)
Metro.co.uk
Sex patch for women ‘not proven’ (Testosterone patches for female sexual dysfunction, March 09)
BBC News
Mole clinics need more regulation (Mole checks on the high street, editorial March 09)
Independent Practitioner Today
Calls to get tough with mole clinics (Mole checks on the high street, editorial March 09)
Healthcare Market News
Call for tighter regulation of mole clinics (Mole checks on the high street, editorial March 09)
Pharma Company Insight
P&G’s hormone patch may not help women with low libido (Testosterone patches for female sexual dysfunction, March 09)
Pharmaceutical Journal
PCTs should ensure safety of private high street mole clinics (Mole checks on the high street, editorial March 09)
Pharmaceutical Journal
DTB raises concerns about Intrinsa safety (Testosterone patches for female sexual dysfunction, March 09)

February 2009

Management in Practice
Health professionals condemn over-the-counter drugs move (editorial, February 2009)
Pulse
Two thirds of doctors against OTC trimethoprim switch (What are you on, editorial February 2009)
News-medical.net
Thumbs down by experts on plans to make certain meds OTC (What are you on, editorial February 2009)
Pharmacy Magazine
Current thinking on smoking cessation (Varenicline for smoking cessation, May 08)
P3 Magazine
Opposition to new POM-P switches (What are you on, editorial February 2009)
P3 Magazine
Should only the needs of the public determine which drugs are switched? (What are you on, editorial February 2009)
Pharma Times
Drug switch to OTC is bad idea (What are you on, editorial February 2009)
BBC Radio 4
Pharmaceutical Presents
Scrip World Pharmaceutical News
UK healthcare professionals uneasy about switches (What are you on, editorial February 2009)
Scrip World Pharmaceutical News
Pharmaceutical society defends switches (What are you on, editorial February 2009)
Pharmafocus
Doctors doubt benefits of OTC switches (What are you on, editorial February 2009)
Physorg.com
Moves to make more prescription drugs available over the counter won’t help patients or doctors (What are you on, editorial February 2009)
Pharma Times
Drugmakers have the most to gain from Rx-OTC switches, say journal readers (What are you on, editorial February 2009)
The Times
Beating insomnia without popping the sleeping pills (what's wrong with prescribing hypnotics, December 2004)

January 2009

Brisbane Times
Scant evidence herbs ease menopause (Herbal medicines for menopausal symptoms, January 2009)
National Post
Little evidence herbal remedies ease menopause- review (Herbal medicines for menopausal symptoms, January 2009)
MedPage Today
No evidence herbal remedies help counter menopausal symptoms (Herbal medicines for menopausal symptoms, January 2009)
BBC News
Herbal menopause cures lack proof (Herbal medicines for menopausal symptoms, January 2009)
Practice Nurse
Little evidence that herbal remedies offer relief of menopausal symptoms (Herbal medicines for menopausal symptoms, January 2009)
Health24.com
Blow for menopause sufferers (Herbal medicines for menopausal symptoms, January 2009)
MSNBC
Herbal remedies may not ease menopause (Herbal medicines for menopausal symptoms, January 2009)
Reuters.com
Menopause symptoms don’t respond to herbal therapy (Herbal medicines for menopausal symptoms, January 2009)
Nursing Times
In brief: little evidence that herbal remedies taken to relieve menopausal symptoms are effective (Herbal medicines for menopausal symptoms, January 2009)
Asia Intelligence Wire
In brief: herbal remedies doubted (Herbal medicines for menopausal symptoms, January 2009)
Fleetwoodtoday.co.uk
Dangers of herbal cures (Herbal medicines for menopausal symptoms, January 2009)
China Daily
Herbal remedies doubted (Herbal medicines for menopausal symptoms, January 2009)
CBC
Review finds scant support for herbal remedies to ease menopause (Herbal medicines for menopausal symptoms, January 2009)
Dailymail.co.uk
Now women are warned herbal remedies for the menopause ‘could damage health’ (Herbal medicines for menopausal symptoms, January 2009)
Straits Times
No herb link to menopause (Herbal medicines for menopausal symptoms, January 2009)

December 2008

WalesOnline.co.uk
Decision to scrap drug newsletter ‘will impact on patient safety’

November 2008

Nurse Prescribing News
Bath emollients for atopic eczema (bath emollients for atopic eczema: why use them, October 2007)

September 2008

Guardian.co.uk
Having a coil (Mirena) fitted (levonorgestrel intra-uterine system for menorrhagia, November 2001 and long-acting progestogen-only contraception, December 1996)

August 2008

Guardian.co.uk
Take with a pinch of sodium chloride (simvastatin over the counter, April 2005)

July 2008

Daily Mail
Heart attacks and suicides... how CAN you trust your medicine? (quote from Andrew Herxheimer)