No clear evidence that cannabis-based medicines are successful treatment for chronic pain
The Cochrane review authors said that available evidence from the studies that they analysed was limited in both methodological rigour...
Almost 90% of pharmacies report abuse from ineligible COVID-19 vaccination patients, survey reveals
The National Pharmacy Association survey of 450 pharmacies in England found that at least half of the average pharmacy's COVID-19...
‘No evidence that paracetamol use during pregnancy causes autism, ADHD or intellectual disabilities, meta-analysis finds
Study authors noted that earlier meta-analyses suggested slight associations with paracetamol use during pregnancy and risk of autism and ADHD,...
NHS urges sector to take advantage of AI scribes
NHS England says ambient voice technologies could save clinicians two to three minutes for each patient by generating a transcript...
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Health news round-up: prescribing, deprescribing and medication considerations
A weekly summary of important developments in health news that you may have missed....