Did you know that peanuts are not nuts but are part of the soya family? Some formulations of azithromycin contain soya as an excipient. Some services that have drugs supplied by local pharmacies may get different formulations of drugs delivered on different occasions. Does your azithromycin PGD have peanut/soya allergy as a warning, exclusion criteria? […]
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Nominations open for the UK Sexual Health Awards 2014
The UK Sexual Health Awards recognise outstanding work in and around sexual health. If you know of any incredible people, projects, services, campaigns, storyline or article – we want to hear about them. Whether you’re nominating yourself, the organisation you work for, someone you work with, or something that has been done by someone else; […]
ESC – 13thCongress and call for applications for project funding
Mark your calendar: 28 till 31 May 2014 Lisbon, Portugal First announcement Check out the first announcement including: programme overview: 8 workshops, 21 congress sessions, 2 debates… abstract submission instructions (deadline 1 December 2013) registration form Register now Please find here an overview of the registration fees. You can now register through the online registration form General […]
World Contraception Day – 26 September 2013
WCD will be using an umbrella theme for this and future years: ‘Its your life; its your future’. This theme has been chosen as it is forward-looking, positive and empowering. There are 3 sub-themes: Your options: where young people can learn about all the contraceptive options available, using a reliable, unbiased source of information. Your […]
Anne Szarewski
Dr Anne Szarewski – 1 September 1959–24 August 2013 Dear Friends and Colleagues It is with great sadness that I have to convey to you the news of Anne Szarewski’s untimely death. She passed away in her sleep at home on Saturday 24 August 2013. I know that, like me, you all had a great […]
NICE Good Practice Guidance: Patient Group Directions
The Good Practice Guidance for Patient Group Directions has been published today. Better late than never! This guidance provides good practice recommendations for individual people and organisations involved with PGDs, with the aim of ensuring patients receive safe and appropriate care and timely access to medicines, in line with legislation. The preferred way for patients […]
Abortion – film and book reviews
After Tiller Premiered at the Sundance Film Festival back in January, this documentary film is due to be released in the US shortly after a full-on and official trailer has just hit the web. Taking its title from the death of George Tiller, one of the few remaining late-term abortions doctors who was killed in […]
Faculty 20th Anniversary Celebration & McGonagall’s Ode!
At the event to celebrate the Faculty’s 20th anniversary, those gathered were regaled, by the invited after-dinner speaker Professor James Drife, with the following ode – available as a podcast for best effect: The Editor felt the Journal’s readers might like to share the experience, although nothing could compare with seeing the performance ‘live’. When […]
Fall in abortion rate and other news
Fall in abortion rates continues Abortions carried out on women living in England and Wales fell 2.5% to 185,122 last year, Department of Health figures show. For women aged 15-44, the abortion rate was down 5.4% to 16.5 per 1,000 women – the lowest since 1997. From information included in abortion forms in 2012, almost […]
July Journal published as Impact Factor soars to 2.1!
The July edition of the Journal is now available online and includes: Venous thromboembolism and COCs: an ongoing saga This ongoing controversy recently resulted in the decision of the French authorities to withdraw the combined oral contraceptive (COC) containing ethinylestradiol (EE) and cyproterone acetate (i.e. Diane 35®) from the market. This consensus statement from 26 […]