NEWS IN BRIEF
GROUND-BREAKING STUDY IN FORTH VALLEY
A landmark trial funded by Diabetes UK in Forth Valley has suggested that it is possible to put Type 2 diabetes into remission using an intensive weight management programme delivered entirely in primary care. The fi rst year fi ndings of the Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial (DiRECT) study show that almost half (45.6 per cent) of those who took part in the programme were in remission
after twelve months. ‘Putting Type 2 diabetes into remission as early as possible after diagnosis could have extraordinary benefi ts,’ said Professor Mike Lean from the University of Glasgow, lead researchers of the DiRECT trial, ‘both for the individual and the NHS. DiRECT is telling us it could be possible for as many as half of patients to achieve this in routine primary care, and without drugs.’
FIP WORLD CONGRESS: REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
Registration has opened for the FIP World Congress, which is to be held in Glasgow from 2-6 September. The theme of the congress is Pharmacy: Transforming outcomes!
This is the fi rst time that the FIP World Congress has been held in the UK for nearly 40 years - the last being in 1979 - which makes this a truly unique learning opportunity for pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists in Great Britain.
The registration fee for participants includes everything from admission to all sessions to attendance at the opening ceremony and welcome reception; from access to the exhibition to a congress bag with programme and list of participants. For more information, visit fi
p.org/glasgow2018.
NEW WARNING ABOUT CHOKING RISK FOR SMALL CHILDREN
NHS Grampian Public Health has produced an awareness raising video aimed at highlighting the dangers and the simple steps that can be followed to dramatically reduce the risk of choking. Dr Jamie Cooper, an Emergency Department Consultant in Aberdeen, said there had been numerous incidents of children under fi ve choking on foods such as grapes and cherry tomatoes, both in Grampian and across the UK, sometimes with fatal consequences.
‘There is widespread awareness of the choking hazard of small toys,’ he said, ‘but it is less well known that food causes more than half of the fatal choking incidents in children under fi ve. The video is aimed at increasing awareness of the dangers of whole grapes and other similar small fruits as a choking hazard.’
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