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Leukaemia: Towards Control
6 January 1980
…most common type of childhood leukaemia there is now a roughly 80 per cent chance of long-term survival (five years plus) and probable cure following the use of anticancer medicines….
Adverse Reactions and the Community
1 November 1982
…the future. Historically, two events stand out in relation to adverse reactions to medicines. The first was the thalidomide tragedy in 1961, and the second was with practolol in the…
Coronary Heart Disease: the Scope for Prevention
1 August 1982
…potential for therapeutic intervention. Beta blocking drugs in conjunction with other medicines, now provide highly effective control of anginal pain in about three-quarters of patients. For more severe cases the…
Measuring the Social Benefits of Medicine
1 July 1983
…measurement are needed in the 1980s. Finally, it examines some aspects of the challenge presented by the new attempts to measure the social benefits of medicines. In covering this general…
Consumer Movement, Health, and the Pharmaceutical Industry
1 January 1983
…medicines is a slow and problematic process there is a sound reason for all those involved in the health sector, including medicine makers, to participate in efforts aimed at overcoming…
Second Pharmacological Revolution
1 July 1983
…continue to be, to foster a relationship which encourages the industry to provide a continuing flow of better and safer medicines for use in the National Health Service and which…
Private Health Care
1 July 1985
…such as prescription medicines. Privately supplied and publicly financed services include contractual bed arrangements and, much more important now, long term care financed by supplementary benefits. Finally, privately supplied and…
What Are My Chances Doctor? – a Review of Clinical Risks
1 November 1986
…balancing immediate risks against long-term benefits. And health providers as a whole, including those who have discovered and manufactured modern medicines. are consequently sometimes accused of exposing patients to unjustifiable…
Mental Health in the 1990s: from Custody to Care?
1 December 1989
…it discusses the place that medicines, alongside psychological and social approaches, have to play in this context. And, fourth, it examines the prospects for future improvements in care. Throughout the…