Byline: By MADELEINE BRINDLEY Western MailPatients could suffer longer waits for shorter appointments with their GP when prescription fees are abolished in Wales. Doctors fear they may be inundated with people seeking prescriptions for free over-the- counter medicines when drug charges are waived ...
(a survey of visits made to office-based physicians in the USA) observed that females were more likely to receive a general examination and/or medical history (P < 0.001), blood pressure check (P < 0.001), blood tests (P < 0.001) and drugs prescriptions (P < 0.05) ...
the “WannaCry” attackis estimated to have cost the NHS £92mn and caused the cancellation of 19,000 patient appointments. Another hacking, in 2022, took down the non-emergency 111 service, and disrupted management systems for mental health services and emergency prescriptions. ...
For example, in the UK many patients are exempt from the cost of prescription medications through the National Health Service; in 2010, prescriptions provided free of charge represented approximately 94% of all items dispensed in England.10 In Australia the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) ...
Figure 1. Annual energy consumption per head (megajoules) in England and Wales 1561-70 to 1850-9 and in Italy 1861-70. Figure byWrigley Wrigley observes that when coal was added to the economy, it was possible to make far more metal tools than had been made...
To evaluate the commercial weight of sartans, taking Germany as an example, prescriptions in general tripled from 2002 to 2011, up to 2 × 109 defined daily doses (DDDs) (Nödler et al., 2013). Specifically, in Germany alone, in 2012, 4.2 tons of olmesartan, 5.2 tons of candesartan...
t have computers or cell phones. Calculators were high tech then. We listened to vinyl records and heated our food on the stove because we didn’t have microwave ovens. I had to see a doctor to get prescriptions to treat my cramps and yeast infections. You certainly couldn’t purchase ...
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His prescriptions for advancement initially seem an affront to our sensibilities for modern industrial productivity. Contrast this with the fake Marquis’ brothers who, with a sensible bourgois perspective, agree to share resources towards mutual gain. This latter atitude seems to lie closer to ...
For many of us, the idea of aging is frightening. We have been led to believe it brings pain, loneliness, and idle time for regressing mentally. Remedies, products, prescriptions, and escapes offer youthful looks, energy, and vitality. The thought of aging is brutal; we pretend we can buy...