• Pill for chest pains ‘could save 10,000 lives a year’
  

  A pill for chest pains that costs around £10 per week could save the lives of thousands of heart failure patients.

• Low-carb and low-fat diets equally good for weight loss
  

  Both low-fat and low-carb diets work equally well to help people lose weight over two years, new research has shown.

• Hope and controversy over prostate cancer screening
  

  Screening older men with the PSA blood test could cut prostate cancer deaths by around half, according to a new study.

• Antidepressant use rises as recession feeds wave of worry
  

  The number of antidepressants prescribed by the NHS has almost doubled in the last decade, and rose sharply last year as the recession bit, figures reveal.

• Overtime could break your heart
  

  Overtime is bad for the heart, according to researchers who followed the careers of more than 6,000 Whitehall civil servants.

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• UK drug shortages “soaring” - Pharma Times
  

  UK drug shortages “soaring”Pharma TimesMore than 80% of UK pharmacists say it is now more difficult than ever to obtain branded medicines and many expect things to get worse next year, .

• Rite Aid to test new store format - Financial Times
  

  Rite Aid to test new store formatFinancial TimesRite Aid, the US drugstore chain, is to test a new grocery-and-pharmacy store format that reflects the growing interest of .

• Boots teams up with Macmillan to provide UK cancer support service - Chemist+Druggist
  

  Boots teams up with Macmillan to provide UK cancer support serviceChemist+DruggistBoots UK director of pharmacy Andrew Caplan said: 'This is the start of a three year partnership between Boots UK and Macmillan Cancer Support which will .

• Urgent Action Needed To Ensure UK Patients Get Their Medicines, UK - Medical News Today (press release)
  

  Urgent Action Needed To Ensure UK Patients Get Their Medicines, UKMedical News Today (press release)Parallel trading is legal under European law but it creates a gap in the UK supply chain.

• Lloydspharmacy engages Grayling for consumer PR programme - Prfire (press release)
  

  Lloydspharmacy engages Grayling for consumer PR programmePrfire (press release)Lloydspharmacy is a leading community pharmacy operator with over 1650 pharmacies across the UK.