2005, a pivotal year for Axis-Shield, with strong growth and profitability

Re the article I posted yesterday as notable diabetes news -

"This is the most important diabetes news of the year," said David M. Nathan of Harvard Medical School in Boston, who co-chaired the study, published in today's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. "This is the remaining piece of the puzzle with regard to our ability to take the teeth out of diabetes and make it a less dangerous disease." -




UK Pharmacy -

Manchester pharmacies in patient monitoring pilot -

An 18 month pilot scheme that includes monitoring services such as HbA1c for diabetes, and total cholesterol and triglyceride for the prevention of coronary heart disease.

South Tyneside pharmacists tackle obesity -

The obesity management service will be followed by blood testing for diabetic patients and community pharmacy-based vaccination programmes, possibly starting with next year’s flu vaccination programmes.