http://www.nursingtimes.net http://www.nursingtimes.net http://www.nursingtimes.net/magazine/graphics/logo.png http://www.nursingtimes.net http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/public-health/little-point-taking-antibiotics-for-coughs/5053267.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/public-health/little-point-taking-antibiotics-for-coughs/5053267.article ‘The winter may be peak season for coughs and colds but there is no point in taking antibiotics to shift them’, The Independent reports. Sat, 5 Jan 2013 01:06 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/medicine-management/could-sleeping-pill-effect-be-half-placebo/5053260.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/medicine-management/could-sleeping-pill-effect-be-half-placebo/5053260.article Around half the benefit of taking sleeping pills comes from the placebo effect, the Daily Mail reports Thu, 3 Jan 2013 16:53 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/prescribing/prescription-drugs-and-grapefruit-a-deadly-mix/5052367.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/prescribing/prescription-drugs-and-grapefruit-a-deadly-mix/5052367.article “A breakfast of grapefruit and marmalade on toast could be lethal for people taking medication” is the headline in the Daily Mail. Tue, 4 Dec 2012 00:06 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/childrens-nursing/new-meningitis-b-vaccine-gets-go-ahead/5052124.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/childrens-nursing/new-meningitis-b-vaccine-gets-go-ahead/5052124.article The announcement of a new meningitis vaccine has been widely reported in the papers, with the Daily Star claiming it could soon save thousands of lives in the UK. The Daily Mail predicts it will “soon be offered to all babies” to protect against “the deadliest form of meningitis”. Sun, 25 Nov 2012 00:11 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/prescribing/alarming-rise-in-antibiotic-resistance/5052123.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/prescribing/alarming-rise-in-antibiotic-resistance/5052123.article Not for the first time the issue of antibiotic resistance is in the news. The Independent reports that “Antibiotics crisis will mean routine infections are fatal,” while The Guardian headlines that “Antibiotics resistance growing at alarming rate.” Sat, 24 Nov 2012 00:01 GMT