Stigma hits hopes for female Viagra

Society and cultural barriers will continue to prevent women from recognising that they may suffer from female sexual dysfunction and seeking help, according to a new report

Ranbaxy to launch generic Actos in 2012

Ranbaxy Laboratories has settled a patent dispute with Takeda Pharmaceutical Co, allowing it to sell a generic of the diabetes blockbuter Actos,in the USA

OSI looks for other buyers and rejects Astellas offer

OSI Pharmaceuticals has turned down Astellas Pharma’s hostile $3.5 billion takeover bid by Japan's Astellas Pharma and is contacting other potential purchasers

FDA rejects MannKind's inhaled insulin product

Mannkind Corp needs to give more information to regulators in the USA before its inhaled insulin treatment Afrezza will get approval

Senior nurses must engage "generation Y" on productivity

Directors of nursing must win the “hearts and minds” of frontline staff to boost productivity and avoid cuts, according to one of the country’s most senior nurses.

RCN welcomes fitness tests for children

Nursing and health professionals are welcoming government plans to test school pupils’ fitness levels.

Nurses will have no say in barring decisions

The head of a new super regulator has told Nursing Times it will not consult nurses it is considering barring from practice until it has already decided they pose a potential risk to patients.

Nurses to be offered training to help rape victims

Responsibility for forensic medical services should be transferred from the police to the NHS, with doctors and nurses being given advanced training in helping victims of sexual assault, a landmark review has recommended.

NMC will not take action against Basildon nurses

The Nursing and Midwifery Council has decided to take no fitness to practice cases against nurses and midwives at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital Foundation Trust following a special review at the trust.

'Myths' could leave nurses in danger of sharps injuries

Nurses will remain at risk of unnecessary sharps injuries because half of trusts are unlikely to switch to safer needles, despite new European legislation.

Minor ailments 'costing NHS £2bn'

A group of leading healthcare professionals has revealed that people visiting their GPs to get treatment for minor ailments costs the NHS £2bn per year.

Charity calls for free help to stop smoking

Seventy per cent of people believe nicotine replacement therapy should be free of charge, according to the British Lung Foundation survey.

Cancer drugs could treat many other conditions, says research

Anti-angiogenic drugs that are being increasingly used to treat cancer could have many other uses including helping to treat a wide range of infectious diseases, according to new research.

Ad campaign attacked as 'gratuitous sexualisation of nursing'

A bus company in Worcester has refused to remove an advert featuring a “sexy” nurse wearing a PVC uniform, despite complaints that the image “demeans and devalues” the image of nursing.