RSS Builder by B!Soft National Prescribing Centre eCAB Week in Review http://www.npc.co.uk/ecab/ecab.htm The week's top health news stories, publications, and guidance reported by eCAB, the NPC's daily electronic current awareness bulletin. en-gb m.henderson@mema.keele.ac.uk National Prescribing Centre NPCi Blog Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT http://www.npci.org.uk/blog/ http://www.npci.org.uk/blog/ m.henderson@mema.keele.ac.uk
  • MeReC Rapid Review: Statins and risk of diabetes
  • On the Horizon Rapid Review: Liraglutideā–¼ for the treatment of obesity
    • ]]>         BMJ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT http://bmj.com/ http://bmj.com/ m.henderson@mema.keele.ac.uk This week in the BMJ: ]]> Department of Health (DH) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT http://www.dh.gov.uk http://www.dh.gov.uk m.henderson@mema.keele.ac.uk
  • Invisible Patients, Report of the Working Group on the health of health professionals
  • Priority review of long term conditions care planning and PSA target - letter to Strategic Health Authorities
  • Regional factsheets on carers
  • Clinical practice guidelines for the assessment of young women aged 20-24 with abnormal vaginal bleeding
  • Modernising Scientific Careers: The UK Way Forward
  • Medical directors bulletin, Issue 101, February 2010
  • The month: issue 30
  • Fulfilling and rewarding lives: the strategy for adults with autism in England
  • The Nursing Roadmap for Quality: a signposting map for nursing
  • Enhanced recovery - letter from Jim Easton
  • Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) prevention programme, and revised risk assessment
    • ]]>         Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT http://www.mhra.gov.uk/ http://www.mhra.gov.uk/ m.henderson@mema.keele.ac.uk
  • Information sent to healthcare professionals in February 2010 about the safety of medicines
    • ]]>         Midlands Therapeutics Review & Advisory Committee (MTRAC) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT http://www.keele.ac.uk/schools/pharm/MTRAC/ http://www.keele.ac.uk/schools/pharm/MTRAC/ m.henderson@mema.keele.ac.uk
  • New website!
  • NEW: Liraglutide Verdict/Summary [VS10\02]
  • NEW: Lidocaine 5% Plaster Verdict/Summary [VS10\01]
    • ]]>         National electronic Library for Medicines (NeLM) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT http://www.nelm.nhs.uk m.henderson@mema.keele.ac.uk
  • Risk of upper gastrointestinal bleeding among NSAIDs: systematic review of observational studies
  • DTB: Body surface area for adjustment of drug dose
  • NHS Diabetes report: Self monitoring of blood glucose in non-insulin-treated type 2 diabetes
  • Influence of TNF blockers on cancer incidence in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and prior malignancy
  • In non-diabetics, is HbA1c better associated with risk of cardiovascular disease or death than fasting glucose?
  • Changes to varicella (chickenpox) vaccine dosage and schedule
  • Package of new actions to support medicines supply
  • BMJ Analysis: New drugs for old- disinvestment and NICE
  • Low-dose aspirin primary prevention study published
  • Bivalent HPV vaccine does not significantly increase risk of miscarriage
  • Gender-based differences in stroke outcome
  • Etanercept plus methotrexate compared to methotrexate alone in early rheumatoid arthritis
  • Trends in the epidemiology of smoking recorded in UK general practice
  • Using population impact measures to help PCTs estimate the benefit of interventions in diabetes and heart failure
  • Group cognitive behavioural treatment for low-back pain in primary care
  • PSNC reminder to community pharmacists: One month until Information Governance baseline assessment deadline
  • Recent amoxicillin exposure linked to drug-resistant UTIs in children
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