International Osteoporosis Foundation supports UK charity call for NICE guidance changes
The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) has backed the National Osteoporosis Society (NOS, UK) in their criticism of NICE guidance on the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. Judy Stenmark, IOF Chair of the Committee of National Societies said "we support any initiative that is m...IOF applauds NOS on NICE Guidance appeal success and urges continued efforts
The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) has applauded the appeal success of the National Osteoporosis Society (NOS), in the matter of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellences (NICE) Guidance for the primary and secondary prevention of osteoporotic fracture, and has called...New Study Challenges NICE Guidelines on Adolescent Depression
Should adolescents with depression be prescribed antidepressants, and if so, should they be given only with a psychological therapy, as advocated by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)? A study published on bmj.com last month found that adding cognitive behavio...Appeals Against The New Resolution By NICE Increases
Pfizer Inc, Eisai Co. Ltd, charity organizations, The Alzheimer's Society, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and Age Concern will appeal have lodged// an appeal on Friday against a British watchdog's decision to restrict access to Alzheimer's drugs. The National Institute for Health and Clin...Want to have a nice day? Eat breakfast!
Recent study on more than 100 children in elementary schools and earlier studies on teenagers and adolescents shows that people who skip breakfast are less efficient than those who don't. Doctors in the Massachusetts General Hospital assessed //the effects of eating school breakfast, on the academi...Mother & Daughter Celebrate Victory Over 'Meth'
...nce conquering meth at Narconon California," comments Susan, mother of five and teacher who recalls living with a meth addict. "One day she'd be very nice and the next you'd have thought Satan walked through the door." *(PHOTO 72dpi: www.Send2Press.com/mediaboom/09-0807-NarconnCA_72dpi.jpg) ...Surgical Masks Help Ward Off Flu, Maybe
...ng was that all of the studies were sponsored by makers of the drugs, which is not surprising," Khazeni said. "They were good quality, but it's always nice to see an independent evaluation." Although governments have stockpiled these two drugs to use during a pandemic, it's unclear what role the drugs ...In Case You Missed It: The Washington Post's Ruth Marcus: A Bipartisan Plan on Health Care? Try Two
...." "It's time to take another look. To switch from a real estate metaphor to a romantic one, the Bipartisan Policy Center proposal is like the nice guy you weren't thrilled about dating. He started to look a lot better after you tried some of the alternatives." "The group finessed one hot-...This Summer is an Ideal Time for Commercial Real Estate Lease Renewal
... tenants unfortunately choose to keep their expiring lease and "fail to choose market-savvy negotiation because the landlord or managing agent is nice to them." Too often, tenants like to renegotiate the lease themselves because, as Selinger reminds us, landlords make "renewing tenants feel...British Woman Celebrates a Year of Living Cancer-Free
...as able to go home from the hospital. "I felt fine immediately. I was going out to dinner and things like that," Ms. Scott said. "It was really nice after all the other treatments I've had, which were very, very grueling." The idea behind the new treatment is this: NK cells, which are part o...Simple Test Accurately Predicts Risk of Serious Jaundice in Newborns
...ent of babies fell into the low-risk category, while 13 percent were designated high risk and 17 percent were in the middle, said Keren. "It did a nice job of pulling out a very large group of babies you don't have to worry about and a small group of babies that need to be closely followed," Keren sai...Interview of the Vice President
...the Democrats were pushing, that's not -- I'd have to go back and do a lot of research to have an opinion on that. Q Mr. Vice President, this was so nice of you. Speaking of 2009, is this it for public service for you, or -- THE VICE PRESIDENT: I expect so. Q Are you going to write a book? TH...Research Highlights Potential Benefits of Telemedicine in Treating Eye Disease
...e observed increase, 66 percent was due to an eye examination by a local ophthalmologist and only 33 percent was due to remote evaluation. "It's very nice to see that increased rate of evaluations was not solely because these patients were undergoing remote imaging," said Dr. Zimmer- Galler. "It shows th...Honest crabs, power to the hungry, nice mice and clever meerkats: News from the American Naturalist
For copies of any of these articles, please contact Kevin Stacey at 773-834-0386 or kstacey@press.uchicago.edu . HOW OFTEN DO ANIMALS LIE ABOUT THEIR INTENTIONS? An article by Princeton Biologist Mark Laidre suggests that when an animal signals an intent to attack, chances are it's not bl...Another reason to drink a nice cup of shade-grown joe
A new study published in the December 23rd issue of Current Biology , a Cell Press publication, reveals another "eco-friendly" reason to select shade-grown coffee over beans that were grown in the sun: Shade coffee farms not only harbor a diverse array of birds and bats, but they also help to mai...Urban water ecology at the ESA annual meeting
...hore development and sustaining lake food webs." Greenroofs can save cities millions of gallons of water Having a garden on your roof isn't just nice for a garden party; it can make your city more environmentally friendly. Many American cities are beginning to incorporate greenroofs into their plann...Extraterrestrial platinum was 'stirred' into the Earth
...the University of Western Australia are delighted that this is a completely academic outcome which came out of an industry-funded project. "It is a nice example of an unexpected fundamental discovery arising from a practical applied science study and demonstrates the very positive collaborations that e...Silicon with afterburners: Process developed at Rice could be boon to electronics manufacturer
...ide industry interest in the process, in which carbon molecules could be bonded with silicon either through a chemical bath or evaporation. "This is a nice entry point for molecules into the silicon industry. We can go to a manufacturer and say, 'Let us make your fabrication line work for you longer. Let ...UGA licenses new Bermuda grass that thrives in sun and shade
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...ught this reaction center was non-functional," said Beatty. "We were forced to think in new ways to explain the surprising results, which led to some nice insight." Lin carefully measured the light absorption spectra for the naturally occurring magnesium reaction center and compared it to the mutant re...'Annals of the ESA' selected as one of 100 most influential journals
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... evolution can explore the entire parameter space" of possible shells, Boettiger added. "That was one rewarding thing about this work; it brought some nice aesthetics to the whole project." With their success describing shell patterning, Oster plans to move on to his real interest, how cuttlefish rapid...UK's NICE Recommends Spinal Cord Stimulation for Patients with Chronic Neuropathic Pain
Confirms clinical value and cost-effectiveness of spinal cord stimulation NATICK, Mass., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX ) today welcomed an announcement by the U.K.'s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommending the use o...Heart disease: Research off the beating patch
...g heart is actually a piece of synthetic, gauze-like mesh, barely the size of a fingernail, floating in a Petri dish. And yet it keeps squeezing away, nice and rhythmically. Researchers at The University of Arizona's Sarver Heart Center and the Southern Arizona Veterans Administration Health Care Syste...New Report Just Published: World Prostate Cancer Therapeutics Market Report
...I-61 Balanced Intake of Omega-6 and Omega-3 Fatty Acids Found to Reduce Prostate Cancer Growth II-62 Sanofi's Taxotere Gains Approval from nice of UK for Use in Late-Stage Prostate Cancer II-62 Protox Gains Clearance from FDA to Conduct Phase I Trial of PRX302 II-63 Aeterna Zen...MIT uses nano-origami to build tiny electronic devices
... "A lot of what's done now is planar," says Tony Nichol, a mechanical engineering graduate student working on the project. "We want to take all of the nice tools that have been developed for 2-D and do 3-D things." The MIT team uses conventional lithography tools to pattern 2-D materials at the nanosca...Scientists engineer superconducting thin films
...uch devices would be much faster and use less power than the current ones based on semiconductors. "No matter what the applications, this work is a nice demonstration of our ability to engineer and control materials at sub-nanometer scale, with designed and enhanced functionality," Bozovic said. ...Nanoscale carbon materials research wins the 2008 Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics
...ore the fundamental properties of these materials." His co-winner agreed: "We are looking at electronics after silicon," said Avouris. "Wouldn't it be nice to unify electronics and optics with a single material?" Heinz continued, "It is extremely important that ideas in one subfield enhance other field...Monsanto Sees Growing Opportunity for Biotech Traits Globally
...ormation pipeline by one-third and have almost 175 field trial locations. Over 90 percent of the genes nominated by BASF have been unique, providing a nice complement to Monsanto's lead genes." Webcast Information Padgette's presentation slides and simultaneous audio webcast of the UBS presentation ma...