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26 August 2010
Methods to help quit smoking assessed
New research is helping to expand the evidence base in the area of smoking cessation. The National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) programme has funded two new studies in this area.
20 August 2010
Postnatal Depression can be prevented by Health Visitors, says new study
Training health visitors to assess and psychologically support mothers after childbirth can prevent the development of depression over the following year finds the prevention study.
13 August 2010
EVAR results publish in the New England Journal of Medicine
EVAR results publish in the New England Journal of Medicine
23 July 2010
Swine flu research publishes in new HTA journal themed issue
The first swine flu themed issue of the Health Technology Assessment journal series has published. This special issue (Vol. 14:34) contains the full results of the first five NIHR funded projects to complete along with one Cochrane review:
22 June 2010
HTA journal series tops its category with significant rise in impact factor
Health Technology Assessment, the journal of the HTA programme, now has an impact factor of 6.91, a significant rise from 5.01 last year, according to newly published data from the Journal of Citation Reports (JCR).
15 June 2010
Simple injection could save the lives of thousands of accident victims worldwide
Treating recently injured patients with serious bleeding with a cheap, widely available and easily administered drug to help their blood clot could save thousands of lives finds research published on-line today in The Lancet (Tuesday June 15 http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)60835-5/fulltext ).
29 March 2010
New research compares mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) with anti-depressants
New research commissioned by the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) programme is assessing whether a new psychological treatment could be an alternative to prescription drugs for people who suffer from depression.
24 March 2010
HTA launches call for trauma research in a military or civilian context
The NIHR HTA programme’s new specific call for research into the management of disability after trauma was announced last week by Health Minister Mike O’Brien.
16 March 2010
Efficacy of BCG vaccination examined
New research evaluating the length of protection given by the BCG vaccine has been commissioned by the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) programme. The BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guerin) vaccine has been used to prevent Tuberculosis (TB) since 1953.
04 March 2010
Is oxygen therapy effective for chronic heart failure?
New research commissioned by the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) programme will assess the clinical and cost-effectiveness of home oxygen therapy for patients with chronic heart failure (CHF).
01 March 2010
Management of frozen shoulder to be assessed
New research commissioned by the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment programme (NIHR HTA) will review the most clinical and cost-effective method to treat frozen shoulder.
26 February 2010
HTA paper on back pain published in The Lancet
A Cognitive Behavioural Approach (CBA) for the treatment of low back pain is both clinically and cost-effective finds new NIHR HTA research published in The Lancet today (http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2809%2962164-4/fulltext).
23 February 2010
Methods for the prevention of STIs reviewed
School-based behavioural interventions which provide information and teach young people sexual health negotiation skills can bring about improvements in knowledge and increased self-efficiency in preventing sexually transmitted infections (STIs), suggests new research published by the NIHR HTA programme. The effects of the interventions reviewed on sexual risk behaviour were, however, uncertain.
17 February 2010
Research compares pulmonary rehabilitation in community with hospital settings
The provision of group based pulmonary rehabilitation in a community setting, for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is as effective as hospital rehabilitation suggests research published by the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) programme.
10 February 2010
HTA CET board member named Dementia Tsar
Eminent HTA researcher Professor Alistair Burns has been appointed as the new National Clinical Director for Dementia, the Department of Health has announced.
03 February 2010
Red flags for identifying children with serious infections
Research published in the Lancet (http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2809%2962000-6/fulltext) emphasises the particular need for Doctors to take note of parental concern, one of several red flags that can indicate a serious childhood infection.
02 February 2010
Upright maternal position in second stage labour assessed
New research commissioned by the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment programme (NIHR HTA) will assess whether adopting an upright position during the late stage of labour with an epidural, gives a greater chance of having a straightforward birth.
01 February 2010
UK PubMed launch Beta site
On 12 January 2010 the British Library launched its UKPubMed Central (UKPMC) Beta Site (http://beta.ukpmc.ac.uk), which showcased a whole range of new search and data mining tools.
18 January 2010
Ten contracts have been awarded by the NIHR to centres of excellence for TARs
Three new centres of expertise in Technology Assessment Reviews (TARs) join seven existing NIHR TAR centres. TARs provide a reliable and rigorous evidence assessment of the benefits, harms and costs of particular healthcare treatments for those who plan, provide or receive care in the NHS.
26 January 2010
Second round of NIHR Clinical Trials Support Funding launched
A second round of priming funds has been launched for Clinical Trial Units (CTUs) who intend to conduct trials funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) research programmes.
13 January 2010
Treatment for young people with ADHD
There is uncertainty around the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in adolescents and young adults and a need for more research in this area suggests research published by the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) programme.
12 January 2010
MRI for breast cancer assessed
The addition of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to the initial, pre-operative assessment of women with small breast cancers does not reduce the re-operation rate for incompletely excised tumour, suggests research published by the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) programme.
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