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Monthly Archives: November 2012
Psoriasis Drug May Halt Alzheimer’s Disease?: “Behind the Headlines” Appraisal (NHS Choices / Nature Medicine)
Summary The NHS Choices “Behind the Headlines” service produces regular critical appraisals of recent research about elderly care and dementia-related topics which have appeared in the news. Here is one more of these master-class evaluations. Animal Research on Psoriasis Drug … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Studies, BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Models of Dementia Care, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
Tagged Alzheimer's Disease, Amyloid Beta, Amyloid Beta Protein, Antibodies Against p40, Behind the Headlines, Beta-Amyloid, Beta-Amyloid Plaques, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, IL-12, IL-23, β-amyloid, Koetzer Foundation, Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease, Nature Medicine, NeuroCure, p40, Psoriasis Drug for Alzheimer's Disease, Swiss National Science Foundation, University of Zurich, US National Institutes of Health, Ustekinumab
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Preventable Deaths Due to Problems in Care in English Acute Hospitals (BMJ Quality and Safety)
Summary This retrospective case record review found that incidence of preventable hospital deaths, while lower than previous estimates, is still substantial. This study reviewed estimated life expectancy upon hospital admission, identified problems in care contributing to death and assessed whether … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Adverse Events, BMJ Quality and Safety, Care in General Hospitals, Chief Medical Officer, Dehydration, Department of Health Services Research and Policy, Diagnostic Errors, General Hospital Care, General Hospitals, Generalised Hospital Mortality, Hospital Mortality, Hospital Mortality Rates, Hydration, Imperial College London, Inadequate Drug or Fluid Management, Institute of Health and Society, Institute of Health and Society (Newcastle University UK), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Mortality, National Patient Safety Agency, NHS Outcomes Framework, NHS Outcomes Framework 2012/13, NHSOF: NHS Outcomes Framework, Patient Safety Incidents, Poor Clinical Monitoring, Preventable Deaths in English Acute Hospitals, Preventable Hospital Deaths, Preventable Hospital Mortality, Problems in Care in English Acute Hospitals, Retrospective Ccase Record Review (RCRR), US Institute of Medicine Report: To Err is Human
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Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework 2013/14 (Department of Health)
Summary The Department of Health’s revised Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework for 2013/14 supersedes the 2012/13 framework. The updated framework includes new measures and has been re-aligned with the NHS Outcomes Framework 2013 – 2014 and the Public Health Outcomes Framework 2013 – … Continue reading
Posted in ADASS, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, National, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (2013/14), Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF), Adult Social Care Services, ASCOF: Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Attitudes to Older People, Care and Support White Paper, Care and Support White Paper 2012, Care Integration, Councils, Health and Social Care Integration, Health Care Reform, Health Reform, Independence, Integrated Commissioning, Integration, JHWSs: Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies, Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies, Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, JSNAs: Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, LGA: Local Government Association, Local Government Association, Local Government Association: LGA, Loneliness, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Long Term Conditions Team (D of H), Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), NHS Outcomes Framework, NHS Outcomes Framework 2012/13, NHS Outcomes Framework Domains, NHS Reform in England, Outcome-Based Commissioning, Personalisation of Social Care, PHOF: Public Health Outcomes Framework, Preventative Care, Prevention, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Public Health, Public Health Outcomes Framework, Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF), Public Health Reform, Public Service Reform, Quality of Life Promotion, Reablement, Recovery, Reform, Safeguarding, Self-Directed Support, Service Integration, Social Care, Social Isolation
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Chief Medical Officer’s First Annual Report (Department of Health)
Summary The Chief Medical Officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies’s first annual epidemiology and surveillance report offers a comprehensive review of England’s public health. A major feature of this report (volume one) is the use of cartograms to emphasise geographical differences. … Continue reading
Posted in Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Local Interest, National, NHS, NIHR, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer: Volume One - 2011. State of the Public's Health, Chief Medical Officer: Professor Dame Sally Davies, Chief Medical Officer’s First Annual Report (Public Health), Demographic Change and Public Services, Demographic Changes, Demographic Time-Bomb, Demography, Epidemiology, Health and Wellbeing, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Healthcare, Impact of Demographic Change on Public Services, Inequalities in Health Outcomes, Long-Term Care (LTC), Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Modifiable Risk Factors, Morbidity, Mortality, Mortality Morbidity and Wellbeing: Cancers, Mortality Morbidity and Wellbeing: Mental Health; Dementia; Long-Term Conditions and More, Public Health, Public Health in England, Public Health Research: NIHR, Risk Factors, Social Deprivation, Social Determinants of Health, Social Epidemiology, Surveillance, Surveillance Report: Public Health in England, Tuberculosis (TB), Wellbeing, Wellbeing: Communicable Diseases
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Treatment of Depression in Older People (Cochrane Database)
Summary The authors of this systematic review attempted to assess the efficacy of antidepressants and psychological therapies in preventing the relapse and recurrence of depression in older people. No clear conclusions were drawn and no firm treatment recommendations could be … Continue reading
Posted in Depression, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Systematic Reviews
Tagged Antidepressants, Cochrane Depression Anxiety and Neurosis Review Group, Continuation Treatments for Depression, Depression: Antidepressant Versus Psychological Therapies, Devon Partnership Trust, Maintenance Treatments for Depression, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Relapse and Recurrence of Depression, Torbay Hospital, Treatment of Depression, University of Oxford
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Vitamin E for Alzheimer’s Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment (Cochrane Database)
Summary This systematic review assessed the efficacy of Vitamin E in the treatment of Alzheimer’s dementia (AD) and for the prevention of progression of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to dementia. The authors found no evidence for Vitamin E being of … Continue reading
Posted in For Researchers (mostly), Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews
Tagged Alpha-Tocopherol (a-tocopherol), Alpha-Tocopherol (Vitamin E), Antioxidants, CDCIG: Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group, Free Radicals, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Tocotrienols, University of Sussex, Vitamin E
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