15 minutes of exercise daily reduces mortality by 14% - and each additional 15 minutes gives 4% additional mortality benefit
Originally added on Sun, 21/08/2011 - 05:09Last updated on Sun, 21/08/2011 - 07:12
New NICE guidance on common mental disorders: identification and pathways to care
Originally added on Thu, 26/05/2011 - 04:19Last updated on Thu, 02/06/2011 - 05:29
New NICE guidance on the treatment of generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) and panic disorder (with or without agoraphobia)
Originally added on Thu, 10/02/2011 - 06:41Last updated on Sun, 06/03/2011 - 06:31
New NICE guidance on managing bed-wetting in children and on prevention of osteoporosis in adults
Originally added on Wed, 09/02/2011 - 07:05Last updated on Sun, 06/03/2011 - 06:32
This is a very brief blog entry to signpost a couple of recent National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines on the management of bed-wetting in children & young people (up to age 19), and on the prevention of osteoporosis in adults. These are both subjects that I'm sometimes asked about, and high quality, up-to-date, evidence-based advice is well worthwhile.
SIGN guidance on non-pharmaceutical management of depression
Originally added on Thu, 28/01/2010 - 05:37Last updated on Sat, 30/01/2010 - 07:23
NICE guidance on promoting mental wellbeing at work
Originally added on Thu, 17/12/2009 - 05:27Last updated on Sun, 20/12/2009 - 08:08
Updated NICE guidelines on treating depression
Originally added on Thu, 05/11/2009 - 05:36Last updated on Tue, 10/11/2009 - 06:04
NICE - the UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence - recently published guidance on "Depression in adults (update)" and on "Depression with a chronic physical health problem". The "Depression in adults (update)" replaces guidance originally published in 2004 and amended in 2007. The 28 page Quick reference guide provides a helpful overview. Interestingly NICE here use the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for depression rather than the ICD-10 criteria (used in their earlier publications). A four step approach is charted - each step is described both by who the intervention is for (e.g.
Recent research: NICE guidance on social and emotional wellbeing in secondary education
Originally added on Thu, 01/10/2009 - 04:19Last updated on Mon, 19/10/2009 - 06:03
NICE is the UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence - "the independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance on the promotion of good health and the prevention and treatment of ill health." Although their guidance applies particularly to England and Wales, the opinions they come up with are very carefully weighed and can be of use to health (and education) professionals wherever they work.
Recent research: NICE guidance on recognition of child maltreatment & report of the Task Force on neck pain
Originally added on Thu, 03/09/2009 - 04:57Last updated on Thu, 08/10/2009 - 15:18
Here are a disparate pair of subjects for a research update. One is the recent NICE guideline on " ...
NICE guidelines – early management of persistent non-specific low back pain
Originally added on Sun, 12/07/2009 - 05:56Last updated on Mon, 27/07/2009 - 11:20
I'm a bit slow on reporting this, but at the end of May the UK's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) published a guideline on "Early management of persistent non-specific low back pain". I've blogged before about NICE. They publish very widely with, for example, 82 guidelines on musculoskeletal disorders generally. They have also recently launched NHS evidence which aims " ... to provide easy access to a comprehensive evidence base for everyone in health and social care who takes decisions about treatments or the use of resources - including clinicians, public health professionals, commissioners and service managers - thus improving health and patient care. It will build on NICE's significant international reputation for developing high quality evidence-based guidance.
