While the result (that RRs and SRs give similar results) is no surprise the fact that they found 9 articles is more than I was aware of!
Again, if they give similar results and one costs considerably more than the other I wonder what the ethical position is of spending the additional resource?
A new Be Food Smart app has been developed to highlight just how much sugar, saturated fat and salt can be found in everyday food and drink that their children consume.
The free app helps and encourages families to choose healthier options and works by scanning the barcode of products allowing parents to compare brands, and features food detective activities for children and mini missions the whole family can enjoy.
The study included 30 drug names that are commonly misspelt on prescription charts in hospitals in Birmingham, UK (test set), and 30 control names randomly chosen from a hospital formulary (control set). The following definitions were used: standard names—the international non-proprietary names, variant names—deviations in spelling from standard names that are not themselves standard names in English language nomenclature, and hidden reference variants—variant spellings that identified publications in textword (tw) searches of PubMed or other databases, and which were not identified by textword searches for the standard names. Variant names were generated from standard names by applying letter substitutions, omissions, additions, transpositions, duplications, deduplications, and combinations of these. Searches were carried out in PubMed (30 June 2016) for “standard name[tw]” and “variant name[tw] NOT standard name[tw].”
Conclusion When performing searches, researchers should include misspellings of drug names among their search terms. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
The findings from each of the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Library Network’s eleven library sites resulted in six user typology categories: e-Ninjas, Social Scholars, Peace Seekers, Classic Clickers, Page Turners and Knowledge Tappers.
The first community-run library in Telford and Wrekin has formally opened for business – and it will get off to a festive start by hosting a Christmas market on Thursday.
Stirchley Community Library will be run by Stirchley and Brookside Parish Council at the Sambrook Centre in a tangible example of strong partnership working.
Are you looking for information on the cost effectiveness of different treatments, or cost-benefit analyses? Published economic evaluations are a good place to start, but they’re not always easy to find in the literature, so below are some suggestions for places to look and ways to search for them.
This Library briefing paper discusses the current reform of EU data protection law, the interaction with UK law, and the potential consequences of Brexit in this area.
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Lisa Marzano on a recent survey of Internet use in people with psychosis and depression, which explores the extent of the digital divide in mental health.
The Click Guide to Dementia has been developed to help people find out about these organisations, products, services and bloggers. The Click Guide to Dementia brings together more than a hundred of the most useful resources, with an overview and explanations as well as hyperlinks to websites, blogs, facebook pages and twitter feeds.
Topics covered in the Guide range from information, advocacy and carer support through to specialist dementia shops and services.
IHealth Education England (HEE) has worked with Public Concern at Work and the National Guardian Office to develop a package of online learning resources that aim to encourage and support NHS staff to raise and respond to concerns.
Available on HEE’s e-Learning for Healthcare (e-LfH) website, two e-learning sessions promote relevant policies, procedures, best practice and available support in relation to raising and responding to concerns.
Anders Huitfeldt argues that the answer depends on your definition of “risk factor” and calls for greater clarity in research
The risk factor approach to epidemiology was introduced by the Framingham Heart Study investigators, who first alluded to the idea in 1951. The first use of the term “factor of risk” appeared in 1961, but it was not precisely defined. The resulting semantic confusion has hindered precise communication about study design and data analysis. To illustrate the problem, let us suppose that you want to study the causes and distribution of personal wealth. NB looks at definitions of terms in research. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details