White rice consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: meta-analysis and systematic review | BMJ

White rice consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: meta-analysis and systematic review | BMJ.

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Abstract

Objectives To summarise evidence on the association between white rice consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes and to quantify the potential dose-response relation.

The difference in blood pressure readings between arms and survival: primary care cohort study

The difference in blood pressure readings between arms and survival: primary care cohort study | BMJ.

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Abstract

 

Objective To determine whether a difference in systolic blood pressure readings between arms can predict a reduced event free survival after 10 years.

Association between low functional health literacy and mortality in older adults: longitudinal cohort study

Association between low functional health literacy and mortality in older adults: longitudinal cohort study | BMJ.

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Abstract

Objective To investigate the association between low functional health literacy (ability to read and understand basic health related information) and mortality in older adults.

Design Population based longitudinal cohort study based on a stratified random sample of households.

Europe’s health systems can survive economic squeeze, conference hears

via Europe’s health systems can survive economic squeeze, conference hears | BMJ.

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Stagnant economies are driving governments to introduce cost containing health reforms but the “huge squeeze” on health budgets “need not have an adverse effect on front line services,” said Andrew Dillon, chief executive of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), at a recent conference in Geneva.

 

Health secretary is accused of demanding “politically driven” raids on abortion clinics

via Health secretary is accused of demanding “politically driven” raids on abortion clinics | BMJ.

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Andrew Lansley has been accused of ordering the Care Quality Commission to abandon its other work and conduct an unjustified and “politically driven” series of unannounced inspections at abortion clinics this week.

 

Health campaigners attack government plans to remove calories from foods as “token gestures”

via Health campaigners attack government plans to remove calories from foods as “token gestures” | BMJ.

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The government has come under fire for a crackdown on obesity based on food and drink companies’ “pledges” to restrict the calorie content of some products

 

Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in risk of sudden infant death syndrome, other causes of infant mortality, and stillbirth in Scotland: population based study

Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in risk of sudden infant death syndrome, other causes of infant mortality, and stillbirth in Scotland: population based study | BMJ.

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Abstract

Objectives To compare changes in inequalities in sudden infant death syndrome with other causes of infant mortality and stillbirth in Scotland, 1985-2008.

Does Motivational Interviewing Improve Outcomes?

via Arch Intern Med — Does Motivational Interviewing Improve Outcomes?, February 27, 2012, Berkowitz and Johansen 0 (2012): archinternmed.2012.155v2.

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EXTRACT

Motivating behavioral change has become a core competency for clinicians and a major priority for the health care system as chronic disease management and disease prevention encompass an increasing proportion of clinical medicine. Nonadherence to treatment programs represents an important barrier to successful chronic disease management and is associated with significant morbidity, mortality, and preventable health care costs across a wide variety of conditions.

 

Adoption and use of social media among public health departments

BMC Public Health | Abstract | Adoption and use of social media among public health departments.

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Abstract (provisional)

 

Background

 

Effective communication is a critical function within any public health system. Social media has enhanced communication between individuals and organizations and has the potential to augment public health communication. However, there is a lack of reported data on social media adoption within public health settings. The purposes of this study were to assess: 1) the extent to which state public health departments (SHDs) are using social media; 2) which social media applications are used most often; and 3) how often social media is used interactively to engage audiences.

Chocolate ‘may help keep people slim’

People who eat chocolate regularly tend to be thinner, new research suggests.

via BBC News – Chocolate ‘may help keep people slim’.

Advice on drinking alcohol to be reviewed

The UK’s chief medical officer has been asked to review current guidelines on how much alcohol is safe to drink.

via BBC News – Advice on drinking alcohol to be reviewed.

CCG authorisation requirements and timetable revealed

via Exclusive: CCG authorisation requirements and timetable revealed | News | Health Service Journal.

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Clinical commissioning groups will have to meet 118 authorisation requirements to be approved to take over from primary care trusts in April next year.

 

Third of UK babies ‘will live to 100′

A third of babies born in 2012 in the UK are expected to live to 100, according to a new report.

via BBC News – Third of UK babies ‘will live to 100′.

Regional differences in accidental injury death rates

via Regional differences in accidental injury death rates | News | Health Service Journal.

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The number of people who die from injuries such as falls, road accidents and poisoning varies dramatically aross England, research suggests.

 

Dementia: PM promises push to tackle ‘national crisis’

Extra funding for research into dementia forms a central plank of the government’s attempts to tackle the “national crisis” in care.

via BBC News – Dementia: PM promises push to tackle ‘national crisis’.

Diabetes complications ‘at record high’

Rates of stroke and kidney failure in people with diabetes have surged in England, according to new analysis by Diabetes UK.

via BBC News – Diabetes complications ‘at record high’.