Moffitt research on myelodysplastic syndromes appears in New England Journal of Medicine
Tampa, FL (Oct. 5 , 2006) -- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute announced publication of the final results from a pivotal Phase II trial of Revlimid in patients with an incurable blood cancer know as myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) in the October 5 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The data published found that more than 75 percent of patients reduced their need for tr...Recently released prisoners in England and Wales at high risk of suicide
... Several studies have looked at suicide in custody, but few after release from prison. To investigate, Jennifer Shaw (University of Manchester, UK) and colleagues used a national database to identify all individuals in England and Wales who had died by suicide or who had received an open verdict* at the coroner's inquest between 2000 and 2002. The researchers then identified which of these s...Injury rates on England's roads remain high
The number of serious injuries on England's roads is much higher than Government figures suggest, says a paper published on bmj.com today....... Government targets for England look to reduce by 40% overall the number of serious injuries and deaths on the nation's roads by 2010, (compared with a starting point - baseline - of the 1994-8 average figures). The target for those aged 15 or under is h...Predicting the future of primary care in England
What will English primary care look like in 2015?...... The forthcoming white paper on health and community services in England will affect all of our futures, so the BMJ asked some people with an interest in general practice to predict the future....... General practices will be highly developed strategic organisations collaborating with each other in a community network, predict senior doctors...Illegal drug use could account for 1 million visits a year to emergency care in England
Illegal drug use could account for up to 1 million visits a year to emergency care departments and 400,000 admissions to hospital in England, suggests research in Emergency Medicine Journal....... The findings are based on anonymous interviews with patients visiting an inner city hospital emergency care department in South West England during a typical week. ...... The treating doctor was also a...BioMed Central is pleased to announce that NHS England have renewed their BioMed Central membership agreement until March 2008. Under the renewed membership agreement all 1.2 million NHS England staff can continue to publish their work in BioMed Central's growing number of open access journals without incurring a direct article processing charge. All the research content in BioMed Central's jour...There has been a significant fall in serious violence in England (13%) and Wales (20%) over the last five years, according to a major study into trends in serious violence by Cardiff University. ...... The research led by the University's Violence Research Group analysed figures for assault related injuries from a representative sample of 32 major Accident and Emergency departments in England and...