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NICE has published its final guidance on the use of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII or 'insulin pump') therapy. This is a review of guidance on the use this technology published in February 2003.

Calling the NBC Show, The Baby Borrowers, exploitive and harmful to young children and families mental health, the American Psychiatric Association is urging NBC to provide a better review process of its programming in the future and to take into consideration the serious mental health implications shows such as the Baby Borrowers can have on individuals. The APA is calling on NBC to end this type of misuse of children used in order to secure ratings.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) will be conducting a project to review and consolidate the current medicines legislation. There is a growing number of Statutory Instruments (SIs) affecting medicines legislation; a number of which have numerous additional amending SIs. This makes the current legislation unwieldy.

The monthly rate of complaints from Medicare beneficiaries about the prescription drug benefit decreased by 74% during the 18-month period that ended on Oct. 31, 2007, according to a report recently released by the Government Accountability Office, the AP/Las Vegas Sun reports. For the report, GAO examined almost 630,000 complaints filed with CMS during the review period.read more

NICE has published its final guidance on the use of drug-eluting stents for the treatment of coronary artery disease. This is a part review of guidance on the use of coronary artery stents published in October 2003. Publication of this appraisal follows a meeting of the Appeal Panel on 31 March 2008, which heard an appeal from stent manufacturer Cordis. This appeal was not upheld by the Appeal Panel.

Title: Micro Molecules May Be Cancer BiomarkerCategory: health newscreated: 7/29/2008 2:00:00 amlast Editorial review: 7/29/2008

Title: Rates of Mild Cognitive Impairment Higher Than ExpectedCategory: health newscreated: 7/29/2008 2:00:00 amlast Editorial review: 7/29/2008

Title: Bone Density Predicts Chances of Breast CancerCategory: health newscreated: 7/29/2008 2:00:00 amlast Editorial review: 7/29/2008

Title: Hospitalizations for Heart Failure SkyrocketingCategory: health newscreated: 7/29/2008 2:00:00 amlast Editorial review: 7/29/2008

Title: Experts Urge Research on Sleep Apnea-Heart Disease LinkCategory: health newscreated: 7/29/2008 2:00:00 amlast Editorial review: 7/29/2008