June Eyes on Evidence from NICE - the last ever issue

June sees the publication of the last ever Eyes on Evidence from NICE Evidence Services. NICE have announced they are changing the way they are supporting awareness of new evidence (more information in the bulletin).

For the final time, in the June issue you can find:

• Eyes on Evidence: end of service
• Perioperative anticoagulation for people with atrial fibrillation
• Nurse-led titration of drug doses in chronic heart failure
• Basic versus advanced life support for medical emergencies
Ultrasound during pregnancy to identify small-for-gestational-age infants
• Balance training to prevent injuries from falls in older people
• Ongoing effects of child contact arrangements in cases of domestic abuse

Evidence summaries from NICE’s Medicines and Prescribing Programme:

• Chronic disease in people with severe mental illness: reducing excess mortality
• Meniere’s disease: betahistine not shown to be superior to placebo

May Eyes on Evidence from NICE

Eyes on Evidence is a free monthly bulletin from NICE Evidence Services which reviews significant new evidence as it emerges and what this might mean for current practice.

In the May issue you can find:

• Surgery versus medical therapy in ulcerative colitis
• Self-monitoring for people on vitamin K antagonist anticoagulant therapy
• Shared decision-making: antibiotic use for acute respiratory infections
• Previous pregnancies in young women having an abortion
• Mental health of carers after bereavement

Evidence summaries from NICE’s Medicines and Prescribing Programme:

• Chronic wounds: advanced wound dressings and antimicrobial dressings
• Moderate to severe acute post-operative pain: sufentanil sublingual tablet system 
• Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and young people: guanfacine prolonged-release 
• Adverse events associated with off-label medicine use in adults
• Myocardial infarction: risks and benefits of extended dual antiplatelet therapy

You can find subscribe to receive the bulletin by email on the NICE Evidence Services site.

February Eyes on Evidence

Eyes on Evidence is a free monthly bulletin from NICE Evidence Services which reviews significant new evidence as it emerges and what this might mean for current practice.

In the February issue you can find:

• Risk of intracranial bleeding when antidepressants are used with NSAIDs
• Early identification of dementia with IQCODE in secondary care
• Smoking during pregnancy and risk of stillbirth
• Parental perceptions of child weight
• Long working hours, stroke and coronary heart disease

Evidence summaries from NICE’s Medicines and Prescribing Programme:

• Restless legs syndrome: Oxycodone/naloxone prolonged release
• External genital and perianal warts: green tea (Camellia sinensis) leaf extract 10% ointment
• Pregnancy: Effect of metformin on pregnancy outcomes in obese women without diabetes (EMPOWaR study)
• Obesity: liraglutide for weight loss among people with type 2 diabetes (SCALE study)

You can find subscribe to receive the bulletin by email on the NICE Evidence Services site.

January Eyes on Evidence

Eyes on Evidence is a free monthly bulletin from NICE Evidence Services which reviews significant new evidence as it emerges and what this might mean for current practice.

In the January issue you can find:

• Oxygen therapy for acute ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction
• Managing chronic rhinosinusitis in adults
• Thyroid function testing in primary care
• Occupational therapy for older people with stroke-related disabilities who live in care homes
• Long-term mental health effects of bullying during adolescence

Evidence summaries from NICE’s Medicines and Prescribing Programme:

• Diabetes mellitus type 1 and type 2: insulin glargine biosimilar (Abasaglar)
• Type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults: high-strength insulin glargine 300 units/ml (Toujeo)
• Diabetic nephropathy: blood pressure-lowering therapy
• Early breast cancer: adjuvant bisphosphonate treatment beneficial in postmenopausal women

You can find subscribe to receive the bulletin by email on the NICE Evidence Services site.

October Eyes on Evidence from NICE

Eyes on Evidence is a free monthly bulletin from NICE Evidence Services which reviews significant new evidence as it emerges and what this might mean for current practice.

In the October issue you can find:

• Intra-arterial treatment of acute ischaemic stroke
•  Drugs with anticholinergic effects and the cognitive impairment, falls and all-cause mortality
• Suicide prevention programmes in schools
• Pregnancy outcomes in women who have had bariatric surgery
• Physical and mental health of carers

Evidence summaries from NICE's Medicines and Prescribing Programme:

• Prucalopride for chronic constipation 
• Chronic pain: unintentional overdose in people receiving opioid analgesics for non-cancer pain 
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the effect of roflumilast on exacerbations in people with severe disease – the REACT study.

You can find subscribe to receive the bulletin by email on the NICE Evidence Services site.

September Eyes on Evidence from NICE

Eyes on Evidence is a free monthly bulletin from NICE Evidence Services which reviews significant new evidence as it emerges and what this might mean for current practice.

In the September issue you can find:

• Mortality in people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
• Use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors or venlafaxine in early pregnancy
• Long-term outcomes for endovascular coiling after ruptured cerebral aneurysm
• Silent cerebral infarctions after atrial fibrillation 
• Neighbourhood fast foot outlets and type 2 diabetes
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Evidence summaries from NICE's Medicines and Prescribing programme:

• Type 2 diabetes: implementing NICE guidance on self-monitoring of plasma glucose 
• Digoxin in atrial fibrillation and congestive heart failure 
• Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea: effects of PPIs and H2 receptor antagonists on clinical response and recurrence

You can find subscribe to receive the bulletin by email on the NICE Evidence Services site.

August Eyes on Evidence from NICE

Eyes on Evidence is a free monthly bulletin from NICE Evidence Services which reviews significant new evidence as it emerges and what this might mean for current practice.

In the August issue you can find:

• Quality of life in young people with cerebral palsy
• Fractional flow reserve to guide percutaneous coronary intervention in people with stable coronary artery disease
• Latanoprost for newly diagnosed open-angle glaucoma
• Childhood factors and inactivity in adulthood
• Positive and negative emotive content in tobacco control TV adverts

Evidence summaries from NICE's Medicines and Prescribing programme

• Type 2 diabetes: insulin degludec/liraglutide (Xultophy) 
• Type 2 diabetes: dulaglutide (Trulicity) 
• Ulcerative colitis: budesonide multimatrix (Cortiment) 
• Acute coronary syndrome: ezetimibe added to simvastatin (IMPROVE-IT study) 
• Gastrointestinal bleeding: differences among anticoagulants 
• Cardiovascular disease: risk of diabetes and statin treatment Risk of suicide, attempted suicide or self-harm with antidepressants

You can find subscribe to receive the bulletin by email on the NICE Evidence Services site.

July Eyes on Evidence from NICE

Eyes on Evidence is a free monthly bulletin from NICE Evidence Services which reviews significant new evidence as it emerges and what this might mean for current practice.

In the July issue you can find:

• Symptom remission and quality of life in schizophrenia
• Enhanced care and support at hospital discharge for elderly people
• Using information on quality to make decisions about services
• Long working hours and alcohol use
• Risk of neuropsychiatric adverse events with varenicline

Evidence summaries from NICE's Medicines and Prescribing programme:

• Osteoarthritis and low back pain: evidence reviews raise further questions about the efficacy and safety of paracetamol
• Medicines optimisation: discontinuing statin therapy in palliative care
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): indacaterol/glycopyrronium combination inhaler compared with tiotropium and formoterol in a randomised, non-inferiority study

You can find subscribe to receive the bulletin by email on the NICE Evidence Services site.

May Eyes on Evidence from NICE

Eyes on Evidence is a free monthly bulletin from NICE Evidence Services which reviews significant new evidence as it emerges and what this might mean for current practice.

In the May issue you can find:

• Patient expectations of the benefits and harms of tests and treatments
• Nicotine replacement therapy for people trying to cut down on cigarette use
• Life expectancy for people with cystic fibrosis
• Intermittent versus continuous administration of proton pump inhibitors after treatment of bleeding ulcers

You can find subscribe to receive the bulletin by email on the NICE Evidence Services site.

April Eyes on Evidence from NICE

Eyes on Evidence is a free monthly bulletin from NICE Evidence Services which reviews significant new evidence as it emerges and what this might mean for current practice.

In the April issue you can find:

• Social integration and the risk of suicide in men
• Surgical versus non-surgical treatment for fracture of the heel
• Improving cardiovascular disease through networks of general practices
• Antibiotics in fetal and early life and subsequent childhood asthma
• Detecting atrial fibrillation in people who have had a stroke

There are also new Evidence Updates highlighting new information worth considering along side current guidance:

• Fertility (NICE Clinical Guideline 156)
• Psychosis and schizophrenia in children and young people (NICE Clinical Guideline 155)
• Occupational therapy and physical activity interventions to promote the mental wellbeing of older people in residential care and primary care (NICE Public Health Guidance 16)
• Promoting physical activity for children and young people (NICE Public Health Guidance 17)

You can find subscribe to receive the bulletin by email on the NICE Evidence Services site.

March Eyes on Evidence from NICE

Eyes on Evidence is a free monthly bulletin from NICE Evidence Services which reviews significant new evidence as it emerges and what this might mean for current practice.

In the March issue you can find:

• HIV testing in healthcare settings other than specialist clinics
• Allopurinol for chronic gout
• Genetic testing for foetal chromosome abnormalities
• Child safeguarding in acute health services
• Local food environment and diet in children and young people
• New NICE evidence search

There are also new Evidence Updates highlighting new information worth considering along side current guidance:

• Feverish illness in children (NICE Clinical Guideline 160)

You can find subscribe to receive the bulletin by email on the NICE Evidence Services site.

February Eyes on Evidence from NICE

Eyes on Evidence is a free monthly bulletin from NICE Evidence Services which reviews significant new evidence as it emerges and what this might mean for current practice.

In the February issue you can find:

• Community based palliative care teams
• Preoperative chemotherapy for treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer
• Probiotics to prevent necrotising enterocolitis in preterm infants
• Surgical safety check lists and short-term mortality
• Risk of fall injuries in older people with commonly prescribed medicines
• Effects of inhaled corticosteroids on growth in children and young people with asthma

You can find subscribe to receive the bulletin by email on the NICE Evidence Services site.

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December Eyes on Evidence from NICE

Eyes on Evidence is a free monthly bulletin from NICE Evidence Services which reviews significant new evidence as it emerges and what this might mean for current practice.

In the December issue you can find:

• Home-based self sampling to test for sexually transmitted infections
• Risk of cervical or vaginal cancer in women treated for cervical intraepithelia neoplasia
• Adverse drug reactions with new medicines
• Reducing hospital admissions from nursing homes for older people
• Short-term mortality after acute myocardial infarction

You can find all the previous issues of Eyes on Evidence or subscribe to receive the bulletin by email on the NICE Evidence Services site.

There are also new Evidence Updates highlighting new information worth considering along side current guidance:

• Psoriasis (NICE Guideline 153)
• Lower limb peripheral arterial disease (NICE Guideline 147) 

November Eyes on Evidence from NICE

Eyes on Evidence is a free monthly bulletin from NICE Evidence Services which reviews significant new evidence as it emerges and what this might mean for current practice.

In the November issue you can find:

• Premature death in people with learning disabilities
• Self harm and suicide in prison
• Admissions to hospital for any type of infection and childhood vaccinations
• Radical radiotherapy or prostatectomy for prostate cancer
• Effects of decision aids on patients' decision-making about treatment or screening

You can find all the previous issues of Eyes on Evidence or subscribe to receive the bulletin by email on the NICE Evidence Services site.

There are also new Evidence Updates highlighting new information worth considering along side current guidance:

• Preventing type 2 diabetes: population and community-level interventions (NICE Guideline PH 35)
• Headaches (NICE guideline CG 150)

October Eyes on Evidence from NICE

Eyes on Evidence is a free monthly bulletin from NICE Evidence Services which reviews significant new evidence as it emerges and what this might mean for current practice.

In the October issue you can find:

• Long-acting injectable paliperidone compared with haloperidol for maintenance treatment of schizophrenia
• Sources of Clostridium difficile infection
• Natural history and management of sigmoid diverticulitis
• Effects of a patient handover intervention on rates of medical errors and preventable adverse events
• Day patient treatment after short inpatient care versus continued inpatient care in young people with anorexia nervosa

You can find all the previous issues of Eyes on Evidence or subscribe to receive the bulletin by email on the NICE Evidence Services site.

There are also new Evidence Updates highlighting new information worth considering along side current guidance:

• Infection (NICE guideline 139)
• Crohn's Disease (NICE guideline 152)

September Eyes on Evidence from NICE

Eyes on Evidence is a free monthly bulletin from NICE Evidence Services which reviews significant new evidence as it emerges and what this might mean for current practice.

In the September issue you can find:

• Prognosis of common mental health disorders in young people
• Inhaled therapies from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and hospital admissions
• Telehealth for health and social care
• Bracing for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
• Physical activity in older people and healthy ageing 

You can find all the previous issues of Eyes on Evidence or subscribe to receive the bulletin by email on the NICE Evidence Services site.

There are also new Evidence Updates highlighting new information worth considering along side current guidance:

• Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (NICE guideline 141)
• Infection (NICE guideline 139)

July Eyes on Evidence from Nice

Eyes on Evidence is a free monthly bulletin from NICE Evidence Services which reviews significant new evidence as it emerges and what this might mean for current practice.

In the July issue you can find:

• Antipyretic therapy for children with fever
• School environments and student health
• Physiotherapy in Parkinson's disease
• Cognitive behaviour therapy for health anxiety

You can find all the previous issues of Eyes on Evidence or subscribe to receive the bulletin by email on the NICE Evidence Services site.

There are also two new Evidence Updates highlighting new information worth considering along side current guidance:

• Sickle cell acute painful episode (NICE Guideline 143)
• Service user experience in adult mental health (Nice Guideline 136)

June Eyes on Evidence from NICE

Eyes on Evidence is a free monthly bulletin from NICE Evidence Services which reviews significant new
evidence as it emerges and what this might mean for current practice.

In the June issue you can find:

• Acid-suppressive drugs and oesophageal adenocarinoma in Barrett's oesophagus
• Prescriptions for anxiolytics and hypnotics and risk of death
• Assessment and treatment of dementia in older adults
• Bedtime schedules and children's cognition and behaviour
• Trained glycaemia alert dogs for people with type 1 diabetes 

You can find all the previous issues of Eyes on Evidence or subscribe to receive the bulletin by email on the NICE Evidence Services site.

There are also three new Evidence Updates highlighting new information worth considering along side current guidance:

• Autism in adults (NICE Guideline 142)
• Opioids in palliative care (NICE Guideline 140)
• Physical activity and the environment (NICE Public Health Guideline 8)

April Eyes on Evidence from NICE

Eyes on Evidence is a free monthly bulletin from NICE Evidence Services which reviews significant new evidence as it emerges and what this might mean for current practice.

In the April issue you can find:

• E-cigarette awareness and use to quit smoking
• Beta-2 agonists and exercise-induced asthma
• Blood pressure control with home telemonitoring and pharmacist management
• Risk factors for congenital abnormalities
• Antidepressant use in late pregnancy and risk of postpartum haemorrhages
• CT scans in childhood or adolescence and risk of cancer
• Alcohol use disorders: preventing harmful drinking

You can find all the previous issues of Eyes on Evidence or subscribe to receive the bulletin by email on the NICE Evidence Services site.

March Eyes on Evidence

Eyes on Evidence is a free monthly bulletin from NICE Evidence Services which reviews significant new evidence as it emerges and what this might mean for current practice.

In the March issue you can find:

• Blood oxygen levels in preterm infants
• Premature mortality in people with epilepsy
• Oral contraceptive pills in preventing ovarian cancer
• Tamsulosin for benign prostatic hyperplasia and risk of severe hypotension
• Socioeconomic disadvantage and onset of disabling chronic conditions in childhood

You can find all the previous issues of Eyes on Evidence or subscribe to receive the bulletin by email on the NICE Evidence Services site.