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    Draft NICE Guidance Recommends A New Treatment For Certain Patients With Metastatic G

    In its latest draft guidance, NICE has recommended trastuzumab (Herceptin, Roche Products) for certain patients with metastatic gastric cancer who have high levels of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2). HER2 is a protein found on the surface of some cancer cells. Gastric cancer...
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    FDA's Draft Guidance: Methodological Challenges Of Suicidality Assessment

    Responding to the growing importance of suicidality assessment in clinical trials, the Food and Drug Administration has released the first draft of a proposed guidance on the issue, "Suicidality: Prospective Assessment of Occurrence in Clinical Trials" in which the FDA establishes its "current...
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    Final Draft Guidance Recommends Osteoporosis Treatment As A New Option For Women At I

    Postmenopausal women who are at increased risk[1] of osteoporotic fractures should be treated with denosumab if treatment with the currently available oral bisphosphonates alendronate, and either risedronate or etidronate is unsuitable, according to draft guidance published today (Wednesday 15...
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    When a Christian priest tells me I need "spiritual" guidance, does he really...

    When a Christian priest tells me I need "spiritual" guidance, does he really... ...mean "Christian" guidance? He didn't specify.
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    NICE Draft Guidance Recommends Bortezomib And Thalidomide For Multiple Myeloma

    In draft guidance published today (26 August 2010) NICE has recommended two treatments for multiple myeloma. Thalidomide (Thalidomide, Celgene) in combination with an alkylating agent and a corticosteroid is recommended for the first-line treatment of multiple myeloma in people for whom...
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    AGS, AMDA, And The AMA Offer Guidance To Members On Controlled Substance Prescribing

    The American Geriatrics Society (AGS), in collaboration with the American Medical Directors Association (AMDA) and the American Medical Association (AMA) has developed a "Tip Sheet for Prescribing Controlled Substances in Long Term Care." The document, distributed to AGS, AMDA, and AMA members...
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    NICE Draft Guidance Gives People Living With Hepatitis C More Treatment Options

    NICE is currently updating part of its guidance on the use of peginterferon alfa and ribavirin for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C. Reflecting changes in the licensed indications for peginterferon alfa, today's draft guidance reaffirms the previous draft issued for public consultation in...
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    New Guidance Given On Care Record Violence Markers, UK

    The NHS Security Management Service (NHS SMS) has launched new guidance on the use of markers on patients' care records, which alert NHS staff to the risk of physical violence or aggression, either from the patient or someone associated with them, when they treat certain individuals. Staff who...
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    Study Says Quality Not Hurt When Nurse Anesthetists Work Without Doc Guidance

    A new study published Tuesday in Health Affairs suggests that nurse anesthetists' quality of work is not lower when they aren't supervised by a doctor, The Wall Street Journal Health Blog reports. "The background for this is that Medicare won't reimburse for anesthesia services unless a...
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    Men With Urine Problems To Benefit From New Guidance

    Millions of men with urine problems will now have access to better treatments on the NHS, thanks to new guidance published yesterday (19 May). Around 1 in 4 men aged 40 and above have lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), such as needing to urinate urgently or frequently, retention of urine...
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    Report Emphasises Value Of Commissioning Guidance Says BDA, UK

    A damning report on commissioning in health in England published by the House of Commons Health Committee this week emphasises the challenges that commissioners must overcome and the need for them to be supported properly in their work, according to the British Dental Association (BDA). It also...
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    Report Emphasises Value Of Commissioning Guidance Says BDA, UK

    A damning report on commissioning in health in England published by the House of Commons Health Committee this week emphasises the challenges that commissioners must overcome and the need for them to be supported properly in their work, according to the British Dental Association (BDA). It also...
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    Allergy-Friendly Cooking, Inner Guidance, Publishing Scams – Up Close & Personal with

    Allergy-Friendly Cooking, Inner Guidance, Publishing Scams – Up Close & Personal with UP CLOSE & PERSONAL's aka RadioRed welcomes:Bonnie 'The Sensitive Diner' Presti, "Allergy-Friendly Cooking-Tasty Recipes with NO Gluten, Dairy, Soy or Eggs". She teaches healthy eating & cooking with fresh...
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    Allergy-Friendly Cooking, Inner Guidance, Publishing Scams – Up Close & Personal with

    Allergy-Friendly Cooking, Inner Guidance, Publishing Scams – Up Close & Personal with UP CLOSE & PERSONAL's aka RadioRed welcomes: Bonnie 'The Sensitive Diner' Presti, "Allergy-Friendly Cooking-Tasty Recipes with NO Gluten, Dairy, Soy or Eggs". She teaches healthy eating & cooking with fresh...
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    I need guidance about something going on in my life,?

    this is serious I am not kidding, if you could email me I would really appreciate it, thank you
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    I need guidance about something going on in my life,?

    this is serious I am not kidding, if you could email me I would really appreciate it, thank you
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    NICE's Original Guidance On Preventing Fractures Due To Osteoporosis Still Stands Fol

    Following a legal challenge to the process used to produce NICE's existing guidance on prevention of osteoporotic fractures, the original recommendations remain unchanged in the updated guidance documents published last friday. This means that postmenopausal women with osteoporosis at risk of...
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    NICE's Original Guidance On Preventing Fractures Due To Osteoporosis Still Stands Fol

    Following a legal challenge to the process used to produce NICE's existing guidance on prevention of osteoporotic fractures, the original recommendations remain unchanged in the updated guidance documents published last friday. This means that postmenopausal women with osteoporosis at risk of...
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    Hey Anime Guidance Needed here!!?

    Hey Just Finished another awesome anime and need some new Ideas for some good ones to watch (btw just finished Darker Than Black) starting to really like the Mystery Type of anime and was wondering if anyone knew anything like that or if anyone could recomend a killer anime and not Naruto or...
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    Does anyone know any Christian songs about Guidance, Obedience, and direction?

    I have this bible report on Judges 1:17-35. I have no idea whether this verse has anything to do with my daily life, believe me it doesn't, but non the less, i have to relate it to my daily life. So to start my report, i have to start a song first ( which i thought my Barney years were over)...
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