Janelle Halldorson lost her father to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) last August. After watching him battle the disease for eight years, and with her mother recently diagnosed with ...

The guidelines, if implemented, may help MSMEs with better pricing, service accountability and transparency in lender relationships as well. With MSMEs being a major segment served under the co ...

Professor Jonathan Benger, chief medical officer and interim director of the Centre for Guidelines at NICE Jonathan continued: “Shorter courses of antibiotics are an important part of ensuring ...

Researchers recruited patients from the London COPD Exacerbation Cohort to examine how levels of SPMs, particularly RvD1, in the sputum of patients with COPD change over time during exacerbations ...

This guidance sets out the joint genomic testing pathway that NHS England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have agreed to follow to identify, prioritise and assess new ...

Genomic testing recommended in NICE clinical guidelines or HealthTech guidance will be taken forward for consideration of national commissioning by NHS England. Equally, NICE guidelines and pathways ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, affects more than 30 million Americans. It is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide. But many have never heard of it. The COPD Foundation is ...

Respiratory tract diseases are illnesses that affect components of the respiratory system, including the nasal passages, the bronchi and the lungs. They range from acute infections, such as ...

He said one of the biggest problems was the lack of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines. These are evidence-based recommendations for health and care in England and ...

For the clinical update of the month, clinical editor Caroline Price dissects the latest NICE asthma guidance with our clinical adviser, Dr Keith Hopcroft and outlines what the changes will be to ...

Background Some patients with COPD report frequent acute exacerbations (AECOPD) of the disease (FE), whereas others suffer them infrequently (IE). Because the current diagnosis of exacerbation relies ...

Background The COPD Best Practice Tariff (BPT) is a pay-for-performance scheme in England that incentivises review by a respiratory specialist within 24 hours of admission and completion of a list of ...