New England Journal of Medicine revamps website

The New England Journal of Medicine website has had a makeover. The new site offers free registration and a bonus 'premium collection' of noteworthy articles from the journal, with topics including surgery, COPD, salt intake, and pharmacological treatment of shock. You can also register for a table of contents alert email.

We don't have a current subscription to this journal at the University, but if you see an article of interest, you can order it through our Document Supply Service.

NICE issues guidance on weight management in pregnancy

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The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has issued clinical guidelines on managing weight problems in pregnancy. The guidance warns of the increased health risks to both mother and child if a women is overweight or obese in pregnancy. You can access the full guidance here.

NHS Information Centre publishes diabetes audit figures

The NHS Information Centre has published an audit of diabetes care in the UK for 2008-9. The figures reveal that diagnosis of diabetes has increased by 25% compared to five years ago, and that type 2 diabetes is strongly linked with ethnicity and socio-economic status. The report concludes with a number of recommendations, including the need for diabetes prevention strategies in deprived areas.

Annual Evidence Update for Hepatitis B and C launched

NHS Evidence has published their annual evidence update for Hepatitis B and C. You can access it here.

Health inequalities more severe than World War I

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The BBC has reported that the health inequalities gap is wider now than in the days of the great depression. They warn that we could see a fall in life expectancy if the gap continues to widen.

New research on dietary interventions for diabetes

The British Medical Journal has published details of a randomised controlled trial which has shown that nutritional advice can improve outcomes in diabetes over and above pharmaceutical interventions. It's an interesting read.

Measuring the impact of public health policy

Have a look at this interesting open source article about measuring the impact of public health policy. It makes some very interesting points about communicating public health research to the public.

Are parents of obese children guilty of neglect?

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A new report in the British Medical Journal states that childhood obesity could become a child protection issue.

Whilst the article in the BMJ is more measured in its tone, the newspapers are opting for a more sensational approach, suggesting that overweight children could be snatched away from their 'failing' parents. What are your thoughts on this issue? Whilst childhood obesity is a concerning (and increasing) problem in developed countries, are parents to blame? Or is it a wider issue?

Department of Health structural reform plan

The coalition government has released plans for reform of the Department of Health. You can read more here.

New government White Paper outlines the future of the NHS

The government has published a White Paper on the future of the NHS, called 'Equity and excellence: liberating the NHS'. You can access it here.

Problems accessing Dawsonera e-books

We are currently experiencing some problems with e-books at the moment. If you try to access an e-book via the library catalogue and you get an error message, try this route instead:

If you go here:

http://library.beds.ac.uk/record=b1441896~S20

Choose the top link - 'Dawsonera - choose Enter your institutional username...'

In the section 'Log in to the Reader Portal' choose 'Enter your institutional name and password'

In the section 'Where are you From? choose 'University of Bedfordshire' (Not the 'Test IDP one) from the list and click 'Proceed'

Log in to Dawsonera as usual with your normal username and password

Search for the books you want using the search box in the top right

Hope this helps and apologies for any inconvenience - we're trying to get the problems sorted as soon as we can.

NHS Evidence update - gastroenterology and liver diseases

Check out the July 2010 NHS Evidence update for gastroenterology and liver diseases here.

Sainsbury Centre name change

Hello everyone

Just to let you know that from 21 July, Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health will be changing its name to 'Centre for Mental Health'. Find out more information about the change here.

What to expect if your rights are restricted under the Mental Health Act

The Care Quality Commission has produced some excellent guidance about what to expect for those detained under the Mental Health Act. Access the guidance here.

NHS Evidence update - neurological conditions

NHS Evidence have published a new evidence update for neurological conditions, check it out here.