May coverage 2007
Issue 2 April/May 07 Clinical Discovery
Public health research what will make us quit?
As the ban on smoking in public places approaches, the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment programme is funding research into the best ways to help people give up smoking, as well as addressing other pressing public health research needs. [more]
31 May 07 Medical News Today
Research investigates link between blood sugar levels and reduction in child deaths in ICUs
New research funded by the National Institute for Health Research's Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) programme will investigate whether controlling the blood sugar levels of children in intensive care helps reduce deaths and serious complications. The £1.4 million clinical trial, one of the largest of its kind, follows a study of adults in intensive care units (ICUs), which found that there were 43% fewer deaths and similar reductions in serious complications in adults receiving treatment to control their blood sugar levels. [more]
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