NICE tag - The Hippocratic Post

May 1, 2024

Children in England and Wales with the most common paediatric brain tumour now have access to new treatment

• The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended the combination therapy of dabrafenib (Finlee®) and trametinib (Spexotras®) for the treatment of...

August 12, 2022

Waist-to-height ratio guidance questioned

Waist-to-height ratio advice questioned: National health guidance is 'misleading' claim University health experts. Health researchers in the West Midlands demonstrate how the latest guidance provided...

June 29, 2020

Prostate cancer treatment abiraterone not available

Men in England & Wales miss out on abiraterone as first-line treatment for advanced prostate cancer: The Institute of Cancer Research, London, has expressed disappointment...

March 24, 2020

Professor Gillian Leng, CBE, appointed Chief Executive of NICE

NICE has announced that Professor Gillian Leng, CBE, has been appointed as its new Chief Executive on the 18th March. Gillian has held the post...

May 31, 2018

Take Fainting to Heart

Our message this World Heart Rhythm Week (4-10 June) is Take Fainting to Heart – there is no such thing as a simple faint. Faints...

April 23, 2018

Empathy makes you a better doctor

It’s just common sense that doctors who have empathy make better doctors. However, until now, the benefit to patients has not been quantified, which makes...

November 21, 2016

Pancreatic cancer: Improving outcomes

Pancreatic cancer has no early warning signs and the majority of people with this disease present with acute symptoms such as jaundice and weight loss....