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Researchers continue the fight against Choroideremia
Following on from a successful world’s first Phase I gene therapy trial for choroideremia, Professor Robert MacLaren and his team have started a Phase II trial enrolling 30 patients. The project has been funded by the EME Programme, an MRC and NIHR partnership.In this trial, Professor MacLaren is using an operating microscope with integrated optical... (Source: NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies News)
Source: NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies News - November 8, 2016 Category: American Health Source Type: news

New study to look into best treatment for hand condition
A new study funded by the NIHR HTA Programme is comparing two methods of treatment for Dupuytren’s Contracture. Dupuytren’s Contracture is the fourth most common problem affecting the hand in the UK. The disorder, occurring mostly in adult men, is caused by fibrous tissue forcing the finger to bend down into the palm of the... (Source: NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies News)
Source: NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies News - November 4, 2016 Category: American Health Source Type: news

New study is examining the health legacy of the London Olympic East Village
The first stage of a study looking at the effects of a health-promoting environment on new residents of London’s former Olympic Athletes’ Village has been outlined in a paper published in BMJ Open. The ENABLE project is being led by researchers at St George’s University of London and focuses on the East Village in E20.... (Source: NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies News)
Source: NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies News - October 28, 2016 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Results of a 15 year trial into the treatment of aortic aneurysms published
Research comparing endovascular repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms with the traditional open repair method has published its results in The Lancet after a 15 year follow up.Endovascular repair (EVAR), involves inserting a graft within the aneurysm through small groin incisions, using X-rays to guide the graft into place. It can be carried out without general... (Source: NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies News)
Source: NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies News - October 14, 2016 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Finding effective treatments for nausea and vomiting in pregnancy
Research, funded by the NIHR HTA Programme, has found that over-the-counter and prescription remedies can lead to some improvement in symptoms for women suffering from nausea and vomiting in pregnancy (NVP). However the evidence about what works is limited and of low quality, particularly when it comes to treating women with severe symptoms.NVP affects around... (Source: NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies News)
Source: NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies News - October 12, 2016 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Elderly patients with unstable ankle fractures could avoid surgery
, according to research funded by the NIHR HTA Programme.The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, compared surgery to pin a broken ankle with a new plaster cast technique known as ‘close contact casting’.Researcher Professor Keith Willett, of the University of Oxford said:... (Source: NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies News)
Source: NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies News - October 12, 2016 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Results of five year trial into the treatment of haemorrhoids published
Results of a five year trial into the treatment of haemorrhoids (commonly known as piles), have published in The Lancet, one of the world’s oldest and best known medical journals.The trial, which is the largest of its kind, was funded by the NIHR HTA Programme and led by Professor Angus Watson, consultant colorectal surgeon for... (Source: NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies News)
Source: NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies News - October 10, 2016 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Do financial incentives encourage patients with psychotic disorders to take their medication?
A new study has found that offering patients financial incentives to take their antipsychotic medication is effective. When the incentives stop, there is no continued benefit but no long term negative effect either.Across all fields in medicine, there is the common problem that patients may not take their medication as regularly as prescribed. For patients... (Source: NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies News)
Source: NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies News - September 27, 2016 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Study aims to find treatment for incurable lung condition
A study into Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) – a currently incurable but increasingly common condition – has recruited its one-hundredth participant. The clinical trial, funded by the EME Programme, an MRC and NIHR partnership, is the largest non-commercial drug trial for IPF in the UK and spans 35 NHS trusts across the country. IPF is... (Source: NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies News)
Source: NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies News - September 23, 2016 Category: American Health Source Type: news

New project to test MS intervention
A research team funded by the NIHR, HTA Programme, are to test a new balance and falls management programme, designed to help people with progressive Multiple Sclerosis (MS).Secondary progressive MS is characterised by an accumulation of disability; meaning people with the disease are proven to be at higher risk of poor balance and falls.Successful completion... (Source: NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies News)
Source: NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies News - September 21, 2016 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Monitoring prostate cancer offers the same survival chance as surgery or radiotherapy over 10 years, but treatment reduces risk of cancer progression
Largest UK trial of treatment for prostate cancer publishes first results Active monitoring is as effective as surgery and radiotherapy, in terms of survival at 10 years, reports the largest study of its kind, funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). Results published in New England Journal of Medicine today, show that all... (Source: NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies News)
Source: NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies News - September 15, 2016 Category: American Health Source Type: news

E-cigarettes can help smokers quit
An updated NIHR Cochrane Review published today provides an independent, rigorous assessment of the best available evidence to date about electronic cigarettes for quitting smoking. The conclusions of this updated Review are unchanged since the last review was published two years ago: electronic cigarettes may help smokers stop their smoking, and the included studies did... (Source: NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies News)
Source: NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies News - September 14, 2016 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Surgery after head injury reduces risk of death from brain swelling
Craniectomy – a surgical procedure in which part of the skull is removed to relieve brain swelling – significantly reduces the risk of death following traumatic brain injury, an international study has found. Traumatic brain injury is a serious injury to the brain, often caused by road traffic accidents, assaults or falls. It can lead... (Source: NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies News)
Source: NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies News - September 8, 2016 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Living with dementia: life story work could help
A new study has found that life story work has the potential to help people with dementia. Life story work involves helping people to record aspects of their past and present lives along with future hopes and wishes, often in a book or folder or, increasingly, in music, film and multi-media formats.The study, funded by... (Source: NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies News)
Source: NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies News - September 7, 2016 Category: American Health Source Type: news

High quality evidence suggests Vitamin D can reduce asthma attacks
A new NIHR Cochrane Review has found evidence from randomised trials, that taking an oral vitamin D supplement in addition to standard asthma medication is likely to reduce severe asthma attacks. Asthma is a common chronic disease affecting about 300 million people worldwide. The symptoms of asthma include wheezing, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of... (Source: NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies News)
Source: NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies News - September 7, 2016 Category: American Health Source Type: news