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Published by House of Lords, 29 February 2012

This report looks at the role and functions of departmental Chief Scientific Advisers. It sets out a range of recommendations to ensure that Government policy decisions are supported by the best...

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Published by House of Lords, 14 March 2013

This report focuses on the implications of an ageing population in relation to public policy and services for the decade 2020-2030. 

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Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Remove filter)

04 August 2010

Background Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and resulting pulmonary embolism (PE) are important complications of stroke. Physical methods to reduce the...

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09 April 2015

Background Mind‐body interventions are based on the holistic principle that mind, body and behaviour are all interconnected. Mind‐body interventions

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23 April 2001

Background Speleotherapy, the use of subterranean environments, is a therapeutic measure in the treatment of chronic obstructive airways diseases.

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Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Remove filter)

23 October 2000

Background Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is conventionally undertaken by a longitudinal arteriotomy. Eversion CEA, which employs a transverse...

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Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Remove filter)

23 June 2014

Background The prevention of varicella (chickenpox) using live attenuated varicella vaccines has been demonstrated both in randomised controlled...

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Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Remove filter)

21 August 2013

Background Thalassaemia major is a genetic disease characterised by a reduced ability to produce haemoglobin. Management of the resulting anaemia is

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Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Remove filter)

02 November 2015

Background Age‐related cataract accounts for more than 40% of cases of blindness in the world with the majority of people who are blind from cataract

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26 October 2016

Background This is an update of a Cochrane review first published in 2003. Cervical dystonia is the most common form of focal dystonia and is a...

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