Cutting salt and fat levels in food could save up to 40,000 lives, says NICE

Up to 40,000 deaths from heart disease and stroke could be prevented each year by reducing the levels of salt and saturated fat in our food, latest guidance from NICE suggests.

NICE calls for early recognition of signs and symptoms of meningitis

Early recognition of the signs and symptoms of meningitis and meningococcal disease is key to preventing the deaths of children and young people from the diseases, according to latest NICE guidance.

Diabetes care improves, but patients still missing out on NICE-approved tests

More people with diabetes are now receiving all nine of the key tests for diabetes care recommended by NICE, but thousands are still missing out on the essential tests, according to latest figures from the National Diabetes Audit.

Will a minimum price for alcohol reduce binge drinking?

This month, NICE published guidance on preventing hazardous and harmful drinking that generated a wealth of media coverage, the majority of which centred on our recommendation to introduce a minimum price for alcohol.

Here we take a closer look at how minimum pricing and some of the other alcohol recommendations would work.

New tools to help healthcare professionals and parents deal with neonatal jaundice

NICE has produced a set of treatment threshold graphs to help healthcare professionals assess whether babies with jaundice should be treated with phototherapy or exchange transfusion, and a fact sheet for parents and carers to show them how to check their baby for jaundice.  A full list of all the forthcoming implementation tools can be found on the website.

NICE is calling for registered stakeholders to comment on the development of a clinical guideline on lower limb peripheral arterial disease.

Healthcare professionals and the public are invited to comment on draft recommendations for the use of denosumab for the prevention of osteoporotic fractures in postmenopausal women.

NICE Annual Review

NICE’s annual review 2009/10 is now published online – check out highlights from our year at http://review2009-2010.nice.org.uk/

Shared Learning Awards 2010

The Shared Learning Awards give you an opportunity to share your experiences with colleagues in the NHS and the public health sector. Submit your example to the Shared learning database by 17 September.