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NICE says paperclip-sized sensor could help thousands monitor heart condition from home

A wireless sensor the size of a paperclip could transform care for people living with chronic heart failure, enabling them to monitor their condition daily from home and catch warning signs before ...
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New hope for people with breathing condition, COPD, as NICE approves innovative treatment

Dupilumab, a simple pre-filled pen that people inject themselves with every two weeks, is the first biologic that targets both the symptoms of COPD and an underlying cause of the disease. It brings ...
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Simple home test prevents thousands of unnecessary bowel cancer referrals

The faecal immunochemical test (FIT) detects small amounts of blood in poo, which can be a sign of bowel cancer. Bowel cancer is the second biggest cancer killer in the UK, affecting the large bowel ...
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Osimertinib for treating locally advanced or metastatic EGFR T790M mutation-positive non-small-cell lung cancer

This guidance has been updated and replaced by osimertinib for treating EGFR T790M mutation-positive advanced non-small-cell lung cancer ...
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Intrapartum care

This guideline covers the care of pregnant women and pregnant trans and non-binary people and their babies during labour and immediately after birth. It focuses on women and pregnant people who give ...
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Acne vulgaris: management

This guideline covers management of acne vulgaris in primary and specialist care. It includes advice on topical and oral treatments (including antibiotics and retinoids), treatment using physical ...
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Durvalumab for treating locally advanced unresectable non-small-cell lung cancer after platinum-based chemoradiation

Guidance Standards and indicators Clinical Knowledge Summaries (CKS) British National Formulary (BNF) BNF for Children (BNFC) Life sciences Library and knowledge services What NICE does Implementing ...
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Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to help detect fractures on X-rays in urgent care: early value assessment

We have moved Health technology evaluation 20 to become HealthTech guidance 739. This is to better reflect the NICE HealthTech programme which combines the former NICE Diagnostics Assessment programme ...
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BMI: preventing ill health and premature death in black, Asian and other minority ethnic groups

This guidance has been updated and replaced by obesity: identification, assessment and management ...
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Alpelisib with fulvestrant for treating hormone-receptor positive, HER2-negative, PIK3CA-positive advanced breast cancer (terminated appraisal)

Guidance Standards and indicators Clinical Knowledge Summaries (CKS) British National Formulary (BNF) BNF for Children (BNFC) Life sciences Library and knowledge services What NICE does Implementing ...
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Pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab for persistent, recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer

Evidence-based recommendations on pembrolizumab (Keytruda) plus chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab for persistent, recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer in adults. There is a commercial access ...
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Multimorbidity and polypharmacy

February 2022: we have withdrawn our medicines optimisation: key therapeutic topics. We have taken this decision after reviewing the wide range of services we currently provide, so we can focus on ...