On the eve of the Sochi Winter Olympics the World Anti-Doping Agency has condemned evidence of the availability in Russia of an undetectable new muscle-growth drug as "shocking".
Furthermore, proper interpretation of the evidence depends on the availability of descriptive information on the intervention and its context, so that the transferability of the evidence can be determined.
My Committee pick is the health and social care evidence session on the availability of Orkambi, a precision medicine to be licensed for use in the UK by people with cystic fibrosis, but not available on the NHS, at 10.15 am.
This study added evidence on the neighbourhood availability of restaurants and its relation with weight status, especially for the low-income population in China, using large-scale longitudinal data.
To be part of this study, the facility was required to have broadband internet connection, data on the prevalence of some obstetric interventions during delivery based on scientific evidence and the availability of written protocols of service procedures.
Activists debate whether reduction in public support reflects the more than 150 exonerations, often but not exclusively based on DNA evidence, or the availability of life without parole sentences as an alternative sentence.
Figure 1 presents the evidence on availability from the 2006 survey, in a graphical format that avoids presentation of averages across medicines.
Our group developed consensus guidelines based on both the evidence and the availability, compatibility and the ease of implementation of the formulations across the region in a safe and effective way.
They conclude that few studies have been able to "confidently identify" evidence of an effect on the availability of bank credit.
The WHO Advisory Committee on Health Research has highlighted the importance for the development of usable and grounded policy recommendations of using local evidence on service availability obtained from the specific setting or area regarding which plans are being made [ 15, 16].
