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Using economic evaluations for drug reimbursement decisions - what have we achieved?

Posted on Thursday 9 February 2012

Researchers at the University of York perform evaluations of the clinical and cost-effectiveness of drugs for the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).


Medieval charter E-40-13423. Photo courtesy of The National Archives UK
York and Brighton researchers 'dig for data'

Posted on Wednesday 8 February 2012

Historians, archivists and experts in computer science from the Universities of York and Brighton are teaming up to develop new ways of exploring digital historical records.


The ultimate magnetic storage medium, consisting of many individual nanometre sized magnetic grains with a density of 10 petabytes/m^2. The data is written to the device using an ultrafast heating process to drive the reversal at a data rate of 200Gb/s. Credit: Richard Evans, University of York
Scientists 'record' magnetic breakthrough

Posted on Tuesday 7 February 2012

An international team of scientists has demonstrated a revolutionary new way of magnetic recording which will allow information to be processed hundreds of times faster than by current hard drive technology.


Couple walking through a carpark. Photo: Flickr/bradleygee
New survey to gauge over 55s' attitudes to the environment

Posted on Wednesday 1 February 2012

An international survey of the attitudes of the over 55s to the environment is being launched by a consortium of older people’s organisations, led by the Stockholm Environment Institute at the University of York and Simon Fraser University’s Gerontology Research Centre (Canada).


James Lind. The James Lind Alliance Pressure Ulcer Partnership will help researchers to study the treatment and prevention of pressure ulcers to improve the understanding and care of patients.
Partnership gives a voice to pressure ulcer patients

Posted on Tuesday 31 January 2012

A new survey aims to give patients and carers a voice in the search to find the most effective prevention and treatment for pressure ulcers.


Woman in Pakistan. Credit: Flickr/Eileen Delhi
Learning from human rights defenders

Posted on Monday 30 January 2012

Human rights defenders from around the world will share their experiences and discuss the challenges they face in a series of public lectures at the University of York.


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