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IFSSH Scientific Committee on Degenerative Arthritis – CMC Joint

Report of the Japan diabetes society/Japanese cancer association joint committee on diabetes and cancer, Second report

The Japan Diabetes Society/Japanese Cancer Association Joint Committee on Diabetes and Cancer published its first report in July 2013 on the epidemiological assessment of the associations of diabetes with cancer risk/prognosis, the common risk factors for diabetes and cancer, and cancer risk associated with diabetes treatment. The Joint Committee continued its work to assess the role of glycemi...

Joint National Committee VII and European Society of Hypertension/European Society of Cardiology guidelines for evaluating and treating hypertension: a two-way road?

During the first half of the past year, guidelines for hypertension management issued by the Joint National Committee (JNC VII) and by the European Society of Hypertension in conjunction to the European Society of Cardiology (ESH/ESC) have been published in major scientific journals. This article reviews the main features and elements of novelty of these authoritative recommendations. It also h...

JOINT GLOBAL OCEAN FLUX STUDY A Core Project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme JGOFS REPORT No. 38 GLOBAL OCEAN PRODUCTIVITY and the FLUXES of CARBON and NUTRIENTS: COMBINING OBSERVATIONS and MODELS

The Joint Global Ocean Flux Study of the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) is a Core Project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP). It is planned by a SCOR/IGBP Scientific Steering Committee. In addition to funds from the JGOFS sponsors, SCOR and IGBP, support is provided for international JGOFS planning and synthesis activities by several agencies and organiza...

Seventh report of the Joint National Committee on the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7): resetting the hypertension sails.

The National High Blood Pressure Education Program (NHBPEP), coordinated by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), has released its longawaited Joint National Committee (JNC) 7 report.1 The report will be made available in 2 forms: the “Express” or short version and a longer version that will be published in Hypertension and will provide more detail regarding the recommendations...

Report of the Joint Committee on Mental Deficiency

to the Conference and to readers of " Mental Welfare." They indicate clearly the intense interest aroused by the Report of the Joint Committee on Mental Deficiency, and its importance to administrators, teachers and social workers concerned with the care of mental defectives. Parts I, II and IV of the Report have now been published and are being discussed at the Conference; publication of Part ...