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Most people want end-of-life care at home. This study explores Palliate, a nurse-led intervention training family carers to give medications - seen as empowering, but only acceptable with training, support, and choice.
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A drop in precancerous growths in women who hadn’t received the HPV vaccine suggests the existence of a ‘herd effect’ against the virus
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Atrial fibrillation is far more heritable than generally perceived. Two new reports @NatureGenet identify many more linked genomic variants and a refined polygenic risk score @patrick_ellinor
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NEW Research: Proteomic organ-specific ageing signatures and 20-year risk of age-related diseases: the Whitehall II observational cohort study.
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NEW systematic review and meta-analysis: Effectiveness of home-based cardiac rehabilitation interventions delivered via mHealth technologies. @LeahLi437849 @skitsiou
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The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted numerous health disparities. As we recover, there is a critical opportunity to enhance public health by incorporating robust sleep medicine practices.
#SleepMedicine #healthequity @RSPH_PPH
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Gentle reminder: even if you don't mask regularly, please mask inside airplanes.
ALT Article published at the New England Journal of Medicine: Transmission of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome on Aircraft. After one flight carrying a symptomatic person, and 119 other persons, laboratory confirmed SARS developed in 16 persons, 2 others were given diagnoses of probably SARS, and 4 were reported to have SARS but could not be interviewed.
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MPs vote on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill today
Cigarettes trap people by addiction taking choice away; many die as a result. Secondhand smoke inhaled by non-smokers harms them without their choice
Vapes can help smokers quit but marketing vapes at children is utterly unacceptable
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In our new publication, we examine how clinic-led onboarding affects patient engagement in long COVID digital health programs. #LongCOVID #DigitalHealth @UCL_PCPH
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Amgen's experimental drug MariTide led to an average weight loss of up to 20% in a year-long mid-stage trial of people who were overweight or obese, it said on Tuesday. reut.rs/3CGTqdY reut.rs/3CGTqdY
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NEW Health Policy: Attitudes and perceptions of medical researchers towards the use of artificial intelligence chatbots in the scientific process: an international cross-sectional survey. @YJeremyNg @_Journalology @HEI_mcmaster
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NEW Editorial: Using digital health to address antimicrobial resistance.
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In our newly published study, we suggest that working days lost to long Covid could be costing the economy billions of pounds each year, as patients struggle to cope with symptoms and return to work. #LongCovid
@ucl @LongCovidSOS
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Economic burden of #LongCovid in the UK estimated to be >$20 billion per year from real cohort data
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Nearly 18 million people die each year from cardiovascular diseases, according to WHO.
A new @LancetDigitalH Series demonstrates the potential of AI and digital technologies to transform cardiovascular care globally: thelancet.com/series/AI-and-…
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Check out our infographic linked to our Series, #AI and digital innovations in cardiovascular care: buff.ly/3T5NBfi
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Our latest publication found pain to be the most common symptom among over 1,000 people with #LongCovid.
Demographic factors (e.g., age, sex and ethnicity) also appear to influence symptom severity.
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Pain is the dominant self-reported #longCovid symptom, while severity of symptoms varies widely between groups, with more intense symptoms reported by women, non-white individuals and those from deprived areas, finds a new study led by Dr @_davids @UCL_IHI ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/aug/pain…
