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Development and evaluation of a method to assess breast cancer risk using a longitudinal history of mammographic density: a cohort study.
(2023-11-24)BACKGROUND: Women with dense breasts have an increased risk of breast cancer. However, breast density is measured with variability, which may reduce the reliability and accuracy of its association with breast cancer risk. ... -
Development of a Clinical Decision Rule for the Early Safe Discharge of Patients with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Findings on Computed Tomography Brain Scan: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
(2020-01-15)International guidelines recommend routine hospital admission for all patients with mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) who have injuries on computed tomography (CT) brain scan. Only a small proportion of these patients ... -
The development of a theory and evidence-based intervention to aid implementation of exercise into the prostate cancer care pathway with a focus on healthcare professional behaviour, the STAMINA trial.
(BioMed Central, 2021-03-25)BACKGROUND: Twice-weekly supervised aerobic and resistance exercise for 12 weeks reduces fatigue and improves quality of life in men on Androgen Deprivation Therapy for prostate cancer. Despite the National Institute for ... -
Development of biodegradable nanogels for lipase accelerated drug release of 5-aminolevulinic acid.
(2023-05)Photodynamic therapy (PDT) using 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) is an important approach for the treatment of some skin diseases and cancers. A major defect of this approach is that it is difficult for 5-ALA to accumulate ... -
Development of cancer risk prediction models into tools for use in clinical settings
(2018-10)Meeting abstract P19.07C from 50th European-Society-of-Human-Genetics (ESHG) Conference -
Dietary intake of vitamin A, lung function, and incident asthma in childhood.
(2021-04-01)Longitudinal epidemiological data are scarce on the relation between dietary intake of vitamin A and respiratory outcomes in childhood. We investigated whether a higher intake of preformed vitamin A or provitamin β-carotene ... -
Different temperature thresholds for antipyretic intervention in critically ill children with fever due to infection: the FEVER feasibility RCT.
(2019-02)BACKGROUND: Fever accelerates host immune system control of pathogens but at a high metabolic cost. The optimal approach to fever management and the optimal temperature thresholds used for treatment in critically ill ... -
Digital consumer health: Negotiating multiple voices in the clinical consultation
(2021-01-01)In this paper, we explore what may happen when people who are ostensibly “well” bring data from digital self-tracking technologies to medical consultations. On the basis of a fictional case narrative, we explore how multiple ... -
Digital interventions for hypertension and asthma to support patient self-management in primary care: the DIPSS research programme including two RCTs
(2022-01-01)Background: Digital interventions offer a potentially cost-effective means to support patient self-management in primary care, but evidence for the feasibility, acceptability and cost-effectiveness of digital interventions ... -
Digital screening tool (Health Catch-UP!) to promote multi-disease screening in migrants
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2021-10-20)