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High-dose oral vitamin D supplementation and mortality in people aged 65-84 years: the VIDAL cluster feasibility RCT of open versus double-blind individual randomisation.
(NIHR Journals Library, 2020-02)BACKGROUND: Randomised controlled trials demonstrating improved longevity are needed to justify high-dose vitamin D supplementation for older populations. OBJECTIVES: To demonstrate the feasibility of a large trial ... -
HIV and covid-19 in South Africa
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How and to what extent did the Coventry City of Culture 'City Host' volunteer programme effect the volunteers' mental wellbeing? A qualitative study.
(2023-10-19)BACKGROUND: A team of volunteers, known as City Hosts, were recruited to support UK City of Culture 2021 awarded to Coventry. City Hosts held various roles facilitating cultural event delivery and promoting a positive ... -
How the 'plates' of a health system can shift, change and adjust during economic recessions: A qualitative interview study of public and private health providers in Brazil's Sao Paulo and Maranhao states
(Public Library of Science, 2020-10-26)Background: Economic recessions carry an impact on population health and access to care; less is known on how health systems adapt to the conditions brought by a downturn. This particularly matters now that the COVID-19 ... -
Hydroxychloroquine treatment does not reduce COVID-19 mortality; underdosing to the wrong patients?
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Hypofractionation: The standard for external beam breast irradiation.
(2023-06)This overview provides the historical perspective of external beam breast hypofractionation over the last 50 years. It highlights the serious harm suffered by patients with breast cancer in the 1970's and 1980's because ... -
I don't want to be a call centre GP!
(Royal College of General Practitioners, 2020-06-30) -
I know what I like, and I like what I know: Patient preferences and expectations when choosing an arts therapies group
Patient preferences deserve consideration as they play a role in engagement withpsychosocial interventions. This study sought to understand more about preferencesand expectations of the arts therapies, in order to support ... -
"I Thought I Was Controlling a Temporary Problem'': Exploring Patient Experience Along the Pathway to Diagnosis for Oesophageal and Gastric Cancer
(2018-03-15)Abstract from Qualitative Health Research Conference, 2017