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Primary Care Unit. News. September 20, 2017. People who monitor their own blood pressure at home are most likely to see a benefit if they combine it with individually tailored intensive ... Prof. Merryn Gott, Professor of Health Sciences, University of

the […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:March 13, 2018. The widely adopted practice of issuing 28-day rather than longer duration prescriptions for people with long-term conditions lacks a robust evidence ... Over 14 million people in England have multiple

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Quick Links. For staff. For alumni. For business. Colleges & departments. ... Primary Care Unit. News. July 17, 2023. People who turned down the offer of screening for a little-known but common heart condition called atrial fibrillation (AF) made

People who decided to take part in screening for atrial fibrillation, a common heart condition, believed strongly in the benefits of screening, according to new research. ... the […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:March 7, 2022. Primary Care Unit Research

Some commercially developed […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:March 1, 2021. 12,600 people will help test screening for a common heart condition which is known to be a trigger for strokes. ... bereaved people, according to new research from the University

Tackling the ‘Big 4’ behaviours (physical inactivity, tobacco use, excessive consumption of food and alcohol) requires scalable interventions that can reach large numbers of people to achieve a significant public health ... In the UK, in just a

During his previous quit attempts he has really struggled when he spends time in places or with people where he would usually smoke. ... Changing to healthier behaviours can be challenging, and the majority of people […]. Filed Under:August 7, 2014. We

As stroke survival improves and incidence falls, the longer term care of people with stroke is going to play an increasingly important part of population based stroke care. ... Surveys demonstrate that the longer term needs of people with stroke and

Quick Links. For staff. For alumni. For business. Colleges & departments. ... People are frightened that the next episode of breathlessness might finish them Morag […]. Filed Under:August 12, 2015. Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals (NMAHP

Quick Links. For staff. For alumni. For business. Colleges & departments. ... Under:Tagged With:October 8, 2020. People who die of old age may be less likely to receive good care at the end of their lives, according to a study from

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Behavioural and cognitive scientists at the Universities of Cambridge and Bristol have just been awarded a prestigious Wellcome Collaborative Award in Science to investigate ways to ‘nudge’ people towards healthier behaviour – ... If people ate […

Design to Care" uses principles of experience based co-design and systems theory to develop innovative services for people approaching the end of their lives. ... 5, 2017. Type 2 (non-insulin requiring) diabetes affects over 4 million people in the UK,

New evidence published in the Cochrane Library today shows that adding calorie labels to menus and next to food in restaurants, coffee shops and cafeterias, could reduce the calories that people ... Eating too many calories contributes to people becoming

Quick Links. For staff. For alumni. For business. Colleges & departments. ... medicine – in the beautiful, medieval Swiss capital Bern (land of cuckoo clocks, heraldic beasts […]. Filed Under:September 7, 2018. People drink soft drinks more slowly

Quick Links. For staff. For alumni. For business. Colleges & departments. ... Many people with long-term health […]. Filed Under:May 23, 2022. New research from Dr Arjun Kingdon at the University of Cambridge’s Primary Care Unit throws light on why

Robotic dogs, laughter therapy and mindfulness are some of the ways that might help people – particularly the elderly – cope with loneliness and social isolation while social distancing, say researchers at the ... Lockdown and social distancing

A central focus will be how children and young people experience the assessments process. ... The results are from the first major study to look at whether tweaking food availability […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:September 30, 2019. People who achieve

Quick Links. For staff. For alumni. For business. Colleges & departments. ... In one case study, researchers at the Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge, found that eighty nine different people were involved in approving a single small scale health

New research to explore whether inviting people for screening based on their risk rather than their age alone can improve efficiency of screening programme. ... The research will investigate whether people living in England should be invited to take part

The topics were chosen from a list of healthcare research themes by a panel of people identifying as Lesbian, Gay, […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:September 22, 2021. Dr Garth Funston, Clinical ... research programme on heart failure with preserved

Quick Links. For staff. For alumni. For business. Colleges & departments. ... Filed Under:Tagged With:June 2, 2021. Using estimated individual risk of bowel cancer in England to determine when people should start being screened for the disease, may

Quick Links. For staff. For alumni. For business. Colleges & departments. ... Chronic breathlessness is a distressing and debilitating symptom that is becoming widespread as people live longer, often with multiple chronic conditions for long periods of

Quick Links. For staff. For alumni. For business. Colleges & departments. ... So it […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:June 12, 2019. Blog by Jean Strelitz, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge People with type 2

Over 500,000 people die each year in England and Wales, and evidence shows that many receive suboptimal care. ... about the experiences of people in the […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:February 5, 2019. “Just in Case” anticipatory prescribing – a

Quick Links. For staff. For alumni. For business. Colleges & departments. ... The themes at the patient and organisational level concerned:. more equitable access to allied health services for lower socio-economic groups, ethnic minority groups, people

Quick Links. For staff. For alumni. For business. Colleges & departments. ... so underused by working class people in the NHS.

Quick Links. For staff. For alumni. For business. Colleges & departments. ... A new review has produced the most conclusive evidence to date that people consume more food or non-alcoholic drinks when offered larger sized portions or when they use larger

Quick Links. For staff. For alumni. For business. Colleges & departments. ... 3, 2015. Actions with the potential to avoid the excess consumption of food and drink that consistently occurs when people are presented with larger portions, packages and

Quick Links. For staff. For alumni. For business. Colleges & departments. ... The programme will develop a new approach to designing personalised care for people at […]. Filed Under:April 21, 2017. You are warmly invited to attend the final event of

Quick Links. For staff. For alumni. For business. Colleges & departments. ... 3500 people from across the globe descended on the Spanish city more […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:September 26, 2016. New Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Career Development

Quick Links. For staff. For alumni. For business. Colleges & departments. ... risk prediction algorithms, such as the Breast and Ovarian Analysis of Disease Incidence and Carrier Estimation Algorithm (BOADICEA), are being used to identify people at

Quick Links. For staff. For alumni. For business. Colleges & departments. ... After a period of hospitalisation, older people face substantial risks of leaving with new disabilities and dependencies that developed during their stay in […]. Filed

Quick Links. For staff. For alumni. For business. Colleges & departments. ... Instead the guideline suggests a personalized and risk-based approach for people aged 50 to 79 with […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:…. …. Site Search. Recent Posts. Archives.

Quick Links. For staff. For alumni. For business. Colleges & departments. ... September 5, 2018. Meet PhD student Mariliis Tael-Öeren – the first in our new series of getting to know the people who make up the Behavioural Science Group.

Quick Links. For staff. For alumni. For business. Colleges & departments. ... People with incurable systemic auto-immune conditions, including lupus, often need lifelong medications to slow or stop the progression of the disease.

Quick Links. For staff. For alumni. For business. Colleges & departments. ... Professor Theresa Marteau and the team at the Behaviour and Health Research Unit conducted a Cochrane systematic review producing the most conclusive evidence to date that

Quick Links. For staff. For alumni. For business. Colleges & departments. ... Despite increased caseloads, they have continued to provide face to face care for dying people at home and in care homes, say researchers in an article published in the British

Quick Links. For staff. For alumni. For business. Colleges & departments. ... This funding is a tremendous opportunity to produce new knowledge about how to improve care, experience and […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:March 27, 2017. People living with

Quick Links. For staff. For alumni. For business. Colleges & departments. ... years less can the poorest 5% of people expect to live compared to the richest 5%?

Quick Links. For staff. For alumni. For business. Colleges & departments. ... As part of their SSC component and the CanRisk project, clinical students Tom Weatherby and Stephen Woodmansey worked with Dr […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:October 16, 2017.

Quick Links. For staff. For alumni. For business. Colleges & departments. ... The research is funded by a prestigious Wellcome Collaborative Award in Science to investigate ways to ‘nudge’ people towards healthier behaviour – including improving

Quick Links. For staff. For alumni. For business. Colleges & departments. ... Within the teaching part of the role, she will lead the MPhil in […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:April 15, 2019. The largest study yet of people with mild hypertension shows

Quick Links. For staff. For alumni. For business. Colleges & departments. ... Primary Care Unit. News. October 29, 2018. The largest study of people with mild hypertension shows that medical treatment may not be worthwhile in those who are at low risk of

Quick Links. For staff. For alumni. For business. Colleges & departments. ... at […]. Filed Under:Tagged With:August 18, 2022. Similar uncertainties about illness, care, and the future are experienced by older people with multiple advanced chronic

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Quick Links. For staff. For alumni. For business. Colleges & departments. ... A new way to help people with progressive diseases receive better person-centred care has now been made available to GPs and nursing teams across England.

Quick Links. For staff. For alumni. For business. Colleges & departments. ... Estonia to try to tackle high rates of alcohol use amongst adolescents does not appear to make any significant difference to the young people’s alcohol use, according to a

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