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Read more at: Cambridge Researchers Provide New Guidance for Clinicians Supporting Older Adults with Complex Health Needs

Cambridge Researchers Provide New Guidance for Clinicians Supporting Older Adults with Complex Health Needs

3 July 2025

A new paper published in European Geriatric Medicine offers vital guidance for clinicians navigating the complex task of discussing uncertain prognoses with older adults facing multiple serious health conditions. Led by Dr Simon Noah Etkind and colleagues from the University of Cambridge, Primary Care Unit, this research...

Read more at: Dr Ben Bowers appointed to Assistant Professor of Primary Care

Dr Ben Bowers appointed to Assistant Professor of Primary Care

30 June 2025

We are pleased to announce that Dr Ben Bowers has been appointed to the role of Assistant Professor of Primary Care within the Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care at the University of Cambridge. Dr Bowers is a clinical academic community nurse and a longstanding member of the Palliative &...

Read more at: Efforts to detect atrial fibrillation do not need to involve primary care and need only minimal support

Efforts to detect atrial fibrillation do not need to involve primary care and need only minimal support

27 June 2025

Chief Investigator for SAFER, Professor Jonathan Mant, and the hand-held ECG device (Zenicor) used in the study. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common heart condition associated with one-third of strokes, and many people are undiagnosed. If AF is identified and patients are given an anticoagulant (blood thinner), 300,000...

Read more at: Performance of deep-learning-based approaches to improve polygenic scores

Performance of deep-learning-based approaches to improve polygenic scores

27 June 2025

Dr Martin Kelemen, Professor Mike Inouye and Professor Adam Butterworth, Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care Deep-learning approaches have become popular with many successful applications in a variety of fields. Neural-networks achieve their impressive performance by leveraging...

Read more at: Vaccination in pregnancy: the vaccine bit is easy, the behaviour is hard

Vaccination in pregnancy: the vaccine bit is easy, the behaviour is hard

27 June 2025

Dr Mohammad Sharif Razai, NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Primary Care We often assume that the most challenging part of healthcare innovation is developing the intervention – whether it is designing a vaccine, discovering a drug, or creating new technology. Once this is achieved, we celebrate it as a triumph and expect the rest...

Read more at: Machine learning for prediction of childhood mental health problems in social care

Machine learning for prediction of childhood mental health problems in social care

6 June 2025

Katherine Parkin and Efthalia Massou, Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care. What we found... 1. Machine learning performance in the prototypes was promising, though more work will be needed to develop these models into clinically usable tools. 2. Linking data together from different sources helps...

Read more at: Artificial intelligence for diagnostics in radiology practice: a rapid systematic scoping review

Artificial intelligence for diagnostics in radiology practice: a rapid systematic scoping review

6 June 2025

Stephen Morris, Efthalia Massou and Kevin Herbert, Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care Stephen Morris , Efthalia Massou and Kevin Herbert have co-authored a recent article published in eClinicalMedicine titled "Artificial intelligence for diagnostics in radiology practice: a rapid systematic...

Read more at: What is an identifier good for? Issues in using visual identifiers to improve care for people with dementia in hospital

What is an identifier good for? Issues in using visual identifiers to improve care for people with dementia in hospital

6 June 2025

Katalina Kuberska and Graham Martin, THIS Institute, Department of Public Health and Primary Care Providing good-quality care for people inpatients who suffer with cognitive impairment, for example dementia, can be challenging. Patients with dementia have needs that are not always met by already busy healthcare staff. One...

Read more at: Long-term health outcomes of bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy in BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variant carriers with personal history of breast cancer: a retrospective cohort study using linked electronic health records

Long-term health outcomes of bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy in BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variant carriers with personal history of breast cancer: a retrospective cohort study using linked electronic health records

6 June 2025

Antonis Antoniou and Hend Hassan, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care Carriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variants (PV) are at elevated risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer. To mitigate ovarian cancer risk, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO) is commonly...

Read more at: Genome-wide analyses of variance in blood cell phenotypes provide new insights into complex trait biology and prediction

Genome-wide analyses of variance in blood cell phenotypes provide new insights into complex trait biology and prediction

6 June 2025

Michael Inouye, Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care The complete blood count is amongst the most routinely ordered clinical laboratory tests performed globally. The levels of blood cell traits frequently inform clinical decision making and are strongly affected by genetics...

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