General Practitioners should encourage patients with hypertension to monitor their blood pressure at home and use those readings in their day-to-day care, recommend a team of experts writing in The Lancet. From the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Birmingham, the researchers report on a trial showing that when GPs base their medication adjustments on regular […]
Archives for February 2018
Nutritional labelling on menus in restaurants and cafes may reduce our calorie intake, according to new Cochrane Review evidence
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 consume, although the quality of evidence is low. Eating too many calories contributes to people becoming overweight and increases the risks of heart disease, […]
Melbourne PhD students get ready for inaugural CanTest International School
University of Melbourne PhD students Frances Martin, Emily Habgood and Sibel Saya – pictured above with Prof Jon Emery and Dr Fiona Walter – have been invited to attend the inaugural CanTest International School for Cancer Detection Research in Primary Care in April. The establishment of this International School for Cancer Detection Research in Primary […]
Stroke survivors and caregivers feel abandoned by health services, study finds
A systematic review of studies focused on stroke survivors’ and carers’ experiences of primary care and community healthcare services has found that they feel abandoned because they have become marginalised by services and do not have the knowledge or skills to re-engage. The study, by researchers at the Primary Care Unit’s Cardiovascular Group, suggests that […]
NIHR In-Practice Fellowship (IPF)
The NIHR In-Practice Fellowship (IPF) offers academic training to fully-qualified General Practitioners, General Dental Practitioners and Community Dentists who may have already spent some time in NHS practice and who have had little formal academic training at this point in their careers. Applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have outstanding potential for development […]
How are low and lower strength wine and beer products marketed online?
Alcohol is the fifth leading cause of death and disability globally. Increased availability of low/er strength alcohols has the potential to reduce alcohol consumption if they are marketed as substitutes for higher strength products rather than as products to be consumed in addition to those of higher strength. A new study led by Dr Milica Vasiljevic, […]