Dr Juliet Usher-Smith will become University Lecturer in General Practice next year at the Primary Care Unit. She will establish and lead her own programme of research in primary care and collaborate with researchers across the Clinical School and the wider University. Within the teaching part of the role, she will lead the MPhil in […]
Archives for 2019
Research Alert: Treatment for moderately high blood pressure may be best saved for those at high risk
The largest study yet of people with mild hypertension shows that medical treatment may not be worthwhile in those at low risk of heart attack and stroke. Download this Research Alert as a pdf, for printing. Key messages This study provided no evidence to suggest that new US hypertension guidelines will reduce CVD events in […]
New RAND Professor of Health Services Research to join PCU
Professor Stephen Morris is appointed as the new RAND Professor of Health Services Research at the University of Cambridge. He will be based in the Primary Care Unit in the Department of Public Health and Primary Care, and will co-direct the Cambridge Centre for Health Services Research, with RAND Europe Chief Economist Jon Sussex. Professor […]
iQuit trial completes recruitment of 1675 patients
The ‘iQuit in Practice’ randomised controlled trial on smoking cessation has completed recruitment! We have recruited a total of 1675 patients from 74 GP practices, over 3 years. The iQuit trial is a pragmatic trial to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a tailored smoking cessation intervention (advice leaflet and 3-months of automated text messages) […]
Preventive drugs in the last year of life of older adults with cancer: Is there room for deprescribing?
The continuation of preventive drugs among older patients with advanced cancer is examined in a recent publication in the research journal, Cancer. Dr Stephen Barclay (Department Public Health & Primary Care), collaborated with colleagues from the Karolinska Institute and Newcastle University, finding that the use of preventive drugs in the last year of life is […]
Could screening for a common heart condition called atrial fibrillation help prevent strokes?
Could screening for atrial fibrillation – an underdiagnosed heart condition – help prevent strokes? Researchers from the University of Cambridge, leading a consortium of academic partners, are beginning work this month in East Anglia on the largest trial to date of screening for atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a heart condition that causes an […]
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