Trial assesses feasibility of adding abdominal CT scanning for kidney cancer to ongoing lung screening trial in Yorkshire. A new video introduces the pioneering Yorkshire Kidney Screening Trial (YKST), which is led by Professor Grant Stewart (Department of Surgery) and Dr Juliet Usher-Smith (Primary Care Unit) at the University of Cambridge. The trial is assessing the feasibility of […]
Archives for March 2022
Dr Robbie Duschinsky awarded Pilkington Prize for outstanding teaching
Dr Robbie Duschinsky is a 2022 winner of the University of Cambridge’s highest teaching award, the Pilkington Prize. Robbie is Associate Professor of Social Sciences at the Primary Care Unit in the Department of Public Health & Primary Care, and Fellow and Director of Studies at Sidney Sussex College. Robbie was nominated for being a ‘passionate and […]
Why people take part in screening for atrial fibrillation: insights from the SAFER trial
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 in-depth study of 23 participants in the SAFER trial of screening for atrial fibrillation (AF) looks at why these participants opted in and provides insight into their understanding of the […]
LGBT+ health: what our research tells us so far
Primary Care Unit Research Briefing (updated October 2022) LGBT+ people are more likely to be living with long-term physical or mental health problems, and more likely to report poorer healthcare outcomes. University of Cambridge statistician Dr Catherine Saunders has explored these inequalities over the last five years by studying health data provided by large numbers […]
Seeing is believing when it comes to health risk and behaviour change
They say a picture can convey a thousand words, and researchers have found that using medical imaging technologies that can visualize health may discourage risk-related behaviours more than non-visual information. The meta-analysis, published by scientists at the University of Cambridge’s Primary Care Unit and MRC Epidemiology Unit in the open access journal PLOS Medicine, finds that when […]
Insights on helping patients with high blood pressure to take their medication
“Could the app be tailor-made?” Patients and healthcare providers give feedback on a prototype intervention to support patients with high blood pressure to take medication. The idea of the intervention is to help patients take their medication as prescribed and so help manage their blood pressure better. The intervention is a brief five minute discussion […]