Mothers who experienced gestational diabetes during pregnancy face a high risk of developing type 2 diabetes later, but diabetes prevention programmes do not fit well with their lives as mothers of young children, according to a new review of published studies by Becky Dennison with colleagues in the Prevention Group. Diabetes during pregnancy (gestational diabetes) […]
Health research project required advice or approval from 89 different people to get the green light, in case study of approvals process
Which health research projects involving humans are ethically justified, safe and legal? Who decides whether they should get the green light to proceed? 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 research study for ethics […]
A medical student’s journey through academic primary care
Rachel Fox, medical student in her fourth year at the University of Cambridge Clinical School, describes her experiences exploring academic primary care and explains how medical students can get involved. Rachel was awarded the Novice Presenters prize at the Society for Academic Primary Care conference in January 2019. “Hi, my name is Rachel Fox and […]
Appropriateness of prescriptions made in advance for patients nearing the end of life remains unknown
The prescription and dispensing of injectable medications to provide end of life symptom relief for patients approaching the end of their lives in the community, in advance of clinical need, is established practice in the UK and other countries. But a new review of the research literature reveals that this widespread practice is based on […]
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