The importance of the spectrum effect Much of clinical practice relies on tests measuring one or more characteristics of an individual to determine whether that individual is at risk of developing a condition of interest or does or does not have a particular disease. Many scientists and clinicians are engaged in developing and/or choosing whether […]
Improving care for people with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Improving care and support for people living with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) requires decisive action by clinicians and policymakers, according to the Living with Breathlessness study, led by Dr Morag Farquhar at the Primary Care Unit. COPD is progressive, accounting for one death every 20 minutes in England and Wales, carries a high […]
Ads for candy-flavoured e-cigarettes could encourage vaping among school children
In a study funded by the Department of Health, researchers at BHRU, (Primary Care Unit) University of Cambridge, assigned 598 school children to one of three groups: one group was shown adverts for candy-like flavoured e-cigarettes; a second group adverts for non-flavoured e-cigarettes; and a third, control group, in which the children saw no adverts. The […]
December 2015 – BTS Winter Meeting 2015
The team presented two papers at the British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting 2015, 2nd – 4th December; ‘Higher service use amongst patients with advanced COPD and psychological co-morbidities: associations with quality of life, co-morbidities and exacerbations’, and ‘Patients with advanced COPD have unmet care and support needs across clinical settings: how can we identify needs […]
Elka Humphrys Shortlisted for the Max Perutz Science Writing Award
Elka Humphrys, a PhD student in the Cancer Group, was delighted to be shortlisted for the Max Perutz Science Writing Award with her article “’It’s not fair’: a tale of two cancers”. The MRC Max Perutz Award challenges MRC-funded researchers to write an 800-word article for the general public answering the question: ‘Why does my research […]
Dr Rupert Payne – Antidepressants and pain killers: should we be worried?
Dr Rupert Payne of the Primary Care Unit’s HSR group talks about a new paper out this week in the BMJ. See the full article here on the university site : http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/antidepressants-and-pain-killers-should-we-be-worried/ The article also appears as a blog post on the popular CCHSR blog, as well as appearing in the local news online stream for Cambridge photo credit : […]
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