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Diagnostic Value of Non-invasive Liver Function Tests in Liver Fibrosis and Changes in These Parameters Post-metabolic Surgery (2022)
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Jangjoo, S., Emami, N., Sahranavard, M., Shah, N. Z., Alidadi, M., Baratzadeh, F., Sathyapalan, T., Eid, A. H., Jangjoo, A., Jamialahmadi, T., & Sahebkar, A. (2023). Diagnostic Value of Non-invasive Liver Function Tests in Liver Fibrosis and Changes in These Parameters Post-metabolic Surgery. Obesity Surgery, 33, 548–554. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-022-06416-y

Purpose: This study aimed to ascertain the diagnostic accuracy of non-invasive liver function tests in liver fibrosis and assess their changes after metabolic surgery. Materials and Methods: 1005 individuals with severe obesity who were referred for... Read More about Diagnostic Value of Non-invasive Liver Function Tests in Liver Fibrosis and Changes in These Parameters Post-metabolic Surgery.

Multicenter Randomized Trial of Intermittently Scanned Continuous Glucose Monitoring Versus Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes and Recent-Onset Acute Myocardial Infarction: Results of the LIBERATES Trial (2022)
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Ajjan, R. A., Heller, S. R., Everett, C. C., Vargas-Palacios, A., Higham, R., Sharples, L., Gorog, D. A., Rogers, A., Reynolds, C., Fernandez, C., Rodrigues, P., Sathyapalan, T., Storey, R. F., & Stocken, D. D. (2023). Multicenter Randomized Trial of Intermittently Scanned Continuous Glucose Monitoring Versus Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes and Recent-Onset Acute Myocardial Infarction: Results of the LIBERATES Trial. Diabetes Care, 46(2), 441-449. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc22-1219

OBJECTIVE To analyze the impact of modern glucose-monitoring strategies on glycemic and patient-related outcomes in individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and recent myocardial infarction (MI) and assess cost effectiveness. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHOD... Read More about Multicenter Randomized Trial of Intermittently Scanned Continuous Glucose Monitoring Versus Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes and Recent-Onset Acute Myocardial Infarction: Results of the LIBERATES Trial.

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cardiovascular Consequences of Myocardial Bridging in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (2022)
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Bruce, C., Ubhi, N., McKeegan, P., & Sanders, K. (2023). Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cardiovascular Consequences of Myocardial Bridging in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. The American journal of cardiology, 188, P110-P119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2022.10.059

Myocardial bridging (MB) is a congenital variant in which a segment of a coronary artery follows an atypical intramural course under a “bridge” of myocardium and is notably common in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). This systematic review and meta-... Read More about Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cardiovascular Consequences of Myocardial Bridging in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.

Deluge and disease: plague, the poetry of flooding, and the history of health inequalities in Andrew Marvell’s Hull (2022)
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Mottram, S. (2023). Deluge and disease: plague, the poetry of flooding, and the history of health inequalities in Andrew Marvell’s Hull. Seventeenth Century, https://doi.org/10.1080/0268117X.2022.2142656

This article redresses a predominant focus on London among historians of health inequalities by turning to the port town of Kingston upon Hull and offering the first demographic analysis of burial records from Hull’s ‘great plague’ of 1637–38. The ar... Read More about Deluge and disease: plague, the poetry of flooding, and the history of health inequalities in Andrew Marvell’s Hull.

Smart Face Masks for Covid-19 Pandemic Management: A Concise Review of Emerging Architectures, Challenges and Future Research Directions (2022)
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Fagbola, T. M., Fagbola, F. I., Aroba, O. J., Doshi, R., Hiran, K. K., & Thakur, S. C. (2023). Smart Face Masks for Covid-19 Pandemic Management: A Concise Review of Emerging Architectures, Challenges and Future Research Directions. IEEE sensors journal, 23(2), 877-888. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2022.3225067

Smart sensing technology has been playing tremendous roles in digital healthcare management over time with great impacts. Lately, smart sensing has awoken the world by the advent of Smart Face Masks (SFM) in the global fight against the deadly Corona... Read More about Smart Face Masks for Covid-19 Pandemic Management: A Concise Review of Emerging Architectures, Challenges and Future Research Directions.

Developing and testing the ExerciseGuide UK website for people with lung cancer: reflections on the added value of patient and public involvement within a doctoral degree (2022)
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Curry, J., Roberts, H., Smith, A., Riley, D., Pearson, M., & Forbes, C. C. (2022). Developing and testing the ExerciseGuide UK website for people with lung cancer: reflections on the added value of patient and public involvement within a doctoral degree. Research Involvement and Engagement, 8(1), Article 66. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-022-00395-1

Background: Lung cancer has one of the highest incidence and mortality rates worldwide. Physical activity can provide those diagnosed with lung cancer with several physical and psychological benefits. However, the examination of digitally delivered p... Read More about Developing and testing the ExerciseGuide UK website for people with lung cancer: reflections on the added value of patient and public involvement within a doctoral degree.

What China’s Environmental Policy Means for PV Solar, Electric Vehicles, and Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies (2022)
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Pouran, H. M., Karimi, S. M., Padilha Campos Lopes, M., & Sheng, Y. (2022). What China’s Environmental Policy Means for PV Solar, Electric Vehicles, and Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies. Energies, 15(23), Article 9037. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15239037

This perspective paper elaborates on how the burden of environmental issues on public health and the economy led China’s government to declare its revised environmental policies or “war on pollution”. It explains the importance of photovoltaic solar... Read More about What China’s Environmental Policy Means for PV Solar, Electric Vehicles, and Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies.

Airborne transmission of biological agents within the indoor built environment: a multidisciplinary review (2022)
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Argyropoulos, C. D., Skoulou, V., Efthimiou, G., & Michopoulos, A. K. (2022). Airborne transmission of biological agents within the indoor built environment: a multidisciplinary review. Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11869-022-01286-w

The nature and airborne dispersion of the underestimated biological agents, monitoring, analysis and transmission among the human occupants into building environment is a major challenge of today. Those agents play a crucial role in ensuring comforta... Read More about Airborne transmission of biological agents within the indoor built environment: a multidisciplinary review.

MicroRNA Changes Up to 24 h following Induced Hypoglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes (2022)
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Ramanjaneya, M., Bettahi, I., Pawar, K., Halabi, N. M., Moin, A. S. M., Sathyapalan, T., Abou-Samra, A. B., Atkin, S. L., & Butler, A. E. (2022). MicroRNA Changes Up to 24 h following Induced Hypoglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23(23), Article 14696. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232314696

Hypoglycemia, as a complication of type 2 diabetes (T2D), causes increased morbidity and mortality but the physiological response underlying hypoglycemia has not been fully elucidated. Small noncoding microRNA (miRNA) have multiple downstream biologi... Read More about MicroRNA Changes Up to 24 h following Induced Hypoglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes.

Group-based pulmonary telerehabilitation is feasible, safe, beneficial and well-received in patients who have been hospitalised with COVID-19 (2022)
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Simpson, A. J., Green, A., Nettleton, M., Hyde, L., Shepherdson, J., Killingback, C., Marshall, P., & Crooks, M. G. (2023). Group-based pulmonary telerehabilitation is feasible, safe, beneficial and well-received in patients who have been hospitalised with COVID-19. ERJ Open Research, 9(2), Article 00373-2022. https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00373-2022

Introduction Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused worldwide mass hospitalisation. The need for multidisciplinary post-hospitalisation rehabilitation is becoming increasingly apparent, and telerehabilitation has been endorsed. The aim of stu... Read More about Group-based pulmonary telerehabilitation is feasible, safe, beneficial and well-received in patients who have been hospitalised with COVID-19.

Challenges and opportunities for cervical screening in women over the age of 50 years: a qualitative study (2022)
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Bravington, A., Chen, H., Dyson, J., Jones, L., Dalgliesh, C., Bryan, A., Patnick, J., & Macleod, U. (2022). Challenges and opportunities for cervical screening in women over the age of 50 years: a qualitative study. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 72(725), e873-e881. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0036

BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is a preventable disease. Cases in women age >50 years are predicted to rise by 60% in the next two decades, yet this group are less likely to attend for screening than younger women. AIM: To seek novel solutions to the ch... Read More about Challenges and opportunities for cervical screening in women over the age of 50 years: a qualitative study.

Co-designed weight management intervention for women recovering from oestrogen-receptor positive breast cancer (2022)
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Saxton, J. M., Pickering, K., Wane, S., Humphreys, H., Crank, H., Anderson, A. S., Cain, H., Cohen, J., Copeland, R. J., Gray, J., Hargreaves, J., McNally, R. J., & Wilson, C. (2022). Co-designed weight management intervention for women recovering from oestrogen-receptor positive breast cancer. BMC Cancer, 22(1), Article 1202. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-022-10287-y

Background: Weight gain is commonly observed during and after breast cancer treatment and is associated with poorer survival outcomes, particularly in women with oestrogen receptor-positive (ER +) disease. The aim of this study was to co-design (with... Read More about Co-designed weight management intervention for women recovering from oestrogen-receptor positive breast cancer.

The experiences and perceptions of female breast cancer patients regarding weight management during and after treatment for oestrogen-receptor positive disease: a qualitative study (2022)
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Saxton, J., Pickering, K., Wane, S., Crank, H., Anderson, A., Cain, H., Cohen, J., Copeland, R., Gray, J., Hargreaves, J., McNally, R., & Wilson, C. (2022). The experiences and perceptions of female breast cancer patients regarding weight management during and after treatment for oestrogen-receptor positive disease: a qualitative study. BMC Cancer, 22(1), Article 1189. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-022-10238-7

Background: Weight gain is commonly observed during and after breast cancer treatment and is associated with poorer survival outcomes, notably in women with oestrogen-receptor positive disease. The aim of this qualitative study was to investigate the... Read More about The experiences and perceptions of female breast cancer patients regarding weight management during and after treatment for oestrogen-receptor positive disease: a qualitative study.

Primary palliative care in Japan: needs estimation and projections - national database study with international comparisons (2022)
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Ito, M., Aoyama, M., Murtagh, F. E., & Miyashita, M. (2022). Primary palliative care in Japan: needs estimation and projections - national database study with international comparisons. BMJ supportive & palliative care, https://doi.org/10.1136/spcare-2022-003743

Objectives: We aimed to estimate the potential population that requires palliative care, clarify the relationship between this population and the rate of ageing in Japan, and compare these trends with those of other countries. Design: We used the nat... Read More about Primary palliative care in Japan: needs estimation and projections - national database study with international comparisons.

The negative impact of COVID-19 on working memory revealed using a rapid online quiz (2022)
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Baseler, H. A., Aksoy, M., Salawu, A., Green, A., & Asghar, A. U. (2022). The negative impact of COVID-19 on working memory revealed using a rapid online quiz. PLoS ONE, 17(11), Article e0269353. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269353

Although coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) affects the respiratory system, it can also have neurological consequences leading to cognitive deficits such as memory problems. The aim of our study was to assess the impact of COVID-19 on working memory... Read More about The negative impact of COVID-19 on working memory revealed using a rapid online quiz.

A sample-to-answer COVID-19 diagnostic device based on immiscible filtration and CRISPR-Cas12a-assisted detection (2022)
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Ngamsom, B., Iles, A., Kamita, M., Kimani, R., Wakaba, P., Rodriguez-Mateos, P., Mungai, M., Dyer, C. E., Walter, C., Gitaka, J., & Pamme, N. (2022). A sample-to-answer COVID-19 diagnostic device based on immiscible filtration and CRISPR-Cas12a-assisted detection. Talanta Open, 6, Article 100166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talo.2022.100166

In response to the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and disparities of vaccination coverage in low-and middle-income countries, it is vital to adopt a widespread testing and screening programme, combined with contact tracing, to m... Read More about A sample-to-answer COVID-19 diagnostic device based on immiscible filtration and CRISPR-Cas12a-assisted detection.

Renal Effects of Empagliflozin in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (2022)
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Yaribeygi, H., Maleki, M., Sathyapalan, T., Jamialahmadi, T., & Sahebkar, A. (2022). Renal Effects of Empagliflozin in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Current medicinal chemistry, 30(25), 2850-2863. https://doi.org/10.2174/0929867329666220831151645

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is one of the main causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide. It leads to various long-term complications such as diabetic nephropathy. Diabetes nephropathy is the leading cause of renal failure in patients with chro... Read More about Renal Effects of Empagliflozin in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Identification and prioritization of tumour-associated antigens for immunotherapeutic and diagnostic capacity in epithelial ovarian cancer: a systematic literature review (2022)
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Wiseman, L., Cinti, N., & Guinn, B. A. (2022). Identification and prioritization of tumour-associated antigens for immunotherapeutic and diagnostic capacity in epithelial ovarian cancer: a systematic literature review. Carcinogenesis, 43(11), 1015-1029. https://doi.org/10.1093/carcin/bgac084

Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is a prevalent carcinoma in the female population associated with poor prognostic outcomes, in part due to the late stage of the disease at diagnosis. Aiming to identify tumour-associated antigens (TAAs) with the poten... Read More about Identification and prioritization of tumour-associated antigens for immunotherapeutic and diagnostic capacity in epithelial ovarian cancer: a systematic literature review.

Respiratory distress symptom intervention for non-pharmacological management of the lung cancer breathlessness-cough-fatigue symptom cluster: randomised controlled trial (2022)
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Yorke, J., Johnson, M. J., Punnett, G., Smith, J., Blackhall, F., Lloyd Williams, M., MacKereth, P., Haines, J., Ryder, D., Krishan, A., Davies, L., Khan, A., & Molassiotis, A. (in press). Respiratory distress symptom intervention for non-pharmacological management of the lung cancer breathlessness-cough-fatigue symptom cluster: randomised controlled trial. BMJ supportive & palliative care, https://doi.org/10.1136/spcare-2022-003924

Objectives: In lung cancer, three prominent symptoms, such as breathlessness, cough and fatigue, are closely related with each other forming a 'respiratory distress symptom cluster'. The aim of this study was to determine the clinical and cost-effect... Read More about Respiratory distress symptom intervention for non-pharmacological management of the lung cancer breathlessness-cough-fatigue symptom cluster: randomised controlled trial.

Cancer patients’ experiences of the diagnosis and treatment of incidental pulmonary embolism (a qualitative study) (2022)
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Benelhaj, N. E., Hutchinson, A., Maraveyas, A., & Johnson, M. (2022). Cancer patients’ experiences of the diagnosis and treatment of incidental pulmonary embolism (a qualitative study). PLoS ONE, 17(10), Article e0276754. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276754

Background: The diagnosis of symptomatic cancer-associated thrombosis often causes distress and alarm for patients, especially for those unaware of the risk, or the signs and symptoms to look out for. There are few data about cancer patients’ experie... Read More about Cancer patients’ experiences of the diagnosis and treatment of incidental pulmonary embolism (a qualitative study).