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Fractional exhaled nitric oxide in the assessment of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction: A multicenter retrospective analysis of UK-based athletes (2023)
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Dickinson, J., Gowers, W., Sturridge, S., Williams, N., Kippelen, P., Simpson, A., Jackson, A., Hull, J. H., & Price, O. J. (2023). Fractional exhaled nitric oxide in the assessment of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction: A multicenter retrospective analysis of UK-based athletes. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.14367

Introduction: Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) is not only highly prevalent in people with asthma, but can also occur independently, particularly in athletes. Fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) is an indirect biomarker of type 2 airway... Read More about Fractional exhaled nitric oxide in the assessment of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction: A multicenter retrospective analysis of UK-based athletes.

The P2X3 receptor antagonist filapixant in patients with refractory chronic cough: a randomized controlled trial (2023)
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Friedrich, C., Francke, K., Birring, S. S., van den Berg, J. W. K., Marsden, P. A., McGarvey, L., Turner, A. M., Wielders, P., Gashaw, I., Klein, S., & Morice, A. H. (2023). The P2X3 receptor antagonist filapixant in patients with refractory chronic cough: a randomized controlled trial. Respiratory Research, 24(1), Article 109. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12931-023-02384-8

BACKGROUND: P2X3 receptor antagonists seem to have a promising potential for treating patients with refractory chronic cough. In this double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study, we investigated the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of the no... Read More about The P2X3 receptor antagonist filapixant in patients with refractory chronic cough: a randomized controlled trial.

Association of C-reactive protein with histological, elastographic, and sonographic indices of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in individuals with severe obesity (2023)
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Jamialahmadi, T., Bo, S., Abbasifard, M., Sathyapalan, T., Jangjoo, A., Moallem, S. A., Almahmeed, W., Ashari, S., Johnston, T. P., & Sahebkar, A. (2023). Association of C-reactive protein with histological, elastographic, and sonographic indices of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in individuals with severe obesity. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 42(1), Article 30. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41043-023-00372-8

BACKGROUND: Inflammation is critical in the pathogenesis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). hs-CRP, an inflammatory marker, is considered one of the prognostic predictors of hepatic damage progression in NAFLD in some studies. METHODS: We... Read More about Association of C-reactive protein with histological, elastographic, and sonographic indices of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in individuals with severe obesity.

An updated perspective on immunoglobulin replacement in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in the era of targeted therapies (2023)
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Khan, S., Allsup, D., & Molica, S. (2023). An updated perspective on immunoglobulin replacement in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in the era of targeted therapies. Frontiers in Oncology, 13, Article 1135812. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2023.1135812

Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) is a malignancy of clonally expanded antigen-switched, neoplastic, mature B cells. CLL is characterised by a variable degree of immunosuppression and secondary hypogammaglobulinemia. B-cell depleting therapies have... Read More about An updated perspective on immunoglobulin replacement in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in the era of targeted therapies.

Digital Health Solutions for Weight Loss and Obesity: A Narrative Review (2023)
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Irvin, L., Madden, L. A., Marshall, P., & Vince, R. V. (2023). Digital Health Solutions for Weight Loss and Obesity: A Narrative Review. Nutrients, 15(8), Article 1858. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15081858

Personal exercise programmes have long been used and prescribed for weight loss and the improvement of quality of life in obese patients. While individualised programmes are usually the preferred option, they can be more costly and challenging to del... Read More about Digital Health Solutions for Weight Loss and Obesity: A Narrative Review.

From Raising Awareness to a Behavioural Change: A Case Study of Indoor Air Quality Improvement Using IoT and COM-B Model (2023)
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Kureshi, R. R., Thakker, D., Mishra, B. K., & Barnes, J. (2023). From Raising Awareness to a Behavioural Change: A Case Study of Indoor Air Quality Improvement Using IoT and COM-B Model. Sensors, 23(7), Article 3613. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23073613

The topic of indoor air pollution has yet to receive the same level of attention as ambient pollution. We spend considerable time indoors, and poorer indoor air quality affects most of us, particularly people with respiratory and other health conditi... Read More about From Raising Awareness to a Behavioural Change: A Case Study of Indoor Air Quality Improvement Using IoT and COM-B Model.

Metabolic and endocrine complications of long COVID-19: A review (2023)
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Bandara, T., Deshmukh, H. A., Abdalla, M., & Sathyapalan, T. (2023). Metabolic and endocrine complications of long COVID-19: A review. Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes, 131(6), 367-374. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2063-8697

Over the past two years, the COVID-19 outbreak caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), centralized the interest of the health care systems and the scientific world. Majority of the COVID-19 infected individuals fully r... Read More about Metabolic and endocrine complications of long COVID-19: A review.

Spiritual, religious, and existential concerns of children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions: A qualitative interview study (2023)
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Scott, H. M., Coombes, L., Braybrook, D., Roach, A., Harðardóttir, D., Bristowe, K., Ellis-Smith, C., Downing, J., Murtagh, F. E., Farsides, B., Fraser, L. K., Bluebond-Langner, M., & Harding, R. (2023). Spiritual, religious, and existential concerns of children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions: A qualitative interview study. Palliative medicine, 37(6), 856-865. https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163231165101

Background: Despite being a core domain of palliative care, primary data on spiritual and existential concerns has rarely been collected among children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions and their families. Existing evidence has tende... Read More about Spiritual, religious, and existential concerns of children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions: A qualitative interview study.

Pollutant accumulation in road mitigation tunnels for amphibians: A multisite comparison on an ignored but important issue (2023)
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White, K. J., Mayes, W., & Petrovan, S. O. (2023). Pollutant accumulation in road mitigation tunnels for amphibians: A multisite comparison on an ignored but important issue. Frontiers in ecology and evolution, 11, Article 1133253. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1133253

Underpasses or road tunnels are increasingly installed to reconnect habitats and ensure safe wildlife passage, thus preventing habitat fragmentation caused by roads and mortality from collisions with vehicles. In the UK, such underpasses are regularl... Read More about Pollutant accumulation in road mitigation tunnels for amphibians: A multisite comparison on an ignored but important issue.

Inferior vena cava diameter is associated with prognosis in patients with chronic heart failure independent of tricuspid regurgitation velocity (2023)
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Iaconelli, A., Cuthbert, J., Kazmi, S., Maffia, P., Clark, A. L., Cleland, J. G., & Pellicori, P. (2023). Inferior vena cava diameter is associated with prognosis in patients with chronic heart failure independent of tricuspid regurgitation velocity. Clinical Research in Cardiology, 112(8), 1077-1086. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-023-02178-4

Aims: A high, Doppler-derived, tricuspid regurgitation velocity (TRV) indicates pulmonary hypertension, which may contribute to right ventricular dysfunction and worsening tricuspid regurgitation leading to systemic venous congestion, reflected by an... Read More about Inferior vena cava diameter is associated with prognosis in patients with chronic heart failure independent of tricuspid regurgitation velocity.

HDL-Associated Proteins in Subjects with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Proteomic Study (2023)
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Butler, A. E., Moin, A. S. M., Reiner, Ž., Sathyapalan, T., Jamialahmadi, T., Sahebkar, A., & Atkin, S. L. (2023). HDL-Associated Proteins in Subjects with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Proteomic Study. Cells, 12(6), https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12060855

INTRODUCTION: Serum lipoproteins, with the exception of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), are increased in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and their levels may reflect the associated obesity and insulin resistance, but the nature of this... Read More about HDL-Associated Proteins in Subjects with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Proteomic Study.

Use of Wearable Activity-Monitoring Technologies to Promote Physical Activity in Cancer Survivors: Challenges and Opportunities for Improved Cancer Care (2023)
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Keats, M. R., Yu, X., Sweeney Magee, M., Forbes, C. C., Grandy, S. A., Sweeney, E., & Dummer, T. J. (2023). Use of Wearable Activity-Monitoring Technologies to Promote Physical Activity in Cancer Survivors: Challenges and Opportunities for Improved Cancer Care. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(6), Article 4784. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20064784

The aim of this review was to explore the acceptability, opportunities, and challenges associated with wearable activity-monitoring technology to increase physical activity (PA) behavior in cancer survivors. A search of Medline, Embase, CINAHL, and S... Read More about Use of Wearable Activity-Monitoring Technologies to Promote Physical Activity in Cancer Survivors: Challenges and Opportunities for Improved Cancer Care.

Midwives and service users' perspectives on implementing a dialogue about alcohol use in antenatal care: A qualitative study (2023)
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Dyson, J., Onukwugha, F., Howlett, H., Combe, K., Catterick, M., & Smith, L. (in press). Midwives and service users' perspectives on implementing a dialogue about alcohol use in antenatal care: A qualitative study. Journal of advanced nursing, https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15622

Aim: There are barriers to midwives engaging in conversations about alcohol with pregnant women. Our aim was to capture the views of midwives and service users to co-create strategies to address these barriers. Design: Qualitative description. Method... Read More about Midwives and service users' perspectives on implementing a dialogue about alcohol use in antenatal care: A qualitative study.

Provision and delivery of survivorship care for adult patients with haematological malignancies: A scoping review protocol (2023)
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Baldwin, Z.-A., Busby, S., Allsup, D., Cohen, J., & Bamidele, O. (2023). Provision and delivery of survivorship care for adult patients with haematological malignancies: A scoping review protocol. PLoS ONE, 18(3), Article e0282458. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282458

Introduction Haematological malignancies are a heterogenous group of blood and lymphatic cancers. Survivorship care is a similarly diverse term concerning patients’ health and wellbeing from diagnosis to end of life. Survivorship care for patients wi... Read More about Provision and delivery of survivorship care for adult patients with haematological malignancies: A scoping review protocol.

Submental island flap - should we be worried about lymph node transfer? An anatomical and histological study (2023)
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Philip, J., Mizen, K., Singh, M., Karzai, L., Sanders, K., & Bazira, P. . J. (2023). Submental island flap - should we be worried about lymph node transfer? An anatomical and histological study. British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 61(3), 221-226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjoms.2023.01.008

The submental island flap has been increasing in popularity for both oncological and non-oncological reconstruction of the head and neck. However, the original description of this flap left it with the unfortunate designation as a lymph node flap. Th... Read More about Submental island flap - should we be worried about lymph node transfer? An anatomical and histological study.

Nanoarchitectonics of the aggregation-induced emission luminescent molecule Tetraphenylethylene-COOH (TPE-COOH): Fluorescence imaging of targeted cancer microsphere cells (2023)
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Luo, F., Shen, L., Zhang, J., Huang, Y., Chen, T., Xu, H., Zhang, Q., Redshaw, C., & Feng, X. (2023). Nanoarchitectonics of the aggregation-induced emission luminescent molecule Tetraphenylethylene-COOH (TPE-COOH): Fluorescence imaging of targeted cancer microsphere cells. Dyes and pigments : an international journal, 214, Article 111192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2023.111192

Cancer microspheres are an ideal cellular model for studying cancer stem cells. However, the lack of effective and rapid fluorescent imaging reagents for cancer microspheres has severely hampered cytological studies associated with cancer microsphere... Read More about Nanoarchitectonics of the aggregation-induced emission luminescent molecule Tetraphenylethylene-COOH (TPE-COOH): Fluorescence imaging of targeted cancer microsphere cells.

Domiciliary fractional exhaled nitric oxide and spirometry in monitoring asthma control and exacerbations (2023)
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Wang, R., Usmani, O. S., Chung, K. F., Sont, J., Simpson, A., Bonini, M., Honkoop, P. J., & Fowler, S. J. (2023). Domiciliary fractional exhaled nitric oxide and spirometry in monitoring asthma control and exacerbations. The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice, 11(6), 1787-1795.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaip.2023.02.009

Background: Domiciliary measurements of airflow obstruction and inflammation may assist healthcare teams and patients in determining asthma control and facilitate self-management. Objective: To evaluate parameters derived from domiciliary spirometry... Read More about Domiciliary fractional exhaled nitric oxide and spirometry in monitoring asthma control and exacerbations.

Over a third of palliative medicine physicians meet burnout criteria: Results from a survey study during the COVID-19 pandemic (2023)
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Boland, J. W., Kabir, M., Spilg, E. G., Webber, C., Bush, S. H., Murtagh, F., & Lawlor, P. G. (2023). Over a third of palliative medicine physicians meet burnout criteria: Results from a survey study during the COVID-19 pandemic. Palliative medicine, 37(3), 343-354. https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163231153067

Background: Palliative medicine physicians may be at higher risk of burnout due to increased stressors and compromised resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. Burnout prevalence and factors influencing this among UK and Irish palliative medicine phy... Read More about Over a third of palliative medicine physicians meet burnout criteria: Results from a survey study during the COVID-19 pandemic.