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Press Releases
Public health:
Exploration of fathers’ mental health and well-being concerns during the transition to fatherhood, and paternal perinatal support: scoping review12 November 2024
Public health:
Health impact of urban green spaces: a systematic review of heat-related morbidity and mortality22 October 2024
General practice / Family practice:
The changing shape of English general practice: a retrospective longitudinal study using national datasets describing trends in organisational structure, workforce and recorded appointments3 September 2024
Occupational and environmental medicine:
Investigating sustainability in work after participating in a welfare-to-work initiative using a 2-year cohort study of Work Programme participants in Scotland22 August 2024
Most Read Articles
Cardiovascular medicine:
Lack of an association or an inverse association between low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol and mortality in the elderly: a systematic review27 November 2023
Cardiovascular medicine:
Is LDL cholesterol associated with long-term mortality among primary prevention adults? A retrospective cohort study from a large healthcare system28 March 2024
Pharmacology and therapeutics:
Low-dose naltrexone for post-COVID fatigue syndrome: a study protocol for a double-blind, randomised trial in British Columbia13 May 2024
Communication:
How does communication affect patient safety? Protocol for a systematic review and logic model27 May 2024
Mental Health
Mental health:
Autism Transition to Adulthood Groups (ATAG): protocol for a feasibility RCT of a new peer-group intervention to promote successful transition to adulthood for autistic young people19 November 2024
Mental health:
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of guided self-help for depression for autistic adults: the Autism Depression Trial (ADEPT-2) – protocol for a multicentre, randomised controlled trial of a remotely delivered low-intensity intervention19 November 2024
Mental health:
Effects of low-dose aspirin in bipolar disorder: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (the A-Bipolar RCT)18 November 2024
Recent Articles
Public health:
Enablers and barriers to the implementation of breast self-examination (BSE) education programmes among adolescent girls in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): an integrative systematic review protocol20 November 2024
Public health:
Can resistance exercise prevent breast cancer-related lymphoedema? A systematic review and metanalysis protocol20 November 2024
Cardiovascular medicine:
Readiness of primary healthcare and community markets for joint delivery of cardiovascular disease prevention services in Kenya: an observational feasibility study of Health Kiosks in Markets (HEKIMA)20 November 2024
Global health:
Stability and predictability of Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development: evidence from a south Indian birth cohort prospective study20 November 2024
Intensive care:
Scoping review of review methodologies used for guiding evidence-based practice in critical care: a protocol20 November 2024
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