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Different communication strategies for disclosing a diagnosis of schizophrenia and related disorders. (2017)
Journal Article
Farooq, S., Johal, R. K., Ziff, C., & Naeem, F. (2017). Different communication strategies for disclosing a diagnosis of schizophrenia and related disorders. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD011707.pub2

BACKGROUND: Delivering the diagnosis of a serious illness is an important skill in most fields of medicine, including mental health. Research has found that communication skills can impact on a person's recall and understanding of the diagnosis, trea... Read More about Different communication strategies for disclosing a diagnosis of schizophrenia and related disorders..

Incidence, clinical management, and mortality risk following self harm among children and adolescents: cohort study in primary care (2017)
Journal Article
Chew-Graham, C. (2017). Incidence, clinical management, and mortality risk following self harm among children and adolescents: cohort study in primary care. BMJ, j4351 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j4351

Objectives To examine temporal trends in sex and age specific incidence of self harm in children and adolescents, clinical management patterns, and risk of cause specific mortality following an index self harm episode at a young age.Design Population... Read More about Incidence, clinical management, and mortality risk following self harm among children and adolescents: cohort study in primary care.

Implementing core NICE guidelines for osteoarthritis in primary care with a model consultation (MOSAICS): A cluster randomised controlled trial (2017)
Journal Article
Dziedzic, K., Hay, E., Porcheret, M., Afolabi, E., Lewis, A., Morden, A., …Healey, E. (2018). Implementing core NICE guidelines for osteoarthritis in primary care with a model consultation (MOSAICS): A cluster randomised controlled trial. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 26(1), 43-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2017.09.010

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To determine the effectiveness of a model osteoarthritis consultation, compared with usual care, on physical function and uptake of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) osteoarthritis recommendations, in adults =45 year... Read More about Implementing core NICE guidelines for osteoarthritis in primary care with a model consultation (MOSAICS): A cluster randomised controlled trial.

Meditation for asthma: Systematic review and meta-analysis (2017)
Journal Article
Paudyal, P., Jones, C., Grindey, C., Dawood, R., & Smith, H. (2018). Meditation for asthma: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Asthma, 55(7), 771-778. https://doi.org/10.1080/02770903.2017.1365887

Objective: To conduct a comprehensive review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of meditation on a variety of asthma outcomes. Methods: We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO and AMED in June 2016 to identify randomized controlled trials (... Read More about Meditation for asthma: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Clinical classification criteria for neurogenic claudication caused by lumbar spinal stenosis. The N-CLASS criteria (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Clinical classification criteria for neurogenic claudication caused by lumbar spinal stenosis. The N-CLASS criteria. Spine Journal, 941-947. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spinee.2017.10.003

Background Context Since imaging findings of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) may not be associated with symptoms, clinical classification criteria based on patient symptoms and physical examination findings are needed. Purpose To develop clinical classi... Read More about Clinical classification criteria for neurogenic claudication caused by lumbar spinal stenosis. The N-CLASS criteria.

Association Between Type 2 Diabetes and All-Cause Hospitalization and Mortality in the UK General Heart Failure Population (2017)
Journal Article
Lawson, C. A., Jones, P. W., Teece, L., Dunbar, S. B., Seferovic, P. M., Khunti, K., …Kadam, U. T. (2018). Association Between Type 2 Diabetes and All-Cause Hospitalization and Mortality in the UK General Heart Failure Population. JACC: Heart Failure, 6(1), 18-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2017.08.020

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This study sought to investigate in the general heart failure (HF) population, whether the associations between type 2 diabetes (T2D) and risk of hospitalization and death, are modified by changing glycemic or drug treatment intensity.... Read More about Association Between Type 2 Diabetes and All-Cause Hospitalization and Mortality in the UK General Heart Failure Population.

Using de-escalation strategies to prevent aggressive behaviour (2017)
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(2017). Using de-escalation strategies to prevent aggressive behaviour. Mental Health Practice, 22-28. https://doi.org/10.7748/mhp.2017.e1221

Reducing the use of physical restraint in clinical practice, including face-down restraint, is a challenge for professionals. The aim of this literature review was to assess the use of de-escalation techniques to prevent aggressive behaviour or decre... Read More about Using de-escalation strategies to prevent aggressive behaviour.

A prodrug of green tea polyphenol (–)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (Pro-EGCG) serves as a novel angiogenesis inhibitor in endometrial cancer (2017)
Journal Article
Wang, J., Man, G. C. W., Chan, T. H., Kwong, J., & Wang, C. C. (2018). A prodrug of green tea polyphenol (–)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (Pro-EGCG) serves as a novel angiogenesis inhibitor in endometrial cancer. Cancer Letters, 412, 10-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canlet.2017.09.054

Anti-angiogenesis effect of a prodrug of green tea polyphenol (–)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (Pro-EGCG) in malignant tumors is not well studied. Here, we investigated how the treatment with Pro-EGCG inhibited tumor angiogenesis in endometrial cancer.... Read More about A prodrug of green tea polyphenol (–)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (Pro-EGCG) serves as a novel angiogenesis inhibitor in endometrial cancer.