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Changes in smoking prevalence and cessation support, and factors associated with successful smoking cessation in Swedish patients with asthma and COPD

European Clinical Respiratory Journal, 2018
Introduction: Our aim was to investigate changes in smoking prevalence, smoking cessation support and factors associated with successful smoking cessation in patients with asthma and COPD.
Marcus Stegberg, Mikael Hasselgren, Scott Montgomery, Karin Lisspers, Björn Ställberg, Christer Janson, Josefin Sundh   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comprehensive Medication Management: Implications for the Patient and Pharmacist [PDF]

, 2017
Since 1979, state pharmacy practice laws have begun to allow pharmacists to provide advanced levels of care in collaboration with prescribers. These might be termed medication therapy management, collaborative practice, comprehensive medication ...
Brayer, Hayden, Bunting, Barry, DeLucenay, Alexander, Williams, Karl   +3 more
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Managing risk in cancer presentation, detection and referral: a qualitative study of primary care staff views [PDF]

, 2014
Objectives In the UK, there have been a number of national initiatives to promote earlier detection and prompt referral of patients presenting to primary care with signs and symptoms of cancer.
Cook, Neil, Dey, Maria Paola, Thomson, Gillian   +2 more
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Inhibiting stearoyl‐CoA desaturase suppresses bone metastatic prostate cancer by modulating cellular stress, mTOR signaling, and DNA damage response

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Bone metastasis in prostate cancer (PCa) patients is a clinical hurdle due to the poor understanding of the supportive bone microenvironment. Here, we identify stearoyl‐CoA desaturase (SCD) as a tumor‐promoting enzyme and potential therapeutic target in bone metastatic PCa.
Alexis Wilson, Mackenzie K Herroon, Shane Mecca, Laimar C Garmo, Jacob Lindquist, Shrila Rajendran, Steve M. Patrick, Izabela Podgorski   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rheumatic conditions associated with interstitial lung diseases: real-world outcomes in a secondary care setting

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
Management of rheumatic conditions associated with interstitial lung disease (r-ILD) requires expertise, often occurring in tertiary referral centers.
Alex Francioni, Muhammad K Nisar, Natasha Ramsundar, Vijay Joshi, Judeson Gnanapragasam   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Primary health care at the turn of the millennium : evolution, changes and contrasts [PDF]

, 2000
Primary health care is a form of front-line medicine comparable to a valve with a filter. If either is blocked or weak, large amounts of relatively unimportant and trivial material will overflow, causing confusion and delays in the secondary channels ...
Xuereb, Joseph
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Structural biology of ferritin nanocages

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Ferritin is a conserved iron‐storage protein that sequesters iron as a ferric mineral core within a nanocage, protecting cells from oxidative damage and maintaining iron homeostasis. This review discusses ferritin biology, structure, and function, and highlights recent cryo‐EM studies revealing mechanisms of ferritinophagy, cellular iron uptake, and ...
Eloise Mastrangelo, Flavio Di Pisa
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical referral to the NHS following multi-cancer early detection test results from the NHS-Galleri trial

Frontiers in Oncology
IntroductionThe large, randomised, controlled NHS-Galleri trial (NCT05611632) is assessing the clinical utility of a multi-cancer early detection (MCED) test for asymptomatic cancer screening in England.
Ian Lowenhoff, Saoirse Dolly, Rebecca Dowinton Smith, Sara Hiom, Liz Holmes, Peter Johnson, Laura King, Richard D. Neal, Thomas Round, Charles Swanton, Charles Swanton, Lennard Y. W. Lee, Lennard Y. W. Lee   +12 more
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Theological Foundations of Pastoral Care in Catholic Universities [PDF]

, 2017
One defining element of life in any Catholic educational institution, whether it be primary, secondary, or tertiary, is the focus on pastoral care for staff and students.
Gourlay, Thomas V
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Referral to hospital in Nepal: 4 years' experience in one rural district [PDF]

, 2002
Formal referral systems have been proposed as a strategy to improve access to secondary care, yet their implementation can be problematic. This paper describes data from referrals in one rural district in Nepal over a four year period.
Furber, A.S.
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