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Health Services Research conference – a final roundup

HSR conference

08/07/2014

On Health

Our Health Services Research conference took place last week. Guest bloggers Jay Shaw and Anita Kothari, round up the last day and give us their thoughts on the… Read more »

Singing can improve physical and mental health in the elderly

Elderlysinging

07/07/2014

On Health

The challenges of an aging population are never far from the headlines, whether it’s concerns over pensions, or the increase in dementia cases. In this guest… Read more »

Health Services Research conference – Highlights from Day 2

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03/07/2014

On Health

Our Health Services Research conference continues at King’s College London with its second day. What did we learn? And, what were the highlights? Guest… Read more »

The Evidence-Based Medicine renaissance: holy grail or poisoned chalice?

microscope

03/07/2014

On Medicine

Today at our Health Services Research Conference, Professor Trish Greenhalgh announced her new campaign for Real Evidence-Based Medicine. In this guest post,… Read more »

The failure rate of clinical trials for Alzheimer’s – why we need to raise our game

Dr Simon Ridley

03/07/2014

On Medicine

New research published today in Alzheimer’s Research and Therapy has shown that the failure rate for Alzheimer’s Disease drug development is 99.6%. In this… Read more »

Health Services Research conference – Highlights from Day 1

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02/07/2014

On Health

Our Health Services Research conference kicked off yesterday at King’s College London. But what were the highlights of Day 1? What did we learn? Guest… Read more »

Welcome to Health Services Research: Evidence Based Practice 2014!

HSR logo

01/07/2014

On Health

Guest bloggers Jay Shaw and Anita Kothari kick off the 2014 Health Services Research conference with some conversation starters. Leading up to this conference,… Read more »

Creating impact – a game of two halves

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30/06/2014

On Medicine

This is a guest blog by Prof Jonathan Grant, Director of the Policy Institute at King’s College London and Professor of Public Policy. He tells us about his… Read more »

Is sugar intake linked with breast cancer risk?

Mammography and breast density

26/06/2014

BMC Series blog

Increased breast density is one of the risks in developing breast cancer, and new research published today in BMC Public Health suggests that sugar is… Read more »

Can you show us that again please?

Drosophila

26/06/2014

On Biology

For almost thirty years, David Stern has been obsessed with the fact that male fruit flies ‘sing’ to females. His work on this problem, published… Read more »

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