Monthly Archives: March 2022

Give the people what they want: evidence-based peer support for Long COVID

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Dr Hayley Wright & Garry Loftus

The long-term effects of COVID-19 have exacerbated the global mental health crisis, and urgent support is needed to support ‘long haulers’ wellbeing. A new trial from Coventry University registered at the ISRCTN registry is piloting a bespoke, digital, co-designed peer-supported self-management intervention: the Hope Programme for Long COVID. In this blog Dr Hayley Wright and Garry Loftus discuss the importance of co-designed research and listening to patients in the development of this intervention.

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Will PREDIMED and the Lyon Diet Heart Study be the last nutrition cardiovascular outcome trials?

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Amy McKenzie and colleagues

For Cardiovascular Diabetology’s 20th anniversary, we’ve asked the authors of the journal’s most influential articles to comment on their findings from today’s perspective and how the articles may have advanced science and influenced their careers. In this blog Amy McKenzie and colleagues discuss nutritional approaches to reduce heart disease risk in type 2 diabetes, as tested in their trial.

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The link between insulin resistance and the development of heart disease

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Valeska Ormazabal, Soumyalekshmi Nair, Felipe Zuñiga and Carlos Salomon

For Cardiovascular Diabetology’s 20th anniversary, we’ve asked the authors of the journal’s most influential articles to comment on their findings from today’s perspective and how the articles may have advanced science and influenced their careers. In this blog Carlos Salomon and colleagues discuss their article on the link between insulin resistance and the development of heart disease.

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