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Latest posts
Beyond sensors and alerts: diabetic foot prevention requires more than the odd sock
In a follow-up to her recent blog post, Jenny Corser discusses the SOCKSESS study of smart sensing socks for monitoring diabetic feet, registered at the ISRCTN… Read more »
A smartphone app for the self-management of Perthes’ Disease – a blog for Rare Disease Day 2024
For Rare Disease Day 2024, Adam Galloway discusses the NON-STOP trial, registered at the ISRCTN registry, which evaluates the acceptability and usability of a… Read more »
More On Medicine posts
Prescriptions aren’t one-way tickets: how to stop what we started
In this blog, Dave Taylor and Jackie Martin-Kerry discuss the CHARMER (CompreHensive geriAtRician led MEdication Review) trial,… Read more »
PEAR-TREE: Understanding the usefulness of the PEAR-BIO platform in patients with kidney cancer
For World Cancer Day, Maxine Tran and Matt Williams discuss the PEAR-TREE study, which is registered at the ISRCTN registry.
Intensive interaction for children and young people with profound and multiple learning disabilities: the INTERACT trial
On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Jill Bradshaw and the Interact Trial Team describe the INTERACT trial,… Read more »
Improving Romanian teachers’ LGBT+ related attitudes through an online intervention – the LGBT inclusion project
Nastasia Sălăgean discusses the Teacher LGBT Inclusion study that is testing the effectiveness of an intervention to improve… Read more »
Advances in nursing assessment: a fundamental step in patient care
Irene Llagostera Reverter discusses her study of the VALENF Instrument, a nursing assessment meta-tool, in adult inpatients units,… Read more »
Sharing health education and exercise videos on TikTok to prevent sarcopenia
Ya Shi discusses a social-media-based intervention, SHEEP, to prevent sarcopenia in young-older adults in the community,… Read more »
Photobiomodulation therapy to prevent chemotherapy-induced oral mucositis
Marwa Khalil discusses her study of photobiomodulation therapy as a preconditioning treatment against chemotherapy-induced oral… Read more »