Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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Recognizing the potential for overdiagnosis: are high-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays an example?
Published 2019Overdiagnosis is commonly conceptualized as an unintended consequence of early disease detection in asymptomatic persons but can also occur in persons with symptoms. This commentary poses ways to identify this problem and ...Article, Letter -
5 Developing a scale to measure clinician knowledge, understanding, attitudes and practices around overdiagnosis
Published 2019Measuring clinician knowledge, understanding and attitudes to overdiagnosis are key to understanding the drivers of overdiagnosis, developing strategies to reduce overdiagnosis, and assessing the effectiveness of interventions ...Presentation -
Is the NHS ‘Heart Age Test’ too much medicine?
Published 2019The NHS ‘Heart Age Test’has expanded cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessment in the UK to include younger people (< 40 years). Public Health England’s (PHE) Healthy Heart campaign, launched in September 2018, encourages ...Article -
Prognostic impact of systolic blood pressure variability in people with diabetes
Published 2019Blood pressure variability (BPV) has been associated with risk of cardiovascular events in observational studies, independently of mean BP levels. In states with higher autonomic imbalance, such as in diabetes, the importance ...Open AccessArticle -
81 Has the transition to digital mammography in breast cancer screening resulted in real benefits?
Published 2019Most breast screening programmes worldwide have replaced Screen-Film mammography (SFM) with Full-field Digital Mammography (FFDM). While FFDM provides significant technical and practical advantages over SFM in the provision ...Presentation