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Screening for cardiovascular risk in patients with severe mental illness in primary care: A comparison with patients with diabetes (2013)
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Background People with severe mental illness (SMI) have a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared with the general population. Clinical guidelines recommend annual screening for CVD risk factors with appropriate lifestyle coun... Read More about Screening for cardiovascular risk in patients with severe mental illness in primary care: A comparison with patients with diabetes.

An exploration of the experiences of mothers who breastfeed long-term: What are the issues and why does it matter? (2013)
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Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) promotes breastfeeding for 2 years and beyond. Despite this, only 25% of women in the United Kingdom are breastfeeding at all by 6 months postpartum, with a minority of women breastfeeding beyond the fi... Read More about An exploration of the experiences of mothers who breastfeed long-term: What are the issues and why does it matter?.

Women's use of complementary and alternative medicine in pregnancy: A journey to normal birth (2013)
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This paper presents some findings of a research study which explored women’s motivations and experiences of use complementary and alternative medicine in pregnancy and childbirth. A narrative approach was chosen as through story telling it is possib... Read More about Women's use of complementary and alternative medicine in pregnancy: A journey to normal birth.

Searching the Internet for help with pain: Adolescent search, coping, and medication behaviour (2013)
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Objectives To explore a community sample of adolescents for engagement with online pain resources. To assess if the use of the Internet to search for health information correlated with measures of coping, risk taking, catastrophizing about pain, and... Read More about Searching the Internet for help with pain: Adolescent search, coping, and medication behaviour.

A cross sectional, observational survey to assess levels and predictors of psychological wellbeing in adults with epidermolysis bullosa (EB) (2013)
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The first aid advice and safety training (FAST) parents programme for the prevention of unintentional injuries in preschool children: A protocol (2013)
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The feasibility of using local general practice data to estimate the prevalence of childhood disabling conditions (2013)
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Aims This study aimed to assess the feasibility of using general practice data to estimate the prevalence of potentially disabling conditions in young people aged 0-18 years. Background There are limited data that estimate the prevalence of disabling... Read More about The feasibility of using local general practice data to estimate the prevalence of childhood disabling conditions.

Does anaphylaxis masquerade as asthma in children? (2013)
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Rehabilitation of complex regional pain syndrome: Evidence based or trial and error? (2013)
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Using existing paediatric pre-hospital trauma triage tools to identify children with severe traumatic brain injury: An analysis of national trauma registry data (2013)
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