News and Events: Publication

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May 2017 Update: Postgraduate Training Platform

Update on the Postgraduate Training Platform Our PhD students have been busy attending conferences, presenting, publishing and winning awards! Read on for a full update. Annual Scientific Meeting, awards &...
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New meta-review confirms benefits of supported self-management in asthma

People with asthma should be given tailored support to help them manage their condition, experts say. A new meta-review conducted by researchers at the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research...
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Standards for Reporting Implementation Studies (StaRI)

The Standards for Reporting Implementation Studies (StaRI) initiative offers a checklist to encourage transparent and accurate reporting of implementation studies. Following extensive work by an international team of implementation experts...
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A potential breath-borne biomarker for asthma reviewed

Exhaled 8-isoprostane has been used as a marker of inflammation in some asthma studies but more work is required if this biomarker is to make the leap into clinical use...
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Blue inhalers save lives – standard colour needed to prevent asthma deaths

Patients’ lives could be put at risk if pharmaceutical companies stray away from the widely recognised colour coding of inhalers used to treat asthma.
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PRISMS – Practical systematic Review of Self-Management Support for long-term conditions

Professors Steph Taylor and Hilary Pinnock, members of the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research, led a large review of evidence for supported self-management, across a range of conditions that included asthma.
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PhD student Io Hui has first paper published
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PhD student Io Hui has first paper published

Congratulations to AUKCAR PhD student Io Hui who has her first paper published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.
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High quality evidence suggests Vitamin D can reduce asthma attacks
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High quality evidence suggests Vitamin D can reduce asthma attacks

A new Cochrane Review, published in the Cochrane Library today, has found evidence from randomised trials, that taking an oral vitamin D supplement in addition to standard asthma medication is likely to reduce severe asthma attacks.
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Burden of Asthma in the UK

Research from our Centre has found that asthma costs the UK health service at least £1.1 billion each year.
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New Publication: Allergy codes in primary care electronic health records

A new publication led by members of the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research explores the usage of allergy codes in primary care electronic health records in Scotland. Read on for an overview of the study from author, Mome Mukherjee.
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