Can we screen for pancreatic cancer? Identifying a sub-population of patients at high risk of subsequent diagnosis using machine learning techniques applied to …

A Malhotra, B Rachet, A Bonaventure, SP Pereira… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Pancreatic cancer (PC) represents a substantial public health burden.
Pancreatic cancer patients have very low survival due to the difficulty of identifying cancers …

Recording of alcohol use disorder in electronic health records: develo** a recommended codelist for research

S Cook, D Osborn, A Maini, R Parekh, S Gnani… - Clinical …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Electronic health records (EHR) are valuable resources for health research;
however, their use is challenging. A validated alcohol use disorder (AUD) codelist for UK …

[HTML][HTML] Can alcohol consumption in Germany be reduced by alcohol screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment in primary health care? Results of a …

J Manthey, A Solovei, P Anderson, S Carr, J Rehm - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) is a programme
to reduce alcohol consumption for drinkers with high alcohol consumption levels. Only 2.9 …

Incidence of long-term conditions in the Latin American community of London: A validation and retrospective cohort study of 890,922 primary care records, 2005–2022

J Scuffell, J Bailey, H Dodhia, S Durbaba, M Ashworth - PloS one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background Minoritised populations in the United Kingdom frequently identify in multiple
ethnic grou**s and therefore little is known of their health needs. There were 136,062 …

An evaluation of the impact of a national Minimum Unit Price on alcohol policy on alcohol behaviours

G Mohan - Journal of Public Health, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background In 2018, Scotland pioneered national legislation which set a Minimum
Unit Price (MUP) of 50 pence (∼ US $0.64,€ 0.59) per unit of UK alcohol sold (8 g/10 ml). To …

Screening for alcohol use in primary care: assessing French general practitioner practices

T Barré, V Di Beo, P Roux, A Mourad… - Alcohol and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Alcohol use is a leading risk factor for premature death and disability. To tackle this issue,
more systematic and accurate screening for at-risk consumption is needed in healthcare …

Using electronic medical records to identify potentially eligible study subjects for lung cancer screening with biomarkers

L Brown, U Agrawal, F Sullivan - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Recent cancer screening trials have found that using low-dose computed
tomography (LDCT), compared to chest radiography, resulted in a significant reduction in …

Healthcare interactions prior to first hospital admission with alcohol‐related liver disease

H Lewis, R Parker, Z Ul‐Haq, A Lucas… - Liver …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aims To examine the healthcare contacts of patients in the year
before an index admission to hospital with alcohol‐related liver disease (ArLD) to identify …

Effect of statin treatment on the risk of cancer in patients with heart failure: A target trial emulation study

C Ju, WCY Lau, P Chambers, KKC Man… - … and Drug Safety, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose A recent observational study suggested statins could reduce cancer diagnosis in
patients with heart failure (HF). The findings need to be validated using robust …

How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected the delivery of preventive healthcare? An interrupted time series analysis of adults in English primary care from 2018 to …

L Heath, JM Ordóñez-Mena, P Aveyard, J Wherton… - Preventive …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective Offering advice and support for smoking, obesity, excess alcohol, and physical
inactivity is an evidence-based component of primary care. The objective was to quantify the …