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Press Releases
Public health:
Exploration of fathers’ mental health and well-being concerns during the transition to fatherhood, and paternal perinatal support: scoping review12 November 2024
Public health:
Health impact of urban green spaces: a systematic review of heat-related morbidity and mortality22 October 2024
General practice / Family practice:
The changing shape of English general practice: a retrospective longitudinal study using national datasets describing trends in organisational structure, workforce and recorded appointments3 September 2024
Occupational and environmental medicine:
Investigating sustainability in work after participating in a welfare-to-work initiative using a 2-year cohort study of Work Programme participants in Scotland22 August 2024
Most Read Articles
Cardiovascular medicine:
Is LDL cholesterol associated with long-term mortality among primary prevention adults? A retrospective cohort study from a large healthcare system28 March 2024
Communication:
How does communication affect patient safety? Protocol for a systematic review and logic model27 May 2024
Pharmacology and therapeutics:
Low-dose naltrexone for post-COVID fatigue syndrome: a study protocol for a double-blind, randomised trial in British Columbia13 May 2024
Mental Health
Mental health:
KindMap: an e-mental health tool to promote the well-being and mental health of people facing infertility—study protocol for a feasibility randomised control trial9 December 2024
Mental health:
Young people’s sense of agency and responsibility towards promoting mental health in Brazil: a reflexive thematic analysis7 December 2024
Mental health:
Study protocol of a randomised controlled trial of the effects of near-infrared spectroscopy neurofeedback training coupled with virtual reality technology in children with ADHD7 December 2024
Recent Articles
Obstetrics and gynaecology:
Efficacy of combining aspirin with hydroxychloroquine in pregnancies at high risk for pre-eclampsia: a prospective, multicentre, open-label, single-arm clinical trial, investigator-initiated study (HUGS study)10 December 2024
Public health:
What do women experiencing domestic violence expect from healthcare professionals? A qualitative study in Sri Lanka10 December 2024
Surgery:
Synthesis of existing literature on the colorectal surgery patients challenges during hospital-to-home transitions: a scoping review protocol10 December 2024
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