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Population-based study fails to confirm earlier findings

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Tom Nolan reviews this week’s research Over the past year we’ve seen various trials that assess vaping as an intervention for smoking cessation. Now we have smoking cessation drugs being studied as interventions to help people stop vaping. Cytisinicline, a plant based alkaloid that targets nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, has been available in the UK since the start of this year. One hundred and sixty non-smokers who use nicotine vapes were randomised to either cytisinicline 3 mg three tim...

Color Doppler ultrasound proves mettle as standalone method

Ann Robinson reviews the latest research Pregnancy and childbirth can be worrying times, and the news that adverse pregnancy outcomes are associated with an increased risk of dying younger will ramp up anxiety, but it also offers scope to shift the dial. This national Swedish cohort study of more than two million women found that any of five major adverse pregnancy outcomes (preterm delivery, small for gestational age, pre-eclampsia, other hypertensive disorders, and gestational diabetes) was as...

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Cost and clinical uncertainty may be behind low utilization

Nurse specialist advises on the crucial role nurses play in supporting patients with hypertension to understand and manage their condition

Dr Ray O’Connor takes a look at the latest clinical studies on Parkinson’s Disease and what’s new in treatment and research on the second most common neurogenerative condition

Program emphasizing balance and stability equals strength-directed training