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Using automation to streamline living systematic reviews

Screenshot of Julian Higgins paper about automation in living systematic reviews
Paper:

A narrative review of recent tools and innovations toward automating living systematic reviews and evidence syntheses

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Taking multiple antipsychotics increases risk of developing high blood pressure

Screenshot of paper about antipsychotic medication and the risk of metabolic disorders
Paper:

Antipsychotic Medication and Risk of Metabolic Disorders in People With Schizophrenia: A Longitudinal Study Using the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink

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Helping people who inject drugs care for their veins and avoid bacterial infection – the REACT toolkit

  • 23 Aug 2023
Screenshot of paper about the REACT toolkit aimed at reducing bacterial and soft tissue infections in people who inject drugs
Paper:

Development, acceptability and feasibility of a personalised, behavioural intervention to prevent bacterial skin and soft tissue infections among people who inject drugs: a mixed-methods Person-Based Approach study

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A new normal for children’s physical activity in the wake of the pandemic

  • 08 Aug 2023
Screenshot of paper about children's physical activity in the wake of the pandemic
Paper:

The new normal for children’s physical activity and screen viewing: a multi-perspective qualitative analysis of behaviours a year after the COVID-19 lockdowns in the UK

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Patients need better information on usefulness of blood tests finds new audit of UK primary care tests

Screen shot of the Why Test? paper
Paper:

Why test study: a UK-wide audit using the Primary Care Academic CollaboraTive to explore the reasons for primary care testing

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Disrupted access to healthcare during pandemic linked to avoidable hospital admissions

  • 20 Jul 2023
BMJ paper about avoidable hospital admissions as a result of the pandemic
Paper:

Associations between self-reported healthcare disruption due to covid-19 and avoidable hospital admission: evidence from seven linked longitudinal studies for England

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