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- Short-term use of HRT associated with increased risk of ovarian cancer
- Statin treatment reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease in women
- Research Presented at AHA Annual Meeting Shows Extent of Damage Caused by Smoking
- Premature deaths could be reduced by 40% over next 20 years
- New studies show that two classes of inexpensive generic drugs can reduce breast cancer deaths
- Adverse consequences of uncontrolled hypertension in China
- Smoking set to kill one in three young men in China
- Men in China Face Increasing Tobacco-Related Cancer Risks
- Regular consumption of spicy foods linked to lower risk of death
- Benefits of Vitamin B12 supplements for older people questioned
- Fresh fruit associated with lower risk of heart attack and stroke
- The impact of new technologies on healthcare research
- Happiness and unhappiness have no direct effect on mortality
- Introducing the new MRC Population Health Research Unit
- Study sheds light on link between cholesterol and diabetes
- The Lancet publishes major review about the use of statins
- Sir Richard Peto Receives CDC Foundation Hero Award
- Diabetes complications cause one third of adult deaths in Mexico City
- Diabetes shortens adult lifespan in Mexico City
- Chinese adults with diabetes lose 9 years of life
- Radiotherapy risks are much higher for smokers
- Fresh fruit associated with lower risk of diabetes and related complications in Chinese adults
- REVEAL study results announced
- Physical activity associated with lower risk of heart attack and stroke in China
- Breast cancer recurrence risk persists for 20 years
- Genetic study in Chinese adults shows no benefit of raising “good” cholesterol
- Increasing chemotherapy dose intensity may lower the risk of breast cancer recurrence and death
- Long-term effects of giving chemotherapy before surgery in early breast cancer
- Fish oil supplements may not protect against heart disease
- Gastroprotectant drugs of substantial benefit in peptic ulcer disease
- New genetic risk factors for stroke identified
- Smoking associated with higher risk of type 2 diabetes
- Diabetes causes half of all cardiovascular, kidney and infection deaths in middle-aged Mexicans
- Household air pollution linked to higher risk of cardiovascular disease
- Use of genetic data to predict effects of vitamin D supplements on risk of diabetes
- Sex differences in vascular mortality for people with diabetes
- BMI, blood pressure and cause-specific mortality in India: a prospective study of 500 000 adults
- ASCEND trial results announced: bleeds and benefit with aspirin balanced in patients with diabetes and no effect on cancer
- ASCEND trial results announced: fish oils do not prevent heart attack or strokes in people with diabetes
- Statin safety
- Convincing evidence that type 2 diabetes is a cause of erectile dysfunction
- Professor Jane Armitage recognised for services to medical research
- Hypertension and cardiovascular mortality in Cuba
- Statin therapy reduces cardiovascular disease risk in older people
- Increasing dose intensity of chemotherapy reduces the risk of breast cancer recurrence and death
- Do null results on cognitive function in cardiovascular trials exclude worthwhile benefit?
- High cholesterol strongly linked to risk of stroke
- Moderate alcohol consumption does not protect against stroke
- Professor Sarah Darby elected a Fellow of the Royal Society
- CDC Foundation, Amgen announce programme to support studies of cardiovascular diseases globally
- NDPH scientists join prestigious Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship
- Disappointing results in trial of minocycline in people with mild Alzheimer's disease
- Why we need large prospective studies in different populations
- Combined vitamin D and calcium supplements reduce fracture risk
- New heart disease drug to be made available to NHS patients through ground-breaking collaboration
- Red meat and fish consumption in China associated with risk of diabetes
- £10 million for cancer epidemiology studies
- About 5000 heart attack sufferers in England missed out on lifesaving hospital treatment due to the COVID-19 pandemic
- New study enables identification of people at particular risk of rare, but serious, muscle-related side effect of statin therapy
- Breast cancer study wins 2020 ONS Research Excellence Award
- New research confirms obesity is a cause of kidney disease
- Professor Sir Rory Collins awarded the MRC Millennium Medal 2020
- Thousands of patients may have undiagnosed and untreated bowel cancer due to COVID-19 disruption
- Novel statistical methods find previously unidentified patterns of diseases
- Drinking alcohol regularly increases cancer risk in Chinese populations
- Alcohol consumption in Cuba
- Care for older people at home can be as good, or better, than hospital care
- Study provides new insights into causal mechanisms for atrial fibrillation
- High blood pressure, BMI and diabetes are major risk factors for cardiovascular death in Cuba
- Major new study could help protect millions with type 2 diabetes from cardiovascular disease
- New study reveals diverging trends in obesity by gender and region in China
- Scientists discover new gene mutations that protect against obesity
- Largest trial of carotid artery surgery and stenting finds similar long-term effects on stroke risk
- Multiple measures of body composition important for predicting risk of atrial fibrillation
- Long-term, low-dose aspirin did not affect risk of dementia in adults with type 2 diabetes
- European Society of Cardiology COVID-19 guidance launched today
- RECOVERY trial team members appointed MBEs
- Dramatic fall in hospital admissions for child infections since start of COVID-19 pandemic
- Aromatase inhibitors are better than tamoxifen at reducing the risk of breast cancer recurrence in premenopausal as well as postmenopausal women
- AMALFI study reaches target recruitment thanks to phenomenal response
- Combination therapy may delay need for heart surgery in people with Marfan syndrome
- New study shows muscle pain is not due to statins in over 90% of those taking the treatment
- Introducing minimum tumour-free margins in breast cancer surgery may reduce recurrence and improve survival
- New study shows strong association between educational level and premature mortality in Cuba, with substantial impact from smoking
- Empagliflozin reduces the risk of kidney disease progression or cardiovascular death in people with chronic kidney disease
- SGLT-2 inhibitors reduce the risk of cardiovascular death or hospitalisation for heart failure in adults with chronic kidney disease
- Study provides new insight into the metabolic profile of body fat distribution in a large-scale study of Mexican adults
- Study identifies gene variants that reduce the risk of developing diabetes
- Triglycerides may be the key to understanding ‘residual risk’ for coronary heart disease
- Taxane and anthracycline combination therapy is shown to be most effective chemotherapy for early stage breast cancer
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Oxford Population Health team up with DNAnexus and AWS to improve access to Mexico City Prospective Study data / La Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México y Oxford Population Health se asocian con DNAnexus y AWS para optimizar el acceso a los datos del Estudio Prospectivo de la Ciudad de México
- Cholesterol-lowering drug trial completes recruitment with 16,124 participants
- Updated data on over 14,000 women show that modern radiotherapy to the regional lymph nodes reduces breast cancer recurrences and deaths
- Mandatory folic acid fortification measures reduce the risk of neural tube defects in babies by half
- New study assesses long term risk of invasive breast cancer after pre-invasive disease
- Known risk factors for heart disease remain strong predictors for life expectancy
- Statins can cause a small increase in blood sugar levels, so people at high risk may develop diabetes sooner
- Professor Sir Rory Collins selected for TIME100 2024 Health list
- Cholesterol-lowering drug slows progression of eye disease in people with diabetes
- Indian Study of Healthy Ageing to offer crucial insights into chronic diseases in rural communities
- China Kadoorie Biobank
- Randomised Trials
- Prospective Studies
- Meta-Analyses of Randomised Trials
- Meta-Analyses of Observational Studies
- Methods
- UK Biobank
- British Doctors Study
- Studies of Smoking and Death in India
- Mortality From Smoking in Developed Countries
- PROCARDIS Sibling-pair Studies of Genetic Determinants of MI
-
Mexico City Prospective Study
- Major findings
- Information for participants
- Study opportunities
- Estudio Prospectivo de la Ciudad de México
- Hallazgos importantes
- Información para los participantes
- Aviso de Privacidad Integral de la “Encuesta de seguimiento de la cohorte de 150,000 participantes previamente reclutados en el Estudio Prospectivo de la Ciudad de México” de la Secretaría de Salud
- Prospective Study of 500,000 adults in Chennai, India
- Re-survey and Follow-up of 1970 Whitehall Study
- 3C: A CAMPATH, Calcineurin inhibitor reduction and Chronic allograft nephropathy trial
- ASCEND: A Study of Cardiovascular Events iN Diabetes
- ATLAS: International ATLAS (Adjuvant Tamoxifen Longer Against Shorter) Breast Cancer Treatment Trial
- BEST-D: Biochemical Efficacy and Safety Trial of Vitamin D
- HPS: Heart Protection Study
- HPS2 -THRIVE: Treatment of HDL to Reduce the Incidence of Vascular Events
- HPS3 / TIMI 55 - REVEAL : Randomised Evaluation of the Effects of Anacetrapib through Lipid-modification
- SEARCH: Study of the Effectiveness of Additional Reductions in Cholesterol and Homocysteine
- SHARP: Study of Heart and Renal Protection
- ATT: Antithrombotic Trialists' Collaboration
- Coxib and traditional NSAID (CNT) Collaboration
- CTT: Cholesterol Treatment Trialists' Collaboration
- STT: Stroke Thrombolysis Trialists' Collaboration
- MTT: Marfan Treatment Trialists' Collaboration
- PSC
- Statistics
- Wolfson Laboratory
- Computing
- Trials Methodology
- Research Regulation
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Cholesterol
- Cancer
- Smoking
- Kidney disease
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Big Data
- Oxford Cholesterol Study
- Blood Pressure
- Aspirin and other antiplatelet drugs
- The Trivandrum Tobacco Study
- The Cuba Prospective Study
- The Russia Retrospective and Prospective Studies
- UK HARP III
- Ascend site
- Other Chronic Diseases
- ATLAS2
- ATTILA
- MADE
- Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Acute Care at Home (Hospital at Home) Trial
- Tobacco
- LENS: Lowering Events in Non-proliferative retinopathy in Scotland
- ASCEND confidential
- List of supporting references
- Gas_Thrive
- Gas_Reveal
- Gas_Search
- Gas_ebctcg
- Gas_hps
- Gas_deathsfromsmoking
- Gas_sharp
- gas_threec
- Gastroprotectant Trialists' (GPT) Collaboration
- EMPA-KIDNEY: the study of heart and kidney protection with empagliflozin
- ORION-4
- Participant Panel
- AMALFI - Active Monitoring for Atrial Fibrillation
- The Early Breast Cancer Trialists' Collaborative Group (EBCTCG)
- Impact of COVID-19 on hospital admissions for acute coronary syndromes
- International Study of Infarct Survival (ISIS)
- Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care (EPOC)
- Infectious Diseases
- Indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on childhood infection in England
- Renal Studies Group
- Indian Study of Healthy Ageing
- Benefits and Risks of Cancer Treatments
- EASi-KIDNEY
- Kelly Davies
- Kate Wilson
- Lisa Holland
- Heather Halls
- Colin Baigent
- Robert Clarke
- Rory Collins
- Sarah Darby
- Alan Young
- Louise Bowman
- Michael Hill
- Richard Bulbulia
- Huaidong Du
- Richard Haynes
- Jonathan Emberson
- Will Herrington
- Jemma Hopewell
- Paul McGale
- Hongchao Pan
- Max Parkin
- Christina Reith
- Robin Walters
- Ling Yang
- Naomi Allen
- Sarah Lewington
- Charlie Harper
- Ben Lacey
- Martin Landray
- Om Kurmi
- Gurdeep Mannu
- Iona Millwood
- David Preiss
- Lisa Blackwell
- Marion Mafham
- Derrick Bennett
- Christiana Kartsonaki
- Yiping Chen
- Michael Lay
- Natalie Staplin
- Mike Clarke
- Liz MacKinnon
- Carolyn Taylor
- Rosie Bradley
- David Dodwell
- Jeremy Braybrooke
- Lucy Davies
- Valerie Beral
- Georgina Buck
- Fiona MacLean
- Mei Sum Chan
- Usama Ali
- Robert Hills
- Peter KaHung Chan
- Jenny Ingell
- Goylette Chami
- Stephanie Ross
- Jane Armitage
- Georgios Ntentas
- Amanda Kerr
- Johanna Rankin Ramroth
- Rebecca Shakir
- Guilherme Pessoa-Amorim
- Michelle Goonasekera
- Richard Peto
- Sasha Shepperd
- Neil Wright
- Elizabeth Hamilton
- Dani Kim
- Anqi Yu
- Federico Murgia
- Julie Hechler
- Francesca Holt
- Jacqueline Murphy
- Nazrul Islam
- Katherine Newell
- Claire Shenton
- Stewart Moffat
- Parminder Judge
- Sarah Clark
- Michelle Nunn
- Eirini Trichia
- Jason Torres
- Mohammed Zayed
- Paul Miller
- Najaf Amin
- Andrea Cradduck-Bamford
- Pek Kei Im
- Olimpia Lamberti
- Vichithranie Madurasinghe
- Rachel Wade
- Rebecca Sardell
- Jennifer Carter
- Megan Conroy
- Jonathan Clarke
- Louise Messinger
- Mohsen Mazidi
- Qi Feng
- Louisa Gnatiuc
- Yunhe Wang
- Rui Huang
- Marwa Maweya Abdelbagi Elbasheer
- Bastian Bohrmann
- Bowen Liu
- Valirie Ndip
- Mark Campbell
- Lianhan Shang
- Jo Holliday
- Patrick Coakes
- Will Stevens
- Karl Wallendszus
- Alex Baxter
- Diego Aguilar Ramirez
- Michael Turner
- Fiona Bragg
- Sam Morris
- Rohan Wijesurendra
- Zhe Wang
- Leon Peto
- Judith Cole
- Peter Jüni
- Tianshu Liu
- Graham Beake
- Jake Probert
- Hannah Taylor
- Amy Mallorie
- James Liu
- David Cutter
- Mariko Nakahara
- Anouska Riahi
- Laura Bramley
- Sarah Parish
- Julie Burrett
- Bruno da Costa
- Amy Flaxman
- Parag Gajendragadkar
- Kuangyi Zhang
- Andrew Challenger
- Doreen Zhu
- Shehab Abid
- Rishi Bansal
- Clara Bueno Lopez
- Killian Donovan
- Greco Malijan
- Alexander Tinworth
- Hyunjin Kim
- Peien Zhou
- Federico Murgia
- Elizabeth Taylor
- Meera Mistry
- Anthony El Houkayem
- Rob Humphrey
- Luisa Fernández Chirino
- Alejandra Vergara-Lope
- Ryoki Arimoto
- Violetta Howard
- Aisling Barrett
- Sileida Oliveros
- Luke Steventon
- Sileida Oliveros
- Andrew Browne
- Zhengming Chen
- Janet Maccora
- Christoph Wanner
- Rejive Dayanandan
- Sajda Perveen