

David Ellard
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@EllardDavid
Emeritus Professor @warwickCTU @warwickmed #mixedmethods #carehomes #ElderlyCare #dementia #MentalHealth #ProcessEvaluation #ChronicPain #CDSM








Our new @BJGPOpen paper exploring patient understanding / experience of shingles finds many had limited understanding before diagnosis and were unprepared for their symptoms. Highlighting stress as a trigger led some people to blame themselves for onset. bit.ly/40iwSrM






If you like dark chocolate, you'll like this finding from today that it reduces the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes (not seen with milk chocolate) [in 3 large prospective cohorts, with the usual caveats of epidemiological, observational nutrition studies]🍫🍫





A dad is hoping to be saved from years of knee pain after taking part in an international transplant trial Andrew Pollock has become the first patient in Lanarkshire to receive a replacement meniscus Full story nhslanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk/news-knee-oper…





