464 research outputs found
The teachings of Long COVID
No full textLong COVID is prolonged illness resulting from SARS-CoV-2 infection. Its serious implications for individuals and society have been missing from public communication and pandemic policy. Here, I draw on my lived experience, research, and advocacy work with Long COVID and reflect on the lessons learnt
Medical advice and patient's religion
No full textDescribing the Care of Muslim Patients app (Feb 9, p 443),1 Aasim Padela concludes that it is a “resource for those seeking to learn about the intersections of Islam, Muslim patients' behaviours, and medical practice”, and that is all it is. Regarding this app as an information source to help understand patient behaviour is fine. However, health-care quality and medical management options offered to patients should not be influenced by it. Even assuming the app information is trusted, the type of medical advice should not depend on patients' religion, or what their appearance suggests about their religious belief
A negative COVID-19 test does not mean recovery
No full textPandemic policy must include defining and measuring what we mean by mild infection
Should we be using standard measures of deprivation when targeting health inequalities in older people?
No full textThe effect of maternal iron status and intake during pregnancy on cardiovascular disease risk in the offspring
No full textThe stigma of self-report in health research: time to reconsider what counts as “objective"
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