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BiCARB Study featured in latest HERU Blog post
Our latest HERU Blog article looks at the findings of the BiCARB study. The study looked at the clinical and cost-effectiveness of sodium bicarbonate to reduce acidosis in older people who have chronic kidney disease (CKD). Acidosis, excessive acids in blood, can lead to a range of health issues and...
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Retirement of Professor Anne Ludbrook
Professor Anne Ludbrook has retired from the University of Aberdeen after 37 years working in HERU. Anne joined HERU as a Research Fellow in 1983. She was appointed as Deputy Director in 1984, and served as Director from 1987 to 1990. She also directed the HERU consultancy service in the...
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Lives and livelihoods during a pandemic - latest HERU Blog post
Our latest HERU Blog post looks at a new project to examine public preferences for government responses during a pandemic. The public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic has involved measures such as lockdowns to slow the spread of the virus. The health and economic impacts of the lockdowns have...
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August 2020 HERU newsletter
The latest HERU newsletter has been published. Our August 2020 newsletter presents some of our recent research activity. This includes our new study on public preferences for the public health response during a pandemic, and our research into the use of Decision Aids by doctors. We also report on recent...
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Latest HERU Blog post on the cost-effectiveness of urinary incontinence interventions
The latest HERU Blog highlights ongoing research in HERU looking at the cost-effectiveness of interventions for urinary incontinence. The Optimal PFMT for Adherence Long-term (OPAL) trial is exploring the clinical and cost effectiveness of pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) with biofeedback for female stress or mixed urinary incontinence. The SIMS...
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HERU Blog post published looking at the impact of shocks on doctors' risk attitude
Our latest HERU blog post looks at impact of 'shocks' on doctors' risk attitude. HERU PhD student Xuemin Zhu is researching the role of risk attitudes in the clinical and career decision making of doctors. The post looks in particular at the effect of a shock on risk attitude. A...
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Potential impact on diet quality of a Minimum Unit Price for alcohol - latest HERU Blog post
The latest HERU blog post highlights a new project that will investigate if the introduction of Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) for alcohol in Scotland has unintended consequences for diet quality and health. The project is funded by the Chief Scientist Office (CSO) and will consider if household food spending is...
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Latest HERU Blog - Which pandemic response measures are right for the community? And how do we find
Our latest HERU Blog post looks at the valuation of community preferences. In the post Dr Ruben Sakowsky, who has recently completed a PhD in HERU, argues that health economics methods need to take greater account of community preferences. The example of the COVID-19 pandemic is used to discuss the...
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April 2020 HERU newsletter
The April 2020 HERU newsletter has been published. In the newsletter we reflect on the relevance of some of our recent research to the COVID-19 pandemic and highlight studies around employment insecurity; individual and community values; and ICU decision making. We also consider some of the workforce planning issues facing...
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Making decisions about who to admit to intensive care - latest HERU Blog
The latest HERU Blog post looks at our research, in collaboration with the University of Warwick Medical School, to develop a Decision Support Pack to guide doctors' decisions on which patients to admit to intensive care. HERU researchers ran a discrete choice experiment (DCE) to identify the factors important to...