… The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, …
The author(s) received no financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication …

Context If access to effective palliative care is to extend beyond cancer patients, an
understanding of the comparative prevalence of palliative care problems among cancer and non-…

OBJECTIVES: In the UK policy recommends that service users (patients, carers and the public)
should be involved in all publicly funded health and social care research. However, little …

Background Metformin might reduce insulin requirement and improve glycaemia in patients
with type 1 diabetes, but whether it has cardiovascular benefits is unknown. We aimed to …

Purpose Nausea is a troublesome and distressing symptom for patients receiving chemotherapy.
While vomiting is well controlled with current antiemetics, nausea is a more difficult …

… Although all authors completed the disclosure declaration, the following author(s) indicated
a financial or other interest that is relevant to the subject matter under consideration in this …

Fifty observers, including two fully trained vascular surgeons, were asked to determine the
presence or absence of the femoral and distal pulses of four patients with peripheral vascular …

… Most evidence relates to disease-free women with breast and ovarian cancer and
survivors of Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Further work is needed in post-treatment populations using …

The policy imperative to increase public participation in health and social care research,
planning and service delivery raises significant questions about optimum approaches, methods …

Purpose This study aims to systematically appraise the evidence for the use of acupuncture
for symptom management in cancer and supportive care and to identify recommendations …