Objectives: To estimate the efficacy of dietary advice to lower blood total cholesterol
concentration in free-living subjects and to investigate the efficacy of different dietary …

Objective to determine the effect of 900 mg/day of dried garlic powder (standardised to 1.3%
allicin) in reducing total cholesterol. Design: double-blind, randomised six-month parallel …

Objectives To determine coronary event and case fatality rates in an English population aged
less than 80 years in Oxfordshire, and to compare these rates with those reported by the …

Most diabetic patients are elderly but their clinical characteristics remain poorly defined. A
population survey identified 259 known diabetic patients aged 60 years or more giving a …

Objective: To determine the relative efficacy in general practice of dietary advice given by a
dietitian, a practice nurse, or a diet leaflet alone in reducing total and low density lipoprotein …

A prevalence survey for known diabetes was conducted in a geographically defined population
of nearly 40 100 in Oxford in April 1982. The age‐adjusted prevalence rate was 10.4/…

Objective: To investigate various aspects of dentists' beliefs and practices with respect to
helping their patients stop smoking. Design: Postal questionnaire survey conducted in 1996. …

BACKGROUND: Nicotine replacement therapy is effective in helping people to give up
smoking. The three forms now available--transdermal patches, chewing gum and nasal spray--…

The information required by family doctors on initial and final discharge reports from hospitals
was specified and 546 such reports from hospitals in Aylesbury, Amersham, Banbury, …

In a questionnaire survey of 359 general practitioners (response rate 94%), 60% accepted
the need to provide genetic services, but far fewer felt competent to do so. Nevertheless, as …