Background Evidence exist that primary care referral to an open-group behavioural
programme is an effective strategy for management of obesity, but little evidence on optimal …

PURPOSE We explored participants’ accounts of weight loss interventions to illuminate the
reasons behind the greater weight loss observed among those attending a commercial …

Background Referral to a commercial weight-loss programme is a cost-effective intervention
that is already used within the NHS. Qualitative research suggests this community-based, …

Background Recent trials demonstrate the acceptability and short term efficacy of primary
care referral to a commercial weight loss provider for weight management. Commissioners …

Objectives To explore the usage of the ABCD2 risk stratification score by general practitioners
(GPs) and hospital staff during the referral of patients with suspected transient ischaemic …

Background Referral to a commercial weight-loss programme is a cost-effective intervention
that is already used within the NHS. Qualitative research suggests this community-based, …

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Oxygen radicals are suspected as being a cause of the cellular damage that occurs at sites
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Abbreviations: ADA Americans with Disabilities Act; BMD bone mineral density; BMI body
mass index; CBAVD congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens; CF cystic fibrosis; CFF …

… values or abnormal findings at necropsy (summarized in Simon et al., 1993). One larger
animal… We thank Lorita Dudus for technical support and Jonathan Cohn for a 1468 antibody. The …