Objectives : This study examined the relative merits of digoxin, carvedilol, and their
combination for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure (HF). …

Background and Methods. Heart failure is common and effective therapy exists but as yet
there is little evidence that the overall prognosis is improving in clinical practice. We sought to …

Background Seasonal patterns in mortality have been recognized for many years. This
study assesses seasonal variation in mortality in Scotland between 1981 and 1993 and …

Area-based interventions offer the potential to increase physical activity for many sedentary
people in countries such as the UK. Evidence on the effect of individual and area/…

An infectious disease typically spreads via contact between infected and susceptible
individuals. Since the small‐scale movements and contacts between people are generally not …

OBJECTIVES: There have been a number of attempts to develop critical appraisal tools, but
few have had a public health focus. This paper describes a new checklist with public health …

Objective The objective of this study was to investigate early influences of postnatal growth
on blood pressure (BP) in healthy, British-born South Asian and European origin infants. We …

Background Over recent years increased emphasis has been given to performance monitoring
of NHS hospitals, including overall number of hospital readmissions, which however are …

Title. Assessing workload in general practice in England before and after the introduction of
the pay‐for‐performance contract. Aim. This paper is a report of a study conducted to …

General hospitals have commonly involved a wide range of medical specialists in the care
of unselected medical emergency admissions. In 1999, the Royal Liverpool University …