Publications by authors named "Aleesha Karia"

Background: Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) affect around 7.6 million people in the UK, disproportionately affecting the minority ethnic community. In 2009, the UK's National Health Service (NHS) launched a Health Check (NHSHC) scheme to improve early diagnosis of various clinical conditions, including CVD, by screening patients for associated risk factors.

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  • A study was conducted to evaluate the effects of receiving the inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV) and SARS-CoV-2 vaccine at the same time compared to getting them separately among healthcare workers.
  • Results showed that those who received both vaccines together had a lower rise in SARS-CoV-2 antibodies 1 month after vaccination, although this difference was not significant after 6 months.
  • Overall, the concomitant vaccination did not seem to significantly affect the long-term immune response, suggesting that more research is needed to clarify these findings.
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Unlabelled: Socio-economic factors affecting health care can lead to delays in diagnosis of neurological conditions, consequentially affecting treatment and morbidity rates. This inequality in health care can leave patients from lower socio-economic backgrounds more vulnerable to a poorer quality of care from health care providers in the United Kingdom (U.K.

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