Publications by authors named "Michelle Hards"
Purpose: To describe the use of 3 prostaglandin/timolol fixed combinations (FCs) in UK primary care, to summarize characteristics of recipients, and to assess 12-month persistence.
Methods: This retrospective cohort study included first-time recipients of latanoprost/timolol FC, bimatoprost/timolol FC, or travoprost/timolol FC treated between April 1, 2007, and November 30, 2008, identified in The Health Improvement Network database, a large database of anonymized longitudinal electronic medical records of patients treated in UK primary care. Eligible patients were = 18 years old at the index date (date of first prescription).
Background: Relative leg length is frequently used as a biomarker of childhood nutrition in epidemiological studies, but evidence is lacking. We examined the association between supplemental nutrition in pregnancy and childhood and relative proportions of components of height in adolescence.
Methods: In a community trial of nutritional supplementation, villages from adjacent administrative areas were selected to serve as intervention (n = 15) and control (n = 14) arms.
Objectives: Varenicline is a licensed smoking cessation medication in the EU, USA and many other countries worldwide. This study was designed to assess its effectiveness in a UK general practice setting.
Methods: The main outcome measure was the rate of smoking cessation, defined as the seven-day point prevalence after six months from starting varenicline.