Statins represent the most widely prescribed drugs. Accordingly, in daily practice statin-related muscle pain and other myopathic sensations are frequently seen. In this practice review the clinical approach to statin myopathy is discussed.
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BMC Public Health
December 2024
School of Social Sciences, Centre for Appearance Research, University of the West of England, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol, BS16 1QY, UK.
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October 2024
School of Nursing & Midwifery, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Aim: To explore patient and family narratives about their recognition and response to clinical deterioration and their interactions with clinicians prior to and during Medical Emergency Team (MET) activations in hospital.
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Health SA
February 2024
Department of Social Work, College of Human Sciences, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.
Background: Substance use disorders (SUDs) are on the rise among adolescents worldwide, including in South Africa, causing a significant challenge to parents. Regardless of the difficulties associated with SUDs in adolescents and their impact on parents, current studies on substance addiction have focused on diverse fraternities, excluding social work services for parents of adolescents with SUDs.
Aim: To develop an in-depth understanding of social work services provided to parents of adolescents with SUDs.
Psychiatr Rehabil J
March 2023
School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex.
Objective: People from a Black ethnic (BE) background in England and Wales are disproportionately detained as inpatients under the United Kingdom's Mental Health Act (MHA). Qualitative research into the lived experiences of this group is sparse. This study, therefore, aims to explore the experiences of people from a BE background detained under the MHA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWhen applying for a job, autistic job candidates are likely to face a number of challenges. Job interviews are one of these challenges - they require communicating and relationship-building with unfamiliar people and involve expectations about behaviour (that may vary between companies and are not made clear to job candidates). Given autistic people communicate differently to non-autistic people, autistic job candidates may be disadvantaged in the interview process.
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