College of Medicine and Health
The mission of the College of Medicine and Health is to improve the health and wellbeing of the public, locally and across the world. This is done through swiftly turning new discoveries into treatments therapies, and through nurturing graduates, staff and researchers who are critical thinkers and problem solvers. For more information, please visit http://medicine.exeter.ac.uk
Recent Submissions
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Monogenic Diabetes: From Genetic Insights to Population-Based Precision in Care. Reflections From a Diabetes Care Editors' Expert Forum
(American Diabetes Association, 20 November 2020)Individualization of therapy based on a person’s specific type of diabetes is one key element of a “precision medicine” approach to diabetes care. However, applying such an approach remains difficult because of barriers ... -
Role of mir-483-5p in stress and anxiety
(University of Exeter College of Medicine and Health, 8 March 2021)Stress and anxiety disorders are often severely debilitating to the individual and contribute immensely to the health care costs. Surveys have estimated that 33.7% of the population is affected by these disorders at least ... -
Beyond ratios - flexible and resilient nurse staffing options to deliver cost-effective hospital care and address staff shortages: a simulation and economic modelling study
(Elsevier, 11 February 2021)Background In the face of pressure to contain costs and make best use of scarce nurses, flexible staff deployment (floating staff between units and temporary hires) guided by a patient classification system may appear an ... -
What is the relationship between aphantasia, synaesthesia and autism?
(Elsevier, 3 February 2021)For people with aphantasia, visual imagery is absent or markedly impaired. Here, we investigated the relationship between aphantasia and two other neurodevelopmental conditions also linked to imagery differences: synaesthesia, ... -
Common genetic variants with fetal effects on birth weight are enriched for proximity to genes implicated in rare developmental disorders
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2021)Birth weight is an important factor in newborn survival; both low and high birth weights are associated with adverse later-life health outcomes. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified 190 loci associated ...