Singing for lung health in COPD: a multicentre trial of online delivery
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We've highlighted how key a COPD annual review is for patient report care. Using data from Asthma + Lung UK COPD patient passport. Anthony Laverty Dr Keir Philip Royal Brompton and Harefield NHLI Dr Nick Hopkinson
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New Social Biobehavioural Research Group paper BrainBehavImm. #loneliness is risk for increasing chronic inflammation. Social engagement maybe protective. Isolation less consistent. Stronger results in those w/ genetic MDD risk. Shown in two cohorts, venous & dried blood samples.

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We devised a new way to let researchers use patient's confidential medical records in research, while ALSO preserving their privacy.

How does OpenSAFELY work?

We made a 5 minute video!

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The acceptability, practicality, implementation and efficacy of a physical and social activity intervention ‘BreatheHappy’ for people with long-term respiratory conditions: A feasibility study Chronic Respiratory Disease
Southampton University Physiotherapy Programme Dr Elaine Bevan-Smith (RN PhD)

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Green space near home has an antidepressant effect go.nature.com/3J2hvMc

This is brilliant 👏

One of the pleasures of being an Associate Editor at ERS ERS publications #ERJ ,is handling fantastic papers like this one.

👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 to Meredith McCormack + team for this work on FEV1Q.

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FEV1Q: a Race-neutral approach to assessing lung function erj.ersjournals.com/content/early/…

Look after your lungs! Sound advice from Stefan Marciniak and others...
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When did you stop singing?

We have officially opened our new School of Public Health building on Imperial College London's White City campus🏠

Our new building is a hive of flexible spaces where academics, collaborators, students and the local community can create ambitious ideas together
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The best time to exercise?

Any time you can.

“The current state of research provides evidence neither for nor against a specific time of the day being more beneficial, but provides evidence for larger effects when there is congruency between training and testing times.”…

Latest results from our REACT study published today in ⁦NEJM⁩
Measurable cognitive deficits in people with #longcovid . Also (but less) in people who have recovered from COVID-19 symptoms. Link to paper and editorial in reply theguardian.com/society/2024/f…

🚨 MRC-funded Postdoctoral research associate position available. Exciting project with Anand Shah to study mechanisms of innate immune dysregulation in bronchiectasis. 2yr duration w/ potential to extend.Great opportunities for CV/career development imperial.ac.uk/jobs/descripti…

Providing immediate smoking cessation support alongside lung cancer screening increases long term, biochemically confirmed quits: outcomes from 2 randomised controlled trials (QuLIT-1 & QuLIT-2) thorax.bmj.com/content/79/3/2…
Parris Williams, Dr Keir Philip, Anthony Laverty, Dr Nick Hopkinson

Remote vision-based digital patient monitoring of pulse and respiratory rates in acute medical wards. thorax.bmj.com/content/early/…
Adam Lewis (He/Him)

Infra-red cameras can continuously monitor respiratory and pulse rates remotely in acute respiratory and orthopaedic wards (1/6)

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🌲🚵 The great outdoors: how a green exercise environment can benefit all

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12 weeks of oral nitrate supplementation, in the form of beetroot juice, lowers blood pressure, improves vascular function and increases exercise capacity in people with #COPD ...more #juice please for #COPD . Amazing effect on #BP and 6 minute walk!
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