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HERU Blog post on patient follow-up after surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysm
We have a new HERU Blog post highlighting research indicating that ultrasound scans offer the best value for money to follow up patients after surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysm. The blog post looks at the findings from an evidence synthesis and economic evaluation on the clinical and cost-effectiveness of using contrast-enhanced...
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HERU Blog post on Genetic testing for children with rare disorders
Our latest HERU blog has been posted. To mark Undiagnosed Children’s Day we feature our on-going research on genetic testing for children with rare diseases. Our work, in collaboration with the Department of Medical Genetics at the University of Aberdeen and the Scottish Genomes Partnership (SGP), aims to place children and...
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HERU Blog post on putting men's preferences at the centre of the patient-doctor relationship
A HERU Blog post has been published highlighting some recently funded research. The research aims to promote shared decision making for prostate cancer treatment and has been funded by The Urology Foundation. The work will develop a Decision Aid Tool to help patients with localised prostate cancer decide which treatment is...
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2018 HERU Annual Report
The 2018 HERU Annual Report has been published. The report highlights some key achievements over 2018, provides an overview of the Unit’s activities and details the research we are undertaking across the Unit’s four research themes. It also details our publications, the projects we are working on, and our capacity...
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January 2019 HERU Newsletter
The January 2019 issue of the HERU newsletter has been published. The newsletter highlights our new HERU Blog, which we launched in January and which aims to communicate our policy-relevant research, and also features: A spotlight on our research on time and risk preferences in medical decision making. Updates on our short...
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Minimum Unit Pricing blog post
The second HERU Blog post has been published. The post is a short video highlighting the findings of HERU research on the impact of Minimum Unit Pricing of alcohol. The research has been published in the Nordic Journal of Health Economics and uses data on household’s weekly off-sales alcohol purchases to assess...
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HERU Blog launched
The new HERU Blog has been launched. The first post is a short video introduction to HERU from our Director, Professor Mandy Ryan. We've launched the Blog as another method of communicating our research. The first post is a video and we aim to use different formats to provide concise summaries of...
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October 2018 HERU Newsletter
The October 2018 HERU newsletter is available. In the newsletter we highlight our MSc in Health Economics for Health Professionals and welcome our latest cohort of students. We also feature: An exciting new research project on supporting shared decision making in breast cancer care. A report on the results of the IQuaD trial that...