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A study by researchers from across the UK, funded by Action Medical Research, is aiming to discover whether treating asthmatic children according to their genetic status can improve their quality of life and asthma control..

Chronic Headache Education and Self-management Study (CHESS) is a multi-centre, randomised controlled trial evaluating an education and self-management support programme for people living with chronic headaches (headache ≥ 15 days/month for ≥ 3 months).

STILTS2 assesses the genetic basis of thinness. identification of genes that contribute to thinness may provide further insights into the regulation of body weight and obesity resistance, which may lead to rational preventative and therapeutic strategic for weight disorders.

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Children with underlying medical conditions such as asthma, diabetes and cerebral palsy are ‘at risk’ of becoming more unwell from bacterial infections if they get flu. ARCHIE is a double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial to look at the effect of giving the antibiotic co-amoxiclav to ‘at risk’ children within five days of them becoming ill with flu or influenza-like illness.

My name is Sue Wright and I joined the CRN West Midlands Primary Care team in January. After an initial research career working for the Department of Transport on the design of traffic signs and symbols I moved into the NHS and worked in health promotion in Kidderminster and Wyre Forest. I then moved back into research but this time health related research.

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Research tells us that men are less likely than women to access NHS services; sometimes this means they may already have advanced cancer symptoms before they visit their GP.

The majority of patients who come to their doctor with lung e.g. cough, or bowel symptoms e.g. loose stool, do not have anything seriously wrong. However, a very few people are at risk of cancer. This study aims to help doctors diagnose cancer quickly so that potential high risk patients are detected sooner and unnecessary examinations are minimised for those patients that are low risk. This research is about finding what symptoms and examinations are best for predicting lung and bowel cancer.

In February it was announced that over one million people have actively participated in research studies run in primary care following the inception of the NIHR Clinical Research Network, an enormous achievement for all of those who have been involved