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Assessing the benefits of cholesterol lowering drugs
Recruiting thousands of people to a large scale statins clinical trial
- Treatment and prevention
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Updating the understanding of the risks of diabetes
Using GP data to learn more about diabetes
- Understanding disease
- Treatment and prevention
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Supporting research into rare kidney disease
Using registry data to search for treatments for rare diseases
- Individual care
- Understanding disease
- Treatment and prevention
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Improving dialysis treatment in the UK
Linking data to analyse kidney patients' treatment
- Individual care
- Treatment and prevention
- Planning
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Understanding the impacts of genes, lifestyle and environment
UK Biobank stores health data on 500,000 volunteers to provide a resource for researchers
- Understanding disease
- Treatment and prevention
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Prescribing statins to men without a history of heart attacks
Demonstrating the health and cost benefits of statin use
- Individual care
- Treatment and prevention
- Planning
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Tracking Parkinson's
Improving understanding of the biological changes involved in Parkinson's
- Understanding disease
- Diagnosis
- Treatment and prevention
Case studies
There is a wide range of ways that patient data can be used to provide better care and improve health. Explore the case studies to learn more. Please let us know if you have good examples to share.