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Targeting back pain treatment to those most in need
Using patient data to stratify risk of long term disability.
- Individual care
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Studying the health of doctors to prove the dangers of smoking
Collecting data from thousands of British doctors to examine the health effects of smoking
- Understanding disease
- Treatment and prevention
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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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Working out who is at risk of cardiovascular disease
Using data to inform a risks assessment tool for cardiovascular disease
- Individual care
- Diagnosis
- Treatment and prevention
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Does pain get worse in bad weather?
Using smartphone data to analyse the potential relationship between weather and pain
- Understanding disease