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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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Demonstrating the safety of a treatment for heart failure
Analysing a potential link between angiotensin receptor blockers and cancer
- Treatment and prevention
- Patient safety
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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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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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Investigating the national uptake of emergency operations for heart attack
Using registry data to examine rates of emergency coronary intervention
- 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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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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Disproving the link between the MMR vaccine and autism
Conclusively demonstrating that there is no link between the MMR vaccine and autism
- Individual care
- Understanding disease
- Treatment and prevention
- Patient safety
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Is there a link between asthma drugs and heart attacks?
Using GP data to assess the safety of a commonly prescribed asthma drug
- Individual care
- Treatment and prevention
- Patient safety
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.