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Denise Campbell-Scherer
Researcher at University of Alberta
Publications - 83
Citations - 1859
Denise Campbell-Scherer is an academic researcher from University of Alberta. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Health care. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 67 publications receiving 1302 citations. Previous affiliations of Denise Campbell-Scherer include Grey Nuns Community Hospital & University of Michigan.
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How to Use an Article About a Diagnostic Test
TL;DR: Determining the study validity, understanding the study results and assessing the applicability to patient care are 3 fundamental steps toward an evidence-based approach to choosing and interpreting diagnostic tests.
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Obesity in adults: a clinical practice guideline
Sean Wharton,David C.W. Lau,Michael Vallis,Arya M. Sharma,Laurent Biertho,Denise Campbell-Scherer,Kristi B. Adamo,Angela S. Alberga,Rhonda Bell,Normand G. Boulé,Elaine Boyling,Jennifer Brown,Betty Calam,Carol Clarke,Lindsay Crowshoe,Dennis Divalentino,Mary Forhan,Yoni Freedhoff,Michel Gagner,Stephen Glazer,Cindy Grand,Michael E. Green,Margaret Hahn,Raed Hawa,Rita Henderson,Dennis Hong,Pam Hung,Ian Janssen,Kristen Jacklin,Carlene Johnson-Stoklossa,Amy Kemp,Sara F. L. Kirk,Jennifer L. Kuk,Marie-France Langlois,Scott Lear,Ashley McInnes,David Macklin,Leen Naji,Priya Manjoo,Marie-Philippe Morin,Kara Nerenberg,Ian Patton,Sue Pedersen,Leticia Pereira,Helena Piccinini-Vallis,Megha Poddar,Paul Poirier,Denis Prud'homme,Ximena Ramos Salas,Christian F. Rueda-Clausen,Shelly Russell-Mayhew,Judy Shiau,Diana Sherifali,John L. Sievenpiper,Sanjeev Sockalingam,Valerie H. Taylor,Ellen L. Toth,Laurie Twells,Richard Tytus,Shahebina Walji,Leah Walker,Sonja Wicklum +61 more
TL;DR: Obesity is a complex chronic disease in which abnormal or excess body fat (adiposity) impairs health, increases the risk of long-term medical complications and reduces lifespan.
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Improving chronic disease prevention and screening in primary care: results of the BETTER pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial
Eva Grunfeld,Eva Grunfeld,Donna Manca,Rahim Moineddin,Kevin E. Thorpe,Kevin E. Thorpe,Jeffrey S Hoch,Denise Campbell-Scherer,Christopher Meaney,Jess Rogers,Jaclyn Beca,Jaclyn Beca,Paul Krueger,Muhammad Mamdani,Muhammad Mamdani +14 more
TL;DR: A Prevention Practitioner can improve the implementation of clinically important prevention and screening for chronic diseases in a cost-effective manner.
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Televised medical talk shows--what they recommend and the evidence to support their recommendations: a prospective observational study.
Christina Korownyk,Michael R. Kolber,James McCormack,Vanessa Lam,Kate Overbo,Candra Cotton,Caitlin R Finley,Ricky D. Turgeon,Scott Garrison,Adrienne J. Lindblad,Hoan Linh Banh,Denise Campbell-Scherer,Ben Vandermeer,G. Michael Allan +13 more
TL;DR: Recommendations made on medical talk shows often lack adequate information on specific benefits or the magnitude of the effects of these benefits, and approximately half of the recommendations have either no evidence or are contradicted by the best available evidence.
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Multimorbidity: a challenge for evidence-based medicine.
TL;DR: This article will focus on a fundamental barrier: ‘multimorbidity’, where patients with multiple chronic diseases are often excluded from clinical trials that constitute the bulk of the evidence supporting treatment for specific conditions.