Richard Baker

TL;DR: Interventions tailored to prospectively identified barriers are more likely to improve professional practice than no intervention or dissemination of guidelines, however, the methods used to identify barriers and tailor interventions to address them need further development.

TL;DR: Based on the evidence presented, the effectiveness of tailored interventions remains uncertain and more rigorous trials (including process evaluations) are needed.

TL;DR: The early treatment diabetic retinopathy study (ETDRS) as mentioned in this paper was a randomized clinical trial of aspirin vs placebo, which was sponsored by the National Eye Institute (NIEI).

TL;DR: If patients' experiences of prostate cancer care are to be improved, clinicians need to identify, and respond to, the information and decision-making needs of individual patients and their partners.

TL;DR: Results indicate that unmarried individuals have shorter telomeres, independent of presumed benefits of marriage such as social support and a healthier lifestyle.