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Systematic Review Suggests Nutraceuticals Containing Vitamin B2 Could Provide an Alternative Treatment for Paediatric Migraines (2025)
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Martello, E., Aiyelabegan, F., Orr, J., Wilson, E., Morling, J. R., Kinali, M., Joseph, T., Koboto, D., Dhungana, S., Ikechukwu, P., Seripenah, P., Emery, H., Stewart‐Evans, J., & Leonardi‐Bee, J. (2025). Systematic Review Suggests Nutraceuticals Containing Vitamin B2 Could Provide an Alternative Treatment for Paediatric Migraines. Acta Paediatrica, https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.70157

Aim: The aim of this review is to systematically summarise the evidence on the effectiveness of riboflavin (vitamin B2) or supplements containing riboflavin in preventing paediatric migraines. Methods: This systematic review followed the Joanna Brigg... Read More about Systematic Review Suggests Nutraceuticals Containing Vitamin B2 Could Provide an Alternative Treatment for Paediatric Migraines.

Designing NUDGE-based interventions for people with excess alcohol drinking: a proof of concept study [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review] (2025)
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Subhani, M., Talat, U., Khanal, S., Morling, J. R., Jones, K. A., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Guha, I. N., Greenwood, J., Ryder, S. D., & Vlaev, I. Designing NUDGE-based interventions for people with excess alcohol drinking: a proof of concept study [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. https://doi.org/10.3310/nihropenres.13802.1. Manuscript submitted for publication

Background

Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) is a major public health issue linked to over 200 medical conditions and driven by complex cognitive, affective, behavioral, and socioeconomic factors. We used a novel “Nudgeathon” approach, based on MINDSPACE... Read More about Designing NUDGE-based interventions for people with excess alcohol drinking: a proof of concept study [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review].

Modelling the distribution of the oxygen-haemoglobin dissociation curve in vivo: An observational study (2025)
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Crooks, C. J., West, J., Morling, J. R., Simmonds, M., Juurlink, I., Briggs, S., Cruickshank, S., Hammond-Pears, S., Shaw, D., Card, T. R., & Fogarty, A. W. (2025). Modelling the distribution of the oxygen-haemoglobin dissociation curve in vivo: An observational study. Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology, 333, Article 104400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resp.2025.104400

Few studies have explored the variability of the oxygen-haemoglobin dissociation curve in vivo.

96,428 blood gas measurements were obtained (80,376 arterial, 6959 venous) from a cohort of 7656 patients who were admitted to a large UK teaching hosp... Read More about Modelling the distribution of the oxygen-haemoglobin dissociation curve in vivo: An observational study.

UK policymaker and expert perspectives on the smoke-free generation policy: a qualitative study (2025)
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Davies, N., Murray, R., Langley, T., Morling, J., & Bains, M. (2025). UK policymaker and expert perspectives on the smoke-free generation policy: a qualitative study. BMJ Public Health, 3(1), Article e001808. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2024-001808

Introduction The UK smoke-free generation (SFG) proposal seeks to ban the sale of tobacco products to those born in or after 2009. There is substantial evidence for the benefits of raising the age of sale of tobacco but, despite several governments p... Read More about UK policymaker and expert perspectives on the smoke-free generation policy: a qualitative study.

Quantifying the portrayal of alcohol-related A&E attendances and prevention in the British medical documentary series ‘24 hours in A&E’ (2025)
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Webster, K., Knight, H., & Morling, J. R. (2025). Quantifying the portrayal of alcohol-related A&E attendances and prevention in the British medical documentary series ‘24 hours in A&E’. Journal of Public Health, 47(2), 309-316. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdae314

Background
Alcohol misuse is linked to numerous health and socioeconomic harms. Edutainment and docutainment television programmes can act as health promotion tools, influencing health perceptions and behaviours. Inaccurate portrayals can engender m... Read More about Quantifying the portrayal of alcohol-related A&E attendances and prevention in the British medical documentary series ‘24 hours in A&E’.

A Qualitative Systematic Review of Barriers and Facilitators to Hepatitis B and C Programmes in Prisons (2024)
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Emery, H., Evans, C., Jack, K., Martello, E., Seripenah, P., Aiyelabegan, F., Dhungana, S., Joseph, T., Koboto, D., Morling, J., Stewart-Evans, J., Wilson, E., & Leonardi-Bee, J. (2025). A Qualitative Systematic Review of Barriers and Facilitators to Hepatitis B and C Programmes in Prisons. Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 32(2), Article e14049. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvh.14049

The prevalence of viral hepatitis amongst people in prisons is higher than in the general population. Screening, treatment, and vaccination programmes exist within prisons to reduce the incidence of hepatitis, although lower uptake has often been rep... Read More about A Qualitative Systematic Review of Barriers and Facilitators to Hepatitis B and C Programmes in Prisons.

Perceptions of Children and Young People in England on the Smokefree Generation Policy: A Focus Group Study (2024)
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Davies, N. P., Murray, R., Langley, T., Morling, J. R., & Bains, M. (2025). Perceptions of Children and Young People in England on the Smokefree Generation Policy: A Focus Group Study. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 27(6), 1066-1072. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntae300

Background
Modeling shows smokefree generation (SFG) policies could effectively reduce smoking rates by banning tobacco sales to those born after a specific year. Little is known about how young people perceive the legitimacy and impact of the plann... Read More about Perceptions of Children and Young People in England on the Smokefree Generation Policy: A Focus Group Study.

Adverse health outcomes in offspring of parents with alcohol-related liver disease: Nationwide Danish cohort study (2024)
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Jepsen, P., West, J., Larsen, A. K. K., Kann, A. E., Kraglund, F., Morling, J. R., Crooks, C., & Askgaard, G. (2024). Adverse health outcomes in offspring of parents with alcohol-related liver disease: Nationwide Danish cohort study. PLoS Medicine, 21(10), Article e1004483. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004483

Background AU Parental: Pleaseconfirmthatallheadinglevelsarerepresentedcorrectly drinking can cause harm to the offspring. A parent’s: diagnosis of alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) might be an opportunity to reach offspring with preventive interve... Read More about Adverse health outcomes in offspring of parents with alcohol-related liver disease: Nationwide Danish cohort study.

Primary Liver Cancer Risk and Mortality in Patients With Alcohol-Related Cirrhosis in England and Denmark: Observational Cohort Studies (2024)
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Jensen, M. D., West, J., Crooks, C., Morling, J. R., Kraglund, F., Card, T., Askgaard, G., & Jepsen, P. (2025). Primary Liver Cancer Risk and Mortality in Patients With Alcohol-Related Cirrhosis in England and Denmark: Observational Cohort Studies. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 120(3), 593-602. https://doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0000000000003077

INTRODUCTION:
Patients with alcohol-related cirrhosis (ALD cirrhosis) have an increased risk of primary liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma [HCC] or intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma [iCCA]). England recommends surveillance for HCC in these patien... Read More about Primary Liver Cancer Risk and Mortality in Patients With Alcohol-Related Cirrhosis in England and Denmark: Observational Cohort Studies.

Bringing the voice of social housing tenants into shaping the health and care research agenda (2024)
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Phillips, O. R., Mardell, D., Stephenson, K., Hussain, S., Burton, D., Bernard, B., Stevenson, S., & Morling, J. R. (2024). Bringing the voice of social housing tenants into shaping the health and care research agenda. Research Involvement and Engagement, 10, Article 85. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-024-00613-y

Background: A larger percentage of social housing tenants have poorer physical and mental health outcomes compared to private renters and homeowners. They are also at a greater risk of respiratory conditions, cardiovascular disease, communicable dise... Read More about Bringing the voice of social housing tenants into shaping the health and care research agenda.

A requirement for the use of supplementary oxygen to guide medical treatment decisions may introduce bias against non-white individuals (2024)
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Crooks, C. J., West, J., Morling, J. R., Simmonds, M., Juurlink, I., Briggs, S., Cruickshank, S., Hammond-Pears, S., Shaw, D., Card, T. R., & Fogarty, A. W. (2024). A requirement for the use of supplementary oxygen to guide medical treatment decisions may introduce bias against non-white individuals. European Respiratory Journal, 63(6), Article 2302320. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.02320-2023

What are the strengths and limitations to utilising creative methods in public and patient involvement in health and social care research? A qualitative systematic review (2024)
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Phillips, O. R., Harries, C., Leonardi-Bee, J., Knight, H., Sherar, L. B., Varela-Mato, V., & Morling, J. R. (2024). What are the strengths and limitations to utilising creative methods in public and patient involvement in health and social care research? A qualitative systematic review. Research Involvement and Engagement, 10(1), Article 48. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-024-00580-4

Background: There is increasing interest in using patient and public involvement (PPI) in research to improve the quality of healthcare. Ordinarily, traditional methods have been used such as interviews or focus groups. However, these methods tend to... Read More about What are the strengths and limitations to utilising creative methods in public and patient involvement in health and social care research? A qualitative systematic review.

Facilitators and barriers to asylum seeker and refugee oral health care access: a qualitative systematic review (2024)
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Wainman, N. E., Phillips, O. . R., & Morling, J. R. (2024). Facilitators and barriers to asylum seeker and refugee oral health care access: a qualitative systematic review. British Dental Journal, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-024-7235-9

Objectives Asylum seekers and refugees (ASRs) encounter barriers when accessing oral health care (OHC). A qualitative systematic review was conducted to understand the perceptions, attitudes, behaviours and experiences of ASRs regarding their OHC. Th... Read More about Facilitators and barriers to asylum seeker and refugee oral health care access: a qualitative systematic review.

Top ten research priorities for alcohol use disorder and alcohol-related liver disease: results of a multistakeholder research priority setting partnership (2024)
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Subhani, M., Dhanda, A., Olaru, A., Dunford, L., Ahmad, N., Wragg, A., Frost, K., Greenwood, J., King, M., Jones, K. A., Rosenberg, W., Sinclair, J., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Morling, J. R., Patel, K., & Ryder, S. D. (2024). Top ten research priorities for alcohol use disorder and alcohol-related liver disease: results of a multistakeholder research priority setting partnership. The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 9(5), 400-402. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253%2824%2900009-8

Alcohol is a preventable leading cause of liver disease and over 200 other acute or chronic medical conditions. 1 In the UK, 25% of the population drinks at an increasing risk level (ie, 15–34 units per week for women and 15–49 units per week for men... Read More about Top ten research priorities for alcohol use disorder and alcohol-related liver disease: results of a multistakeholder research priority setting partnership.

Population-based study of alcohol-related liver disease in England 2001-2018: Influence of socioeconomic position (2024)
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Askgaard, G., Jepsen, P., Jensen, M. D., Kann, A. E., Morling, J., Kraglund, F., Card, T., Crooks, C., & West, J. (2024). Population-based study of alcohol-related liver disease in England 2001-2018: Influence of socioeconomic position. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 119(7), 1337-1345. https://doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0000000000002677

INTRODUCTION:
England has seen an increase in deaths due to alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) since 2001. We studied the influence of socioeconomic position on the incidence of ALD and the mortality after ALD diagnosis in England in 2001–2018.... Read More about Population-based study of alcohol-related liver disease in England 2001-2018: Influence of socioeconomic position.

‘Low’ faecal immunochemical test (FIT) colorectal cancer: a 4-year comparison of the Nottingham ‘4F’ protocol with FIT10 in symptomatic patients (2024)
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Bailey, J. A., Morton, A. J., Jones, J., Oliver, S., Morling, J. R., Patel, H., Humes, D. J., & Banergee, A. (2024). ‘Low’ faecal immunochemical test (FIT) colorectal cancer: a 4-year comparison of the Nottingham ‘4F’ protocol with FIT10 in symptomatic patients. Colorectal Disease, 26(2), 309-316. https://doi.org/10.1111/codi.16848

Aim:

To evaluate colorectal cancer outcomes after “low” (sub-threshold) Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) results in symptomatic patients tested in primary care.

Method:

Retrospective audit of 35,289 patients with FIT results, having consulte... Read More about ‘Low’ faecal immunochemical test (FIT) colorectal cancer: a 4-year comparison of the Nottingham ‘4F’ protocol with FIT10 in symptomatic patients.

‘Low’ faecal immunochemical test (FIT) colorectal cancer: a 4-year comparison of the Nottingham ‘4F’ protocol with FIT10 in symptomatic patients (2024)
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Bailey, J. A., Morton, A. J., Jones, J., Chapman, C. J., Oliver, S., Morling, J. R., Patel, H., Humes, D. J., & Banerjea, A. (2024). ‘Low’ faecal immunochemical test (FIT) colorectal cancer: a 4-year comparison of the Nottingham ‘4F’ protocol with FIT10 in symptomatic patients. Colorectal Disease, 26(2), 309-316. https://doi.org/10.1111/codi.16848

Aim
The aim of this work was to evaluate colorectal cancer (CRC) outcomes after ‘low’ (sub-threshold) faecal immunochemical test (FIT) results in symptomatic patients tested in primary care.

Method
This work comprised a retrospective audit of 3... Read More about ‘Low’ faecal immunochemical test (FIT) colorectal cancer: a 4-year comparison of the Nottingham ‘4F’ protocol with FIT10 in symptomatic patients.

Risk of alcohol-related liver disease in the offspring of parents with alcohol-related liver disease: A nationwide cohort study (2023)
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Jepsen, P., West, J., Kann, A. E., Kraglund, F., Morling, J., Crooks, C., & Askgaard, G. (2024). Risk of alcohol-related liver disease in the offspring of parents with alcohol-related liver disease: A nationwide cohort study. Hepatology, 80(2), 418-427. https://doi.org/10.1097/hep.0000000000000747

Background and aims: Offspring of patients with alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) may have higher risk of ALD. We examined their risk of ALD and survival with ALD.

Approach & Results: We used Danish nationwide registries to identify offspring of... Read More about Risk of alcohol-related liver disease in the offspring of parents with alcohol-related liver disease: A nationwide cohort study.