Maureen Ward

No ORCID on file · 2 papers in corpus

other 2026

Use of unscheduled care in the last year of life for people with multiple long-term health conditions: a retrospective cohort study of 299 361 decedents

BJGP open ·doi:10.3399/bjgpo.2025.0049

BACKGROUND: People living with and dying from multiple long-term conditions (MLTCs) are high users of healthcare services. Unscheduled care, the unplanned use of healthcare services, rises dramatically in the last year of life, likely refle…

other 2025

Schistosoma haematobium infection is associated with oncogenic gene expression in Cervical Mucosa, with enhanced effects following treatment: A pilot study

PLoS neglected tropical diseases ·doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0013569

BACKGROUND: Schistosoma haematobium is a parasitic worm that infects over 110 million people worldwide, laying eggs that migrate into host urinary and reproductive tracts. While S. haematobium is a known carcinogen in the urinary bladder, i…