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Metabolic strategies in wild male Barbary macaques: evidence from faecal measurement of thyroid hormone (2016)
Journal Article

Selection is expected to favour the evolution of flexible metabolic strategies, in response to environmental conditions. Here, we use a non-invasive index of basal metabolic rate (BMR), faecal thyroid hormone (T3) levels, to explore metabolic flexibi... Read More about Metabolic strategies in wild male Barbary macaques: evidence from faecal measurement of thyroid hormone.

Reflections on a field across time and space: the emergent medical and health humanities in South Africa (2018)
Journal Article

In this paper, we draw on our own cross-cultural experience of engaging with different incarnations of the medical and health humanities (MHH) in the UK and South Africa to reflect on what is distinct and the same about MHH in these locations. MHH sp... Read More about Reflections on a field across time and space: the emergent medical and health humanities in South Africa.

Reframing “participation” and “inclusion” in public health policy and practice to address health inequalities: Evidence from a major resident-led neighbourhood improvement initiative (2018)
Journal Article

There is a need for greater conceptual clarity in place‐based initiatives that seek to give residents of disadvantaged neighbourhoods more control over action to address the social determinants of health inequalities at a local level. In this article... Read More about Reframing “participation” and “inclusion” in public health policy and practice to address health inequalities: Evidence from a major resident-led neighbourhood improvement initiative.

Continuities and changes in spatial patterns of under-five mortality at the district level in India (1991–2011) (2018)
Journal Article

Background India has the largest number of under-five deaths globally, and large variations in under-five mortality persist between states and districts. Relationships between under-five mortality and numerous socioeconomic, development and environme... Read More about Continuities and changes in spatial patterns of under-five mortality at the district level in India (1991–2011).

Missed opportunities: unnecessary medicine use in patients with lung cancer at the end of life: an international cohort study (2018)
Journal Article

Aims The aims of the current study were: (i) to examine the prescribing of preventative medication in a cohort of people with advanced lung cancer on hospital admission and discharge across different healthcare systems; and (ii) to explore the factor... Read More about Missed opportunities: unnecessary medicine use in patients with lung cancer at the end of life: an international cohort study.

Social Structure Facilitated the Evolution of Care-giving as a Strategy for Disease Control in the Human Lineage (2018)
Journal Article

Humans are the only species to have evolved cooperative care-giving as a strategy for disease control. A synthesis of evidence from the fossil record, paleogenomics, human ecology, and disease transmission models, suggests that care-giving for the di... Read More about Social Structure Facilitated the Evolution of Care-giving as a Strategy for Disease Control in the Human Lineage.