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Time to move on from ‘doctor knows best’, say experts, as study finds clinicians rank patient views as least important in diagnosis

Time to move on from ‘doctor knows best’, say experts, as study finds clinicians rank patient views as least important in diagnosis

Experts today call for more value to be given to patients’ ‘lived experiences’ as a study of over 1,000 patients and clinicians found multiple examples of patient reports being under-valued.

The research, led by a team at the University of Cambridge and Kings’ College London, found that clinicians ranked patient self-assessments as least important in diagnostic decisions, and said that patients both over- and under-played their symptoms more often than patients reported doing so.

Study finds ‘startling’ levels of hidden mental health symptoms among autoimmune disease patients

Study finds ‘startling’ levels of hidden mental health symptoms among autoimmune disease patients

In a study published today in Rheumatology, researchers found that over half of the patients had rarely or never reported their mental health symptoms to a clinician, and that the range of possible mental health and neurological symptoms is much wider than has been previously reported.

Women 4 times more likely to develop Lupus after stillbirth

Women 4 times more likely to develop Lupus after stillbirth

Women who suffer the tragedy of stillbirth are four times more likely to develop Lupus in later life than those who experience an uncomplicated birth, a study has found.

Researchers from Manchester found a link between stillbirths and connective tissue disorders — with the association with Lupus being by far the strongest.

Researchers discover protein that causes sex bias in some diseases

Researchers discover protein that causes sex bias in some diseases

Genetic variations in the complement system — a part of the immune response — contribute to differences between men and women in their susceptibility to Sjögren’s syndrome, lupus, and schizophrenia, according to a study.

Ground-breaking research solves the 50-year-old question why some diseases exhibit a sex bias, hitting harder or eliciting different symptoms in men or women.

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