Impact of childhood cancer on parental employment and sources of income: a Canadian pilot study

H Limburg, AK Shaw, ML McBride - Pediatric blood & cancer, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Background Loss of income and out of pocket expenses related to childhood cancer care can
account for over 25% of a family's total disposable income, adding to the stress of facing a …

Inequalities in the provision of cardiovascular screening to people with severe mental illnesses in primary care: cohort study in the United Kingdom THIN Primary Care …

…, G Baio, K Walters, I Petersen, H Limburg… - Schizophrenia …, 2011 - Elsevier
Background People with severe mental illnesses (SMI), including schizophrenia, are at
increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Guidelines recommend regular CVD screening …

Recommendations on screening for primary prevention of fragility fractures

G Thériault, H Limburg, S Klarenbach, DL Reynolds… - CMAJ, 2023 - Can Med Assoc
Background: Fragility fractures are a major health concern for older adults and can result in
disability, admission to hospital and long-term care, and reduced quality of life. This …

Relative incidence of common cancers in people with severe mental illness. Cohort study in the United Kingdom THIN primary care database

DPJ Osborn, H Limburg, K Walters, I Petersen… - Schizophrenia …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: A recent United Kingdom (UK) report found that breast and colorectal
cancers were more common in people with severe mental illness (SMI) and recommended …

Screening for prostate cancer: protocol for updating multiple systematic reviews to inform a Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care guideline update

…, A Beck, N Shaver, R Grad, A LeBlanc, H Limburg… - Systematic …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose To inform updated recommendations by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive
Health Care on screening for prostate cancer in adults aged 18 years and older in primary care…

Guideline on screening for esophageal adenocarcinoma in patients with chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease

S Groulx, H Limburg, M Doull, S Klarenbach, H Singh… - CMAJ, 2020 - Can Med Assoc
Heather Limburg and Marion Doull provided scientific and logistical support to the writing …
Stéphane Groulx, Heather Limburg and Marion Doull drafted the guideline statement. All of the …

Expanding the measurement of overdiagnosis in the context of disease precursors and risk factors

G Theriault, D Reynolds, JJ Pillay, H Limburg… - BMJ Evidence-Based …, 2023 - ebm.bmj.com
Because individual patients weigh benefits and harms differently, it is important to provide
quantitative information about the benefits and harms of screening interventions, particularly …

[HTML][HTML] Folate intake, alcohol consumption, and the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T gene polymorphism: influence on prostate cancer risk and …

LC Kobayashi, H Limburg, Q Miao, C Woolcott… - Frontiers in …, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Purpose: Folate is essential to DNA methylation and synthesis and may have a complex
dualistic role in prostate cancer. Alcohol use may increase risk and epigenetic factors may …

PROTOCOL: Barriers and facilitators to stakeholder engagement in health guideline development: A qualitative evidence synthesis

…, M Smith, RA Mustafa, H Limburg… - Campbell Systematic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background There is a need for the development of comprehensive, global, evidence‐based
guidance for stakeholder engagement in guideline development. Stakeholders are any …

PROTOCOL: Conflict of interest issues when engaging stakeholders in health and healthcare guideline development: a systematic review

…, A Jaramillo Garcia, H Limburg… - Campbell Systematic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This is the protocol for a Campbell systematic review. The overall objective of this study is to
gather and summarize the existing literature on conflict of interest issues when engaging …