Research Publications

Explore peer-reviewed medical research authored by Dr Minha. These studies contribute to a growing body of evidence supporting integrative and patient-centred approaches to healthcare.

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Navigating medically unexplained symptoms in clinical practice: shaping the future of healthcare through prevention, evidence based practice and technology

Keynote

Medically unexplained symptoms in primary care: Dr Minha Rajput-Ray's session for GPs at the Royal Society of Medicine's 44th annual general practice update.

Medically Unexplained Symptoms & Chronic Illness
Clinical Practice & Research
Integrative & Ecological Medicine
Medically Unexplained Symptoms & Chronic Illness
Clinical Practice & Research
Integrative & Ecological Medicine
Medically Unexplained Symptoms & Chronic Illness
Clinical Practice & Research
Integrative & Ecological Medicine
Talks & Keynotes
Medically Unexplained Symptoms & Chronic Illness
Integrative & Ecological Medicine
Clinical Practice & Research
2025
Navigating medically unexplained symptoms in clinical practice: shaping the future of healthcare through prevention, evidence based practice and technology
44th GP Update, Royal Society of Medicine
Medically unexplained symptoms; Primary care; Prevention

Biomarker-based analysis of pain in patients with tick-borne infections before and after antibiotic treatment

Journal article

Pain fell significantly after antibiotics in chronic tick-borne infection, from a median of 7 to 5, but the blood markers studied did not predict who improved.

Lyme & Tick-borne Infections
Pain & Fatigue
Lyme & Tick-borne Infections
Pain & Fatigue
Lyme & Tick-borne Infections
Pain & Fatigue
Publications
Lyme & Tick-borne Infections; Pain & Fatigue
2024
Biomarker-based analysis of pain in patients with tick-borne infections before and after antibiotic treatment
Antibiotics
Lyme disease, tick-borne disease, pain, post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome, chronic Lyme disease
Lyme disease; Tick-borne infections; Pain; Biomarkers
Garg, K.; Thoma, A.; Avramovic, G.; Gilbert, L.; Shawky, M.; Rajput-Ray, M.; Lambert, J.S. Biomarker-Based Analysis of Pain in Patients with Tick-Borne Infections before and after Antibiotic Treatment. Antibiotics 2024, 13, 693.

Medically unexplained symptoms: four perspectives

Opinion piece

Persistent symptoms with no clear diagnosis: four perspectives from patients and healthcare professionals on repeat appointments and inconclusive tests.

Clinical Practice & Research
Medically Unexplained Symptoms & Chronic Illness
Clinical Practice & Research
Medically Unexplained Symptoms & Chronic Illness
Clinical Practice & Research
Medically Unexplained Symptoms & Chronic Illness
Publications
Medically Unexplained Symptoms & Chronic Illness
Clinical Practice & Research
2024
Medically unexplained symptoms: four perspectives
BJGP Life
Medically unexplained symptoms; Primary care
Forrest C, Rajput-Ray M, Speck P, Tookman A, Walker S. Medically unexplained symptoms: four perspectives. BJGP Life. 2024.

Pain, fatigue and arthritis in Lyme disease

Conference presentation

Managing pain, arthritis and fatigue in Lyme disease and tick-borne co-infections: a session for natural healthcare practitioners at the AKESO conference.

Lyme & Tick-borne Infections
Pain & Fatigue
Lyme & Tick-borne Infections
Pain & Fatigue
Lyme & Tick-borne Infections
Pain & Fatigue
Conference Contributions
Lyme & Tick-borne Infections; Pain & Fatigue
2024
Pain, fatigue and arthritis in Lyme disease
AKESO Integrated Health Approach to Lyme Conference
Lyme disease; Pain; Fatigue

Salutogenesis: an integrative and ecological medicine approach to sustainable health

Keynote

Salutogenesis and sustainable health: a talk by Dr Minha Rajput-Ray, integrative and ecological physician, at the 2024 Soil and Nutrition Conference.

Integrative & Ecological Medicine
Nutrition & Hydration
Integrative & Ecological Medicine
Nutrition & Hydration
Integrative & Ecological Medicine
Nutrition & Hydration
Talks & Keynotes
Integrative & Ecological Medicine; Nutrition & Hydration
2024
Salutogenesis: an integrative and ecological medicine approach to sustainable health
Soil and Nutrition Conference Series, Bionutrient Institute
Integrative medicine; Ecological medicine; Nutrition

Scrutinizing clinical biomarkers in a large cohort of patients with Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections

Journal article

In 110 patients treated for Lyme and tick-borne infections, low immune cell counts mostly improved after antibiotics, even where antibody tests were negative.

Lyme & Tick-borne Infections
Lyme & Tick-borne Infections
Lyme & Tick-borne Infections
Publications
Lyme & Tick-borne Infections
2024
Scrutinizing clinical biomarkers in a large cohort of patients with Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections
Microorganisms
Lyme disease; chronic Lyme disease; tick-borne infections; tick-borne co-infections; CD57+ natural killer cells; CD19+ lymphocytes; CD3+ lymphocytes; CD8+ lymphocytes; CD4+ lymphocytes; biomarkers; transferrin
Lyme disease; Tick-borne infections; Biomarkers
Xi, D.; Garg, K.; Lambert, J.S.; Rajput-Ray, M.; Madigan, A.; Avramovic, G.; Gilbert, L. Scrutinizing Clinical Biomarkers in a Large Cohort of Patients with Lyme Disease and Other Tick-Borne Infections. Microorganisms 2024, 12, 380.

A longitudinal study of a large clinical cohort of patients with Lyme disease and tick-borne co-infections treated with combination antibiotics

Journal article

Of 301 people tested for tick-borne infection at an Irish clinic, 140 tested positive. On combination antibiotics, pain and neurological symptoms fell.

Lyme & Tick-borne Infections
Pain & Fatigue
Lyme & Tick-borne Infections
Pain & Fatigue
Lyme & Tick-borne Infections
Pain & Fatigue
Publications
Lyme & Tick-borne Infections; Pain & Fatigue
2023
A longitudinal study of a large clinical cohort of patients with Lyme disease and tick-borne co-infections treated with combination antibiotics
Microorganisms
Lyme disease; tick-borne infections; tick-borne co-infections; Lyme symptoms; Borrelia; Babesia; Bartonella; Ehrlichia; Rickettsia
Lyme disease; Tick-borne infections; Pain
Xi, D.; Thoma, A.; Rajput-Ray, M.; Madigan, A.; Avramovic, G.; Garg, K.; Gilbert, L.; Lambert, J.S. A Longitudinal Study of a Large Clinical Cohort of Patients with Lyme Disease and Tick-Borne Co-Infections Treated with Combination Antibiotics. Microorganisms 2023, 11, 2152.

Nutrition in musculoskeletal and disability medicine

Book chapter

A chapter on nutrition in bone, joint and muscle disease and in disability medicine, from Essentials of Nutrition in Medicine and Healthcare: A Practical Guide.

Nutrition & Hydration
Occupational Health & Work
Rheumatology & Musculoskeletal
Nutrition & Hydration
Occupational Health & Work
Rheumatology & Musculoskeletal
Nutrition & Hydration
Occupational Health & Work
Rheumatology & Musculoskeletal
Books & Chapters
Rheumatology & Musculoskeletal
Nutrition & Hydration
Occupational Health & Work
2023
Nutrition in musculoskeletal and disability medicine
Essentials of Nutrition in Medicine and Healthcare: A Practical Guide (eds Ray S, Markell M)
Nutrition; Musculoskeletal; Disability
Rajput-Ray M, Armstrong D. Nutrition in musculoskeletal and disability medicine. In: Ray S, Markell M, eds. Essentials of Nutrition in Medicine and Healthcare: A Practical Guide. Elsevier; 2023.

Addressing medical uncertainty for patients with invisible conditions

Webinar

A charity webinar on invisible conditions: the physician's perspective on diagnostic uncertainty, and why patient stories matter. With Dr Adrian Tookman.

Medically Unexplained Symptoms & Chronic Illness
Medically Unexplained Symptoms & Chronic Illness
Medically Unexplained Symptoms & Chronic Illness
Talks & Keynotes
Medically Unexplained Symptoms & Chronic Illness
2022
Addressing medical uncertainty for patients with invisible conditions
Forgotten Patients Overlooked Diseases (charity webinar)
Medically unexplained symptoms; Chronic illness

Vulnerable workers and COVID-19: insights from a survey of members of the International Commission for Occupational Health

Journal article

165 occupational health professionals in 52 countries judged insecure, informal and unemployed workers most at risk of further harm from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Occupational Health & Work
Public Health & Policy
Occupational Health & Work
Public Health & Policy
Occupational Health & Work
Public Health & Policy
Publications
Occupational Health & Work; Public Health & Policy
2021
Vulnerable workers and COVID-19: insights from a survey of members of the International Commission for Occupational Health
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
COVID-19 pandemic, disadvantaged populations, vulnerable populations, workers, social justice, social determination of health, poverty, public health practice
Occupational health; COVID-19; Health inequalities
Tamin, J.; Samuel, O.; Suraya, A.; Ebuenyi, I.D.; Naicker, N.; Rajput-Ray, M. Vulnerable Workers and COVID-19: Insights from a Survey of Members of the International Commission for Occupational Health. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 346.

What should I eat on my night shift?

Expert contribution

What should you eat on a night shift? Three experts tell The BMJ how eating well at night keeps your energy up and brings long-term benefits.

Nutrition & Hydration
Occupational Health & Work
Nutrition & Hydration
Occupational Health & Work
Nutrition & Hydration
Occupational Health & Work
Publications
Nutrition & Hydration
Occupational Health & Work
2019
What should I eat on my night shift?
The BMJ
Nutrition; Occupational health; Shift work
Rimmer A. What should I eat on my night shift? BMJ 2019;365:l2143.

Chapter contribution to the Oxford Handbook of Clinical and Healthcare Research

Book chapter

A chapter in the Oxford Handbook of Clinical and Healthcare Research: the legal requirements and the practical steps of running, analysing and reporting it.

Clinical Practice & Research
Clinical Practice & Research
Clinical Practice & Research
Books & Chapters
Clinical Practice & Research
2016
Chapter contribution to the Oxford Handbook of Clinical and Healthcare Research
Oxford Handbook of Clinical and Healthcare Research
Legislative, practical, commissioning, research, analysing, education, training, underpinning concepts, evidence-based
Research methods; Clinical research

Symposium chair on calls for funding and impact on results

Conference chair

Dr Minha Rajput-Ray chaired a session on funding calls and their impact on results at the third EqUIP EU-India symposium in Helsinki, June 2016.

Clinical Practice & Research
Clinical Practice & Research
Clinical Practice & Research
Conference Contributions
Clinical Practice & Research
2016
Symposium chair on calls for funding and impact on results
EQUIP (EU-India Social Science and Humanities Platform) meeting, Academy of Finland
Research policy

Confidence and attitudes of doctors and dietitians towards nutrition care and nutrition advocacy for hospital patients in Kolkata, India

Journal article

123 doctors and 56 dietitians in Kolkata valued nutrition in hospital care, but neither group felt confident in nutrition advocacy or leadership.

Global Health & Conflict
Medical Education & Careers
Nutrition & Hydration
Global Health & Conflict
Medical Education & Careers
Nutrition & Hydration
Global Health & Conflict
Medical Education & Careers
Nutrition & Hydration
Publications
Nutrition & Hydration
Global Health & Conflict; Medical Education & Careers
2015
Confidence and attitudes of doctors and dietitians towards nutrition care and nutrition advocacy for hospital patients in Kolkata, India
Journal of Biomedical Education
Nutrition; Global health; Medical education
Ray S., Rajput-Ray M., Ball L., Crowley J., Laur C., Roy S., Agarwal S., and Ray S., Confidence and Attitudes of Doctors and Dietitians towards Nutrition Care and Nutrition Advocacy for Hospital Patients in Kolkata, India, Journal of Biomedical Education. (2015) 2015, 416021.

Hydration: knowledge, attitudes and practices of UK dietitians

Journal article

97 UK dietitians surveyed on hydration in patient care: attitudes scored high, knowledge and everyday practice scored lower, with room to improve both.

Nutrition & Hydration
Nutrition & Hydration
Nutrition & Hydration
Publications
Nutrition & Hydration
2015
Hydration: knowledge, attitudes and practices of UK dietitians
Journal of Biomedical Education
Hydration; Nutrition; Dietetics
Douglas P., Ball L., McGuffin L., Laur C., Crowley J., Rajput-Ray M., Gandy J., and Ray S., Hydration: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of UK Dietitians, Journal of Biomedical Education. (2015) 2015, 172020.

Micronutrient and vitamin physiology and requirements in critically ill patients

Book chapter

How vitamins and micronutrients behave in critical illness, and what intensive care patients need. A chapter from Cambridge's Nutrition in Critical Care.

Nutrition & Hydration
Clinical Practice & Research
Nutrition & Hydration
Clinical Practice & Research
Nutrition & Hydration
Clinical Practice & Research
Books & Chapters
Nutrition & Hydration
Clinical Practice & Research
2014
Micronutrient and vitamin physiology and requirements in critically ill patients
Nutrition in Critical Care
Nutrition; Critical care

Nutrition education and leadership for improved clinical outcomes: training and supporting junior doctors to run 'Nutrition Awareness Weeks' in three NHS hospitals across England

Journal article

Junior doctors trained in clinical nutrition, change management and leadership ran nutrition awareness weeks in three NHS hospitals, and scored higher after.

Medical Education & Careers
Nutrition & Hydration
Medical Education & Careers
Nutrition & Hydration
Medical Education & Careers
Nutrition & Hydration
Publications
Nutrition & Hydration
Medical Education & Careers
2014
Nutrition education and leadership for improved clinical outcomes: training and supporting junior doctors to run 'Nutrition Awareness Weeks' in three NHS hospitals across England
BMC Medical Education
Nutrition; Education; Medical; Doctors
Nutrition; Medical education
Ray S, Laur C, Douglas P, Rajput-Ray M, van der Es M, Redmond J, Eden T, Sayegh M, Minns L, Griffin K, McMillan C, Adiamah A, Gillam S, Gandy J. Nutrition education and leadership for improved clinical outcomes: training and supporting junior doctors to run 'Nutrition Awareness Weeks' in three NHS hospitals across England. BMC Med Educ. 2014;14:109.

Nutrition in medical education: reflections from an initiative at the University of Cambridge

Journal article

How Cambridge built nutrition into the clinical years of its medical degree, and the three things that helped: team leadership, varied teaching, teamwork.

Medical Education & Careers
Nutrition & Hydration
Medical Education & Careers
Nutrition & Hydration
Medical Education & Careers
Nutrition & Hydration
Publications
Nutrition & Hydration
Medical Education & Careers
2014
Nutrition in medical education: reflections from an initiative at the University of Cambridge
Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare
undergraduate medical education, nutrition, curriculum
Nutrition; Medical education
Ball L, Crowley J, Laur C, Rajput-Ray M, Gillam S, Ray S. Nutrition in medical education: reflections from an initiative at the University of Cambridge. J Multidiscip Healthc. 2014;7:209-215.

Letter for nutrition and fluid balance: UK Need for Nutrition Education Programme

Letter

A BMJ letter from NNEdPro, a group of doctors and dietitians: nutrition and hydration training for medical students and junior doctors can close the gap.

Nutrition & Hydration
Public Health & Policy
Nutrition & Hydration
Public Health & Policy
Nutrition & Hydration
Public Health & Policy
Publications
Nutrition & Hydration
Public Health & Policy
2013
Letter for nutrition and fluid balance: UK Need for Nutrition Education Programme
British Medical Journal
Nutrition; Hydration; Health policy

Evaluation of a novel nutrition education intervention for medical students from across England

Journal article

Two-day nutrition training for 100 medical students from 15 English medical schools: knowledge, attitudes and practice all rose, still up at three months.

Medical Education & Careers
Nutrition & Hydration
Medical Education & Careers
Nutrition & Hydration
Medical Education & Careers
Nutrition & Hydration
Publications
Nutrition & Hydration
Medical Education & Careers
2012
Evaluation of a novel nutrition education intervention for medical students from across England
BMJ Open
Nutrition; Medical education
Ray S, Udumyan R, Rajput-Ray M, et al. Evaluation of a novel nutrition education intervention for medical students from across England. BMJ Open 2012;2:e000417.

Assessing pain and mood in a poorly resourced country in a post-conflict setting

Journal article

Simple verbal and numerical pain scales worked for war-injured civilians in Sierra Leone, whatever their schooling. The visual scale proved hard to explain.

Global Health & Conflict
Pain & Fatigue
Global Health & Conflict
Pain & Fatigue
Global Health & Conflict
Pain & Fatigue
Publications
Pain & Fatigue
Global Health & Conflict
2011
Assessing pain and mood in a poorly resourced country in a post-conflict setting
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Rating scales, pain, mood, underdeveloped country, post-conflict, education level
Pain; Global health; Conflict
Williams AC de C, Rajput-Ray M, Lassalle X, Crombie I, Lacoux P. Assessing pain and mood in a poorly resourced country in a post-conflict setting. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2011;42(2):301-307.

The Need for Nutrition Education Project (NNEdPro): an educational intervention across UK medical schools to lay the foundations for good nutritional care

Conference abstract

First report of the NNEdPro pilot: 100 senior medical students from 15 medical schools took a two-day clinical nutrition course of lectures and role play.

Medical Education & Careers
Nutrition & Hydration
Medical Education & Careers
Nutrition & Hydration
Medical Education & Careers
Nutrition & Hydration
Conference Contributions
Nutrition & Hydration
Medical Education & Careers
2010
The Need for Nutrition Education Project (NNEdPro): an educational intervention across UK medical schools to lay the foundations for good nutritional care
British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN) and Nutrition Society Annual Conference
Nutrition; Medical education

Nutritional management of stroke: from current evidence to conjecture

Journal article

Evidence suggests about half of stroke patients are undernourished on admission and many decline further in hospital. A review of the feeding guidelines.

Nutrition & Hydration
Cardiometabolic & Vascular
Nutrition & Hydration
Cardiometabolic & Vascular
Nutrition & Hydration
Cardiometabolic & Vascular
Publications
Cardiometabolic & Vascular
Nutrition & Hydration
2007
Nutritional management of stroke: from current evidence to conjecture
Nutrition Bulletin (British Nutrition Foundation)
acute ischaemic stroke nutritional management nutritional support post-stroke feeding
Nutrition; Stroke
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