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BMC Medicine

Ausgabe 1/2015

Inhalt (306 Artikel)

Open Access Guideline

Transparent reporting of a multivariable prediction model for individual prognosis or diagnosis (TRIPOD): the TRIPOD Statement

Gary S Collins, Johannes B Reitsma, Douglas G Altman, Karel GM Moons

Open Access Review

Microbiology of diabetic foot infections: from Louis Pasteur to ‘crime scene investigation’

Anne Spichler, Bonnie L Hurwitz, David G Armstrong, Benjamin A Lipsky

Open Access Review

Nutrition, dietary interventions and prostate cancer: the latest evidence

Pao-Hwa Lin, William Aronson, Stephen J Freedland

Open Access Commentary

Integrating big data and actionable health coaching to optimize wellness

Leroy Hood, Jennifer C Lovejoy, Nathan D Price

Open Access Research article

The systemic influence of platelet-derived growth factors on bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in fracture patients

Hiang Boon Tan, Peter V Giannoudis, Sally A Boxall, Dennis McGonagle, Elena Jones

Open Access Research article

Mortality and cancer in relation to ABO blood group phenotypes in the Golestan Cohort Study

Arash Etemadi, Farin Kamangar, Farhad Islami, Hossein Poustchi, Akram Pourshams, Paul Brennan, Paolo Boffetta, Reza Malekzadeh, Sanford M Dawsey, Christian C Abnet, Ashkan Emadi

Open Access Research article

Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine plus azithromycin for the prevention of low birthweight in Papua New Guinea: a randomised controlled trial

Holger W Unger, Maria Ome-Kaius, Regina A Wangnapi, Alexandra J Umbers, Sarah Hanieh, Connie SN Li Wai Suen, Leanne J Robinson, Anna Rosanas-Urgell, Johanna Wapling, Elvin Lufele, Charles Kongs, Paula Samol, Desmond Sui, Dupain Singirok, Azucena Bardaji, Louis Schofield, Clara Menendez, Inoni Betuela, Peter Siba, Ivo Mueller, Stephen J Rogerson

Open Access Research article

Effects of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists in patients with preserved ejection fraction: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials

Yanmei Chen, He Wang, Yongkang Lu, Xiaobo Huang, Yulin Liao, Jianping Bin

Open Access Research article

Major dietary patterns and risk of frailty in older adults: a prospective cohort study

Luz M León-Muñoz, Esther García-Esquinas, Esther López-García, José R Banegas, Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo

Open Access Research article

Renal function during long-term lithium treatment: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study

Alberto Bocchetta, Raffaella Ardau, Tiziana Fanni, Claudia Sardu, Doloretta Piras, Antonello Pani, Maria Del Zompo

Open Access Research article

Could low grade bacterial infection contribute to low back pain? A systematic review

Donna M Urquhart, Yiliang Zheng, Allen C Cheng, Jeffrey V Rosenfeld, Patrick Chan, Susan Liew, Sultana Monira Hussain, Flavia M Cicuttini

Open Access Research article

Quality of oral anticoagulation with phenprocoumon in regular medical care and its potential for improvement in a telemedicine-based coagulation service – results from the prospective, multi-center, observational cohort study thrombEVAL

Jürgen H Prochaska, Sebastian Göbel, Karsten Keller, Meike Coldewey, Alexander Ullmann, Heidrun Lamparter, Claus Jünger, Zaid Al-Bayati, Christina Baer, Ulrich Walter, Christoph Bickel, Hugo ten Cate, Thomas Münzel, Philipp S Wild

Open Access Research article

Validating estimates of prevalence of non-communicable diseases based on household surveys: the symptomatic diagnosis study

Spencer L James, Minerva Romero, Dolores Ramírez-Villalobos, Sara Gómez, Kelsey Pierce, Abraham Flaxman, Peter Serina, Andrea Stewart, Christopher JL Murray, Emmanuela Gakidou, Rafael Lozano, Bernardo Hernandez

Open Access Research article

Haemoglobin level at birth is associated with short term outcomes and mortality in preterm infants

Jayanta Banerjee, Felix K Asamoah, Devpriya Singhvi, Angela WG Kwan, Joan K Morris, Narendra Aladangady

Open Access Research article

Effects on mortality of a nutritional intervention for malnourished HIV-infected adults referred for antiretroviral therapy: a randomised controlled trial

Suzanne Filteau, George PrayGod, Lackson Kasonka, Susannah Woodd, Andrea M Rehman, Molly Chisenga, Joshua Siame, John R Koethe, John Changalucha, Denna Michael, Jeremiah Kidola, Daniela Manno, Natasha Larke, Daniel Yilma, Douglas C Heimburger, Henrik Friis, Paul Kelly

Open Access Research article

In utero exposure to cigarette chemicals induces sex-specific disruption of one-carbon metabolism and DNA methylation in the human fetal liver

Amanda J Drake, Peter J O’Shaughnessy, Siladitya Bhattacharya, Ana Monteiro, David Kerrigan, Sven Goetz, Andrea Raab, Stewart M Rhind, Kevin D Sinclair, Andrew A Meharg, Jörg Feldmann, Paul A Fowler

Open Access Research article

Time-to-infection by Plasmodium falciparum is largely determined by random factors

Mykola Pinkevych, Kiprotich Chelimo, John Vulule, James W Kazura, Ann M Moormann, Miles P Davenport

Open Access Opinion

The science of clinical practice: disease diagnosis or patient prognosis? Evidence about “what is likely to happen” should shape clinical practice

Peter Croft, Douglas G Altman, Jonathan J Deeks, Kate M Dunn, Alastair D Hay, Harry Hemingway, Linda LeResche, George Peat, Pablo Perel, Steffen E Petersen, Richard D Riley, Ian Roberts, Michael Sharpe, Richard J Stevens, Danielle A Van Der Windt, Michael Von Korff, Adam Timmis

Open Access Research article

Anaemia and blood transfusion in African children presenting to hospital with severe febrile illness

Sarah Kiguli, Kathryn Maitland, Elizabeth C George, Peter Olupot-Olupot, Robert O Opoka, Charles Engoru, Samuel O Akech, Richard Nyeko, George Mtove, Hugh Reyburn, Michael Levin, Abdel G Babiker, Diana M Gibb, Jane Crawley

Open Access Research article

The impact of maternal smoking during pregnancy on depressive and anxiety behaviors in children: the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study

Steven Moylan, Kristin Gustavson, Simon Øverland, Evalill Bølstad Karevold, Felice N Jacka, Julie A Pasco, Michael Berk

Open Access Commentary

Stepping Stones Triple P: the importance of putting the findings into context

Cassandra L Tellegen, Kate Sofronoff

Open Access Commentary

Why are there deadly drugs?

Joel Lexchin

Open Access Opinion

Central pathways causing fatigue in neuro-inflammatory and autoimmune illnesses

Gerwyn Morris, Michael Berk, Ken Walder, Michael Maes

Open Access Reviewer acknowledgement

Annual acknowledgement of BMC medicine manuscript reviewers

Sabina Alam

Open Access Research article

Proxy markers of serum retinol concentration, used alone and in combination, to assess population vitamin A status in Kenyan children: a cross-sectional study

Elise F Talsma, Hans Verhoef, Inge D Brouwer, Anne S Mburu-de Wagt, Paul JM Hulshof, Alida Melse-Boonstra

Open Access Commentary

Diagnosis and management of hyponatraemia: AGREEing the guidelines

Alexander P Maxwell

Open Access Guideline

Developing a guideline to standardize the citation of bioresources in journal articles (CoBRA)

Elena Bravo, Alessia Calzolari, Paola De Castro, Laurence Mabile, Federica Napolitani, Anna Maria Rossi, Anne Cambon-Thomsen

Open Access Commentary

The National Institutes of Health and guidance for reporting preclinical research

David Moher, Marc Avey, Gerd Antes, Douglas G Altman

Open Access Comment

Stepping Stones Triple P: the importance of putting the findings into context – a response to Tellegen and Sofronoff

Sijmen A Reijneveld, Marijke Kleefman, Daniëlle EMC Jansen

Open Access Commentary

EGFR-directed antibodies increase the risk of severe infection in cancer patients

Mehmet Altan, Barbara Burtness

Open Access Research article

Tobacco smoking and all-cause mortality in a large Australian cohort study: findings from a mature epidemic with current low smoking prevalence

Emily Banks, Grace Joshy, Marianne F Weber, Bette Liu, Robert Grenfell, Sam Egger, Ellie Paige, Alan D Lopez, Freddy Sitas, Valerie Beral

Open Access Research article

The impact of a healthy lifestyle on Disability-Adjusted Life Years: a prospective cohort study

Anne M May, Ellen A Struijk, Heidi P Fransen, N Charlotte Onland-Moret, G Ardine de Wit, Jolanda MA Boer, Yvonne T van der Schouw, Jeljer Hoekstra, H Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Petra HM Peeters, Joline WJ Beulens

Open Access Research article

New anthropometry-based age- and sex-specific reference values for urinary 24-hour creatinine excretion based on the adult Swiss population

Valentina Forni Ogna, Adam Ogna, Philippe Vuistiner, Menno Pruijm, Belen Ponte, Daniel Ackermann, Luca Gabutti, Nima Vakilzadeh, Markus Mohaupt, Pierre-Yves Martin, Idris Guessous, Antoinette Péchère-Bertschi, Fred Paccaud, Murielle Bochud, Michel Burnier

Open Access Review

Maternal undernutrition and cardiometabolic disease: a latin american perspective

Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo, Diego Gomez-Arbelaez, Aristides Sotomayor-Rubio, Daniel Mantilla-Garcia, Jose Lopez-Lopez

Open Access Review

Neuropsychiatric lupus: a mosaic of clinical presentations

Shaye Kivity, Nancy Agmon-Levin, Gisele Zandman-Goddard, Joab Chapman, Yehuda Shoenfeld

Open Access Opinion

Global mental health and neuroethics

Dan J Stein, James Giordano

Open Access Review

New horizons in tumor microenvironment biology: challenges and opportunities

Fei Chen, Xueqian Zhuang, Liangyu Lin, Pengfei Yu, Ying Wang, Yufang Shi, Guohong Hu, Yu Sun

Open Access Research article

Life course trajectories of alcohol consumption in the United Kingdom using longitudinal data from nine cohort studies

Annie Britton, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Michaela Benzeval, Diana Kuh, Steven Bell

Open Access Research article

Multi-omic signature of body weight change: results from a population-based cohort study

Simone Wahl, Susanne Vogt, Ferdinand Stückler, Jan Krumsiek, Jörg Bartel, Tim Kacprowski, Katharina Schramm, Maren Carstensen, Wolfgang Rathmann, Michael Roden, Carolin Jourdan, Antti J Kangas, Pasi Soininen, Mika Ala-Korpela, Ute Nöthlings, Heiner Boeing, Fabian J Theis, Christa Meisinger, Melanie Waldenberger, Karsten Suhre, Georg Homuth, Christian Gieger, Gabi Kastenmüller, Thomas Illig, Jakob Linseisen, Annette Peters, Holger Prokisch, Christian Herder, Barbara Thorand, Harald Grallert

Open Access Research Article

Evaluating vaccination strategies for reducing infant respiratory syncytial virus infection in low-income settings

Piero Poletti, Stefano Merler, Marco Ajelli, Piero Manfredi, Patrick K Munywoki, D James Nokes, Alessia Melegaro

Open Access Research article

The Brief Memory and Executive Test (BMET) for detecting vascular cognitive impairment in small vessel disease: a validation study

Rebecca L Brookes, Matthew J Hollocks, Usman Khan, Robin G Morris, Hugh S Markus

Open Access Research article

Cardiovascular risk factor distribution and subjective risk estimation in urban women – The BEFRI Study: a randomized cross-sectional study

Sabine Oertelt-Prigione, Ute Seeland, Friederike Kendel, Mirjam Rücke, Agnes Flöel, Wolfgang Gaissmaier, Christine Heim, Renate Schnabel, Verena Stangl, Vera Regitz-Zagrosek

Open Access Research article

Vaccines for the prevention of seasonal influenza in patients with diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis

Cornelius Remschmidt, Ole Wichmann, Thomas Harder

Open Access Guideline

Safe prescribing of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in patients with osteoarthritis – an expert consensus addressing benefits as well as gastrointestinal and cardiovascular risks

Carmelo Scarpignato, Angel Lanas, Corrado Blandizzi, Willem F Lems, Matthias Hermann, Richard H Hunt

Open Access Research article

Characterization of Plasmodium vivax-associated admissions to reference hospitals in Brazil and India

André M Siqueira, Marcus VG Lacerda, Belisa M L Magalhães, Maria PG Mourão, Gisely C Melo, Márcia AA Alexandre, Maria GC Alecrim, Dhanpat Kochar, Sanjay Kochar, Abhishek Kochar, Kailash Nayak, Hernando del Portillo, Caterina Guinovart, Pedro Alonso, Quique Bassat

Open Access Research article

The evolution of mobile apps for asthma: an updated systematic assessment of content and tools

Kit Huckvale, Cecily Morrison, Jing Ouyang, Aseem Ghaghda, Josip Car

Open Access Editorial

Spotlight on prostate cancer: the latest evidence and current controversies

Sigrid Carlsson, Andrew Vickers

Open Access Commentary

Prostate-specific antigen-based screening: controversy and guidelines

Eric H Kim, Gerald L Andriole

Open Access Minireview

Advances in Alzheimer’s Disease Drug Development

Michael S Rafii, Paul S Aisen

Open Access Research article

Achieving a 25% reduction in premature non-communicable disease mortality: the Swedish population as a cohort study

Ailiana Santosa, Joacim Rocklöv, Ulf Högberg, Peter Byass

Open Access Research article

Benchmarking health system performance across districts in Zambia: a systematic analysis of levels and trends in key maternal and child health interventions from 1990 to 2010

Katherine Ellicott Colson, Laura Dwyer-Lindgren, Tom Achoki, Nancy Fullman, Matthew Schneider, Peter Mulenga, Peter Hangoma, Marie Ng, Felix Masiye, Emmanuela Gakidou

Open Access Research article

The predictive value of current haemoglobin levels for incident tuberculosis and/or mortality during long-term antiretroviral therapy in South Africa: a cohort study

Andrew D Kerkhoff, Robin Wood, Frank G Cobelens, Ankur Gupta-Wright, Linda-Gail Bekker, Stephen D Lawn

Open Access Research article

The rising tide of polypharmacy and drug-drug interactions: population database analysis 1995–2010

Bruce Guthrie, Boikanyo Makubate, Virginia Hernandez-Santiago, Tobias Dreischulte

Open Access Research article

Improved survival among colon cancer patients with increased differentially expressed pathways

Martha L Slattery, Jennifer S Herrick, Lila E Mullany, Jason Gertz, Roger K Wolff

Open Access Commentary

Altered pathways and colorectal cancer prognosis

Victor Moreno, Rebeca Sanz-Pamplona

Open Access Opinion

Patient-centered activity monitoring in the self-management of chronic health conditions

Emil Chiauzzi, Carlos Rodarte, Pronabesh DasMahapatra

Open Access Correspondence

Strengthening mental health systems in low- and middle-income countries: the Emerald programme

Maya Semrau, Sara Evans-Lacko, Atalay Alem, Jose Luis Ayuso-Mateos, Dan Chisholm, Oye Gureje, Charlotte Hanlon, Mark Jordans, Fred Kigozi, Heidi Lempp, Crick Lund, Inge Petersen, Rahul Shidhaye, Graham Thornicroft

Open Access Erratum

Erratum: the National Institutes of Health and guidance for reporting preclinical research

David Moher, Marc Avey, Gerd Antes, Douglas G Altman

Open Access Opinion

Unraveling the Hygiene Hypothesis of helminthes and autoimmunity: origins, pathophysiology, and clinical applications

Mathilde Versini, Pierre-Yves Jeandel, Tomer Bashi, Giorgia Bizzaro, Miri Blank, Yehuda Shoenfeld

Open Access Research article

Recent meta-analyses neglect previous systematic reviews and meta-analyses about the same topic: a systematic examination

Bartosz Helfer, Aaron Prosser, Myrto T Samara, John R Geddes, Andrea Cipriani, John M Davis, Dimitris Mavridis, Georgia Salanti, Stefan Leucht

Open Access Research article

Cerebral response to subject’s own name showed high prognostic value in traumatic vegetative state

Fuyan Wang, Haibo Di, Xiaohua Hu, Shan Jing, Aurore Thibaut, Carol Di Perri, Wangshan Huang, Yunzhi Nie, Caroline Schnakers, Steven Laureys

Open Access Research article

Successful behavior change in obesity interventions in adults: a systematic review of self-regulation mediators

Pedro J Teixeira, Eliana V Carraça, Marta M Marques, Harry Rutter, Jean-Michel Oppert, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Jeroen Lakerveld, Johannes Brug

Open Access Research article

A genetic risk score combining 32 SNPs is associated with body mass index and improves obesity prediction in people with major depressive disorder

Chi-Fa Hung, Gerome Breen, Darina Czamara, Tanguy Corre, Christiane Wolf, Stefan Kloiber, Sven Bergmann, Nick Craddock, Michael Gill, Florian Holsboer, Lisa Jones, Ian Jones, Ania Korszun, Zoltan Kutalik, Susanne Lucae, Wolfgang Maier, Ole Mors, Michael J Owen, John Rice, Marcella Rietschel, Rudolf Uher, Peter Vollenweider, Gerard Waeber, Ian W Craig, Anne E Farmer, Cathryn M Lewis, Bertram Müller-Myhsok, Martin Preisig, Peter McGuffin, Margarita Rivera

Open Access Research article

Hair regrowth in alopecia areata patients following Stem Cell Educator therapy

Yanjia Li, Baoyong Yan, Hepeng Wang, Heng Li, Quanhai Li, Dong Zhao, Yana Chen, Ye Zhang, Wenxia Li, Jun Zhang, Shanfeng Wang, Jie Shen, Yunxiang Li, Edward Guindi, Yong Zhao

Open Access Research article

Tuberculosis control strategies to reach the 2035 global targets in China: the role of changing demographics and reactivation disease

Grace H Huynh, Daniel J Klein, Daniel P Chin, Bradley G Wagner, Philip A Eckhoff, Renzhong Liu, Lixia Wang

Open Access Research article

Seeking effective interventions to treat complex wounds: an overview of systematic reviews

Andrea C Tricco, Jesmin Antony, Afshin Vafaei, Paul A Khan, Alana Harrington, Elise Cogo, Charlotte Wilson, Laure Perrier, Wing Hui, Sharon E Straus

Open Access Research article

A systematic review of cost-effectiveness analyses of complex wound interventions reveals optimal treatments for specific wound types

Andrea C Tricco, Elise Cogo, Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai, Paul A Khan, Geetha Sanmugalingham, Jesmin Antony, Jeffrey S Hoch, Sharon E Straus

Open Access Research article

What is quality in assisted living technology? The ARCHIE framework for effective telehealth and telecare services

Trisha Greenhalgh, Rob Procter, Joe Wherton, Paul Sugarhood, Sue Hinder, Mark Rouncefield

Open Access Research article

Ready-to-use therapeutic food with elevated n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid content, with or without fish oil, to treat severe acute malnutrition: a randomized controlled trial

Kelsey DJ Jones, Rehema Ali, Maureen A Khasira, Dennis Odera, Annette L West, Grielof Koster, Peter Akomo, Alison WA Talbert, Victoria M Goss, Moses Ngari, Johnstone Thitiri, Said Ndoro, Miguel A Garcia Knight, Kenneth Omollo, Anne Ndungu, Musa M Mulongo, Paluku Bahwere, Greg Fegan, John O Warner, Anthony D Postle, Steve Collins, Philip C Calder, James A Berkley

Open Access Research article

Thyroid function and age-related macular degeneration: a prospective population-based cohort study - the Rotterdam Study

Layal Chaker, Gabriëlle HS Buitendijk, Abbas Dehghan, Marco Medici, Albert Hofman, Johannes R Vingerling, Oscar H Franco, Caroline CW Klaver, Robin P Peeters

Open Access Commentary

Thyroid function: a new road to understanding age-related macular degeneration?

Till Ittermann, Clemens Jürgens

Open Access Research Article

Mathematical assessment of the effect of traditional beliefs and customs on the transmission dynamics of the 2014 Ebola outbreaks

Folashade B Agusto, Miranda I Teboh-Ewungkem, Abba B Gumel

Open Access Research article

The clinical implications of thrombocytopenia in adults with severe falciparum malaria: a retrospective analysis

Josh Hanson, Nguyen Hoan Phu, Mahtab Uddin Hasan, Prakaykaew Charunwatthana, Katherine Plewes, Richard J Maude, Panote Prapansilp, Hugh WF Kingston, Saroj K Mishra, Sanjib Mohanty, Ric N Price, M Abul Faiz, Arjen M Dondorp, Nicholas J White, Tran Tinh Hien, Nicholas PJ Day

Open Access Forum

Recognizing and managing sepsis: what needs to be done?

Donald M Yealy, David T Huang, Anthony Delaney, Marian Knight, Adrienne G Randolph, Ron Daniels, Tim Nutbeam

Open Access Commentary

The re-emergence of dengue in China

Eng Eong Ooi

Open Access Research article

The changing epidemiology of dengue in China, 1990-2014: a descriptive analysis of 25 years of nationwide surveillance data

Shengjie Lai, Zhuojie Huang, Hang Zhou, Katherine L Anders, T Alex Perkins, Wenwu Yin, Yu Li, Di Mu, Qiulan Chen, Zike Zhang, Yanzi Qiu, Liping Wang, Honglong Zhang, Linjia Zeng, Xiang Ren, Mengjie Geng, Zhongjie Li, Andrew J Tatem, Simon I Hay, Hongjie Yu

Open Access Commentary

Accelerating health equity: the key role of universal health coverage in the Sustainable Development Goals

Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Anne Mills, Toomas Palu

Open Access Research article

Emergence and potential for spread of Chikungunya virus in Brazil

Marcio Roberto Teixeira Nunes, Nuno Rodrigues Faria, Janaina Mota de Vasconcelos, Nick Golding, Moritz UG Kraemer, Layanna Freitas de Oliveira, Raimunda do Socorro da Silva Azevedo, Daisy Elaine Andrade da Silva, Eliana Vieira Pinto da Silva, Sandro Patroca da Silva, Valéria Lima Carvalho, Giovanini Evelim Coelho, Ana Cecília Ribeiro Cruz, Sueli Guerreiro Rodrigues, Joao Lídio da Silva Gonçalves Vianez Jr, Bruno Tardelli Diniz Nunes, Jedson Ferreira Cardoso, Robert B Tesh, Simon I Hay, Oliver G Pybus, Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos

Open Access Commentary

E-cigarette use and relations to tobacco and alcohol use among adolescents

Alfgeir L Kristjansson, Inga Dora Sigfusdottir

Open Access Research article

Procalcitonin and pyuria-based algorithm reduces antibiotic use in urinary tract infections: a randomized controlled trial

Daniel Drozdov, Stefanie Schwarz, Alexander Kutz, Eva Grolimund, Anna Christina Rast, Deborah Steiner, Katharina Regez, Ursula Schild, Merih Guglielmetti, Antoinette Conca, Barbara Reutlinger, Cornelia Ottiger, Florian Buchkremer, Sebastian Haubitz, Claudine Blum, Andreas Huber, Ulrich Buergi, Philipp Schuetz, Andreas Bock, Christoph Andreas Fux, Beat Mueller, Werner Christian Albrich

Open Access Opinion

Causes and consequences of coagulation activation in sepsis: an evolutionary medicine perspective

Maiara Marx Luz Fiusa, Marco Antonio Carvalho-Filho, Joyce M Annichino-Bizzacchi, Erich V De Paula

Open Access Research article

Smartphone apps for calculating insulin dose: a systematic assessment

Kit Huckvale, Samanta Adomaviciute, José Tomás Prieto, Melvin Khee-Shing Leow, Josip Car

Open Access Research article

Pre-diagnostic concordance with the WCRF/AICR guidelines and survival in European colorectal cancer patients: a cohort study

Dora Romaguera, Heather Ward, Petra A Wark, Anne-Claire Vergnaud, Petra H Peeters, Carla H van Gils, Pietro Ferrari, Veronika Fedirko, Mazda Jenab, Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault, Laure Dossus, Laureen Dartois, Camilla Plambeck Hansen, Christina Catherine Dahm, Genevieve Buckland, María José Sánchez, Miren Dorronsoro, Carmen Navarro, Aurelio Barricarte, Timothy J Key, Antonia Trichopoulou, Christos Tsironis, Pagona Lagiou, Giovanna Masala, Valeria Pala, Rosario Tumino, Paolo Vineis, Salvatore Panico, H Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Peter D Siersema, Bodil Ohlsson, Karin Jirström, Maria Wennberg, Lena M Nilsson, Elisabete Weiderpass, Tilman Kühn, Verena Katzke, Kay-Tee Khaw, Nick J Wareham, Anne Tjønneland, Heiner Boeing, José R Quirós, Marc J Gunter, Elio Riboli, Teresa Norat

Open Access Research article

Accuracy of microRNAs as markers for the detection of neck lymph node metastases in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Ana Carolina de Carvalho, Cristovam Scapulatempo-Neto, Danielle Calheiros Campelo Maia, Adriane Feijó Evangelista, Mariana Andozia Morini, André Lopes Carvalho, André Luiz Vettore

Open Access Commentary

The need for a personalized approach for prostate cancer management

JP Michiel Sedelaar, Jack A Schalken

Open Access Commentary

Maximizing antimalarial efficacy and the importance of dosing strategies

James G Beeson, Philippe Boeuf, Freya JI Fowkes

Open Access Research article

Body mass index and outcome in renal transplant recipients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Jeffrey A Lafranca, Jan NM IJermans, Michiel GH Betjes, Frank JMF Dor

Open Access Commentary

Cardiovascular risk perception in women: true unawareness or risk miscalculation?

Miguel Cainzos-Achirica, Michael J Blaha

Open Access Research article

Holidays, celebrations, and commiserations: measuring drinking during feasting and fasting to improve national and individual estimates of alcohol consumption

Mark A Bellis, Karen Hughes, Lisa Jones, Michela Morleo, James Nicholls, Ellie McCoy, Jane Webster, Harry Sumnall

Open Access Research article

Multiple clinical episodes of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in a low transmission intensity setting: exposure versus immunity

Josea Rono, Anna Färnert, Linda Murungi, John Ojal, Gathoni Kamuyu, Fatuma Guleid, George Nyangweso, Juliana Wambua, Barnes Kitsao, Ally Olotu, Kevin Marsh, Faith HA Osier

Open Access Research article

Taxonomy of the burden of treatment: a multi-country web-based qualitative study of patients with chronic conditions

Viet-Thi Tran, Caroline Barnes, Victor M. Montori, Bruno Falissard, Philippe Ravaud

Open Access Commentary

Balancing omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids in ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTF)

J Thomas Brenna, Peter Akomo, Paluku Bahwere, James A Berkley, Philip C Calder, Kelsey D Jones, Lei Liu, Mark Manary, Indi Trehan, André Briend

Open Access Research article

Prescriber and patient-oriented behavioural interventions to improve use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in Tanzania: facility-based cluster randomised trial

Bonnie Cundill, Hilda Mbakilwa, Clare IR Chandler, George Mtove, Frank Mtei, Annie Willetts, Emily Foster, Florida Muro, Rahim Mwinyishehe, Renata Mandike, Raimos Olomi, Christopher JM Whitty, Hugh Reyburn

Open Access Commentary

Electronic cigarettes and nicotine dependence: evolving products, evolving problems

Caroline O Cobb, Peter S Hendricks, Thomas Eissenberg

Open Access Research article

Socio-cultural influences on the behaviour of South Asian women with diabetes in pregnancy: qualitative study using a multi-level theoretical approach

Trisha Greenhalgh, Megan Clinch, Nur Afsar, Yasmin Choudhury, Rita Sudra, Desirée Campbell-Richards, Anne Claydon, Graham A. Hitman, Philippa Hanson, Sarah Finer

Open Access Research article

Effects of an 18-week exercise programme started early during breast cancer treatment: a randomised controlled trial

Noémie Travier, Miranda J. Velthuis, Charlotte N. Steins Bisschop, Bram van den Buijs, Evelyn M. Monninkhof, Frank Backx, Maartje Los, Frans Erdkamp, Haiko J. Bloemendal, Carla Rodenhuis, Marnix A.J. de Roos, Marlies Verhaar, Daan ten Bokkel Huinink, Elsken van der Wall, Petra H.M. Peeters, Anne M. May

Open Access Research article

Microvascular obstruction and endothelial activation are independently associated with the clinical manifestations of severe falciparum malaria in adults: an observational study

Josh Hanson, Sue J. Lee, Md Amir Hossain, Nicholas M. Anstey, Prakaykaew Charunwatthana, Richard J. Maude, Hugh W. F. Kingston, Saroj K. Mishra, Sanjib Mohanty, Katherine Plewes, Kim Piera, Mahtab U. Hassan, Aniruddha Ghose, M. Abul Faiz, Nicholas J. White, Nicholas P. J. Day, Arjen M. Dondorp

Open Access Research article

Safety and efficacy of anti-PCSK9 antibodies: a meta-analysis of 25 randomized, controlled trials

Xin-Lin Zhang, Qing-Qing Zhu, Li Zhu, Jian-Zhou Chen, Qin-Hua Chen, Guan-Nan Li, Jun Xie, Li-Na Kang, Biao Xu

Open Access Research article

Adverse childhood experiences are associated with spontaneous preterm birth: a case–control study

Inge Christiaens, Kathleen Hegadoren, David M Olson

Open Access Research article

Severe malaria in children leads to a significant impairment of transitory otoacoustic emissions - a prospective multicenter cohort study

Joachim Schmutzhard, Peter Lackner, Raimund Helbok, Helene Verena Hurth, Fabian Cedric Aregger, Veronika Muigg, Josua Kegele, Sebastian Bunk, Lukas Oberhammer, Natalie Fischer, Leyla Pinggera, Allan Otieno, Bernards Ogutu, Tsiri Agbenyega, Daniel Ansong, Ayola A. Adegnika, Saadou Issifou, Patrick Zorowka, Sanjeev Krishna, Benjamin Mordmüller, Erich Schmutzhard, Peter Kremsner

Open Access Research article

High prevalence of hypertension and of risk factors for non-communicable diseases (NCDs): a population based cross-sectional survey of NCDS and HIV infection in Northwestern Tanzania and Southern Uganda

Bazil Kavishe, Samuel Biraro, Kathy Baisley, Fiona Vanobberghen, Saidi Kapiga, Paula Munderi, Liam Smeeth, Robert Peck, Janneth Mghamba, Gerald Mutungi, Eric Ikoona, Jonathan Levin, Maria Assumpció Bou Monclús, David Katende, Edmund Kisanga, Richard Hayes, Heiner Grosskurth

Open Access Research article

Implementing supported self-management for asthma: a systematic review and suggested hierarchy of evidence of implementation studies

Hilary Pinnock, Eleni Epiphaniou, Gemma Pearce, Hannah Parke, Trish Greenhalgh, Aziz Sheikh, Chris J. Griffiths, Stephanie J. C. Taylor

Open Access Research article

Impact of statin therapy on mortality in patients with sepsis-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) depends on ARDS severity: a prospective observational cohort study

Ashham Mansur, Maximilian Steinau, Aron Frederik Popov, Michael Ghadimi, Tim Beissbarth, Martin Bauer, José Hinz

Open Access Research article

Regulation profiles of e-cigarettes in the United States: a critical review with qualitative synthesis

Marie-Claude Tremblay, Pierre Pluye, Genevieve Gore, Vera Granikov, Kristian B. Filion, Mark J. Eisenberg

Open Access Research article

Feasibility of individual patient data meta-analyses in orthopaedic surgery

Benoit Villain, Agnès Dechartres, Patrick Boyer, Philippe Ravaud

Open Access Research article

The potential for prevention of dementia across two decades: the prospective, population-based Rotterdam Study

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