Ausgabe 1/2014
Inhalt (235 Artikel)
Whole home exercise intervention for depression in older care home residents (the OPERA study): a process evaluation
David R Ellard, Margaret Thorogood, Martin Underwood, Clive Seale, Stephanie JC Taylor
BMC Medicine: a decade of open access medical research
Sabina Alam, Jigisha Patel
Using verbal autopsy to measure causes of death: the comparative performance of existing methods
Christopher JL Murray, Rafael Lozano, Abraham D Flaxman, Peter Serina, David Phillips, Andrea Stewart, Spencer L James, Alireza Vahdatpour, Charles Atkinson, Michael K Freeman, Summer Lockett Ohno, Robert Black, Said Mohammed Ali, Abdullah H Baqui, Lalit Dandona, Emily Dantzer, Gary L Darmstadt, Vinita Das, Usha Dhingra, Arup Dutta, Wafaie Fawzi, Sara Gómez, Bernardo Hernández, Rohina Joshi, Henry D Kalter, Aarti Kumar, Vishwajeet Kumar, Marilla Lucero, Saurabh Mehta, Bruce Neal, Devarsetty Praveen, Zul Premji, Dolores Ramírez-Villalobos, Hazel Remolador, Ian Riley, Minerva Romero, Mwanaidi Said, Diozele Sanvictores, Sunil Sazawal, Veronica Tallo, Alan D Lopez
Integrated care as a means to improve primary care delivery for adults and adolescents in the developing world: a critical analysis of Integrated Management of Adolescent and Adult Illness (IMAI)
Ashwin Vasan, Andrew Ellner, Stephen D Lawn, Sandy Gove, Manzi Anatole, Neil Gupta, Peter Drobac, Tom Nicholson, Kwonjune Seung, David C Mabey, Paul E Farmer
Induction therapy with bortezomib and dexamethasone followed by autologous stem cell transplantation versus autologous stem cell transplantation alone in the treatment of renal AL amyloidosis: a randomized controlled trial
Xianghua Huang, Qingwen Wang, Wencui Chen, Caihong Zeng, Zhaohong Chen, Dehua Gong, Haitao Zhang, Zhihong Liu
Video Q&A: State-of-the-art therapy for the elite and non-elite athlete: an interview with Mike Carmont
Michael R Carmont
BMC medicine editorial board members on open access publishing
Michael R Carmont, Stephen D Lawn, Babill Stray-Pedersen, Yehuda Shoenfeld, Pascal Meier
Video Q&A: Allergies and allergen immunotherapy - an interview with Alfred William Frankland
A William Frankland
Spousal diabetes as a diabetes risk factor: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Aaron Leong, Elham Rahme, Kaberi Dasgupta
The value of screening in patient populations with high prevalence of a disorder
David Goldberg
Unexpected plateauing of childhood obesity rates in developed countries
Martin Wabitsch, Anja Moss, Katrin Kromeyer-Hauschild
Interaction between stress and the BDNFVal66Met polymorphism in depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Georgina M Hosang, Celia Shiles, Katherine E Tansey, Peter McGuffin, Rudolf Uher
Global collaborative networks on meta-analyses of randomized trials published in high impact factor medical journals: a social network analysis
Ferrán Catalá-López, Adolfo Alonso-Arroyo, Brian Hutton, Rafael Aleixandre-Benavent, David Moher
Reliable direct measurement of causes of death in low- and middle-income countries
Prabhat Jha
Performance of four computer-coded verbal autopsy methods for cause of death assignment compared with physician coding on 24,000 deaths in low- and middle-income countries
Nikita Desai, Lukasz Aleksandrowicz, Pierre Miasnikof, Ying Lu, Jordana Leitao, Peter Byass, Stephen Tollman, Paul Mee, Dewan Alam, Suresh Kumar Rathi, Abhishek Singh, Rajesh Kumar, Faujdar Ram, Prabhat Jha
Performance criteria for verbal autopsy-based systems to estimate national causes of death: development and application to the Indian Million Death Study
Lukasz Aleksandrowicz, Varun Malhotra, Rajesh Dikshit, Prakash C Gupta, Rajesh Kumar, Jay Sheth, Suresh Kumar Rathi, Wilson Suraweera, Pierre Miasnikof, Raju Jotkar, Dhirendra Sinha, Shally Awasthi, Prakash Bhatia, Prabhat Jha
Comparison of physician-certified verbal autopsy with computer-coded verbal autopsy for cause of death assignment in hospitalized patients in low- and middle-income countries: systematic review
Jordana Leitao, Nikita Desai, Lukasz Aleksandrowicz, Peter Byass, Pierre Miasnikof, Stephen Tollman, Dewan Alam, Ying Lu, Suresh Kumar Rathi, Abhishek Singh, Wilson Suraweera, Faujdar Ram, Prabhat Jha
Usefulness of the Population Health Metrics Research Consortium gold standard verbal autopsy data for general verbal autopsy methods
Peter Byass
Comment: Head and Neck Oncology
Early start and stop of biologics: has the time come?
Ronald F van Vollenhoven, György Nagy, Paul P Tak
There are no randomized controlled trials that support the United States Preventive Services Task Force guideline on screening for depression in primary care: a systematic review
Brett D Thombs, Roy C Ziegelstein, Michelle Roseman, Lorie A Kloda, John PA Ioannidis
Selective intra-arterial infusion of rAd-p53 with chemotherapy for advanced oral cancer: a randomized clinical trial
Yi Li, Long-Jiang Li, Li-Juan Wang, Zhuang Zhang, Ning Gao, Chen-Yuan Liang, Yuan-Ding Huang, Bo Han
Empirical estimates of prostate cancer overdiagnosis by age and prostate-specific antigen
Andrew J Vickers, Daniel D Sjoberg, David Ulmert, Emily Vertosick, Monique J Roobol, Ian Thompson, Eveline AM Heijnsdijk, Harry De Koning, Coral Atoria-Swartz, Peter T Scardino, Hans Lilja
Drugs affecting the renin-angiotensin system and survival from cancer: a population based study of breast, colorectal and prostate cancer patient cohorts
Chris R Cardwell, Úna C Mc Menamin, Blánaid M Hicks, Carmel Hughes, Marie M Cantwell, Liam J Murray
In-/off-label use of biologic therapy in systemic lupus erythematosus
Mariele Gatto, Emese Kiss, Yaakov Naparstek, Andrea Doria
Invasive bacterial co-infection in African children with Plasmodium falciparum malaria: a systematic review
James Church, Kathryn Maitland
Do smartphone applications in healthcare require a governance and legal framework? It depends on the application!
Esmita Charani, Enrique Castro-Sánchez, Luke SP Moore, Alison Holmes
Molecular determinants of context-dependent progesterone receptor action in breast cancer
Christy R Hagan, Carol A Lange
Early life programming as a target for prevention of child and adolescent mental disorders
Andrew James Lewis, Megan Galbally, Tara Gannon, Christos Symeonides
Epigenetics in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis
Tibor T Glant, Katalin Mikecz, Tibor A Rauch
Personalized medicine: risk prediction, targeted therapies and mobile health technology
Daniel F Hayes, Hugh S Markus, R David Leslie, Eric J Topol
Automated tests of ANA immunofluorescence as throughput autoantibody detection technology: strengths and limitations
Pier Luigi Meroni, Nicola Bizzaro, Ilaria Cavazzana, Maria Orietta Borghi, Angela Tincani
Autoantibodies against MHC class I polypeptide-related sequence A are associated with increased risk of concomitant autoimmune diseases in celiac patients
Antonio López-Vázquez, Lourdes Mozo, Rebeca Alonso-Arias, Beatriz Suárez-Álvarez, José Ramón Vidal-Castiñeira, Eduardo Arranz, Umberto Volta, Carlos Bousoño, Marcos López-Hoyos, Luís Rodrigo, Carlos López-Larrea
The intergenerational effects of war on the health of children
Delan Devakumar, Marion Birch, David Osrin, Egbert Sondorp, Jonathan CK Wells
The glomerular filtration rate estimated by new and old equations as a predictor of important outcomes in elderly patients
Gijs Van Pottelbergh, Bert Vaes, Wim Adriaensen, Cathy Matheï, Delphine Legrand, Pierre Wallemacq, Jean Marie Degryse
Step counter use in type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Shanhu Qiu, Xue Cai, Xiang Chen, Bingquan Yang, Zilin Sun
What is the future of targeted therapy in rheumatology: biologics or small molecules?
Attila Mócsai, László Kovács, Péter Gergely
Hospital admissions in relation to body mass index in UK women: a prospective cohort study
Gillian K Reeves, Angela Balkwill, Benjamin J Cairns, Jane Green, Valerie Beral
Comparative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy and pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention in South Africa
Sabina S Alistar, Philip M Grant, Eran Bendavid
The impact of excess body weight at the hospital frontline
Andrew G Renehan, Iain E Buchan
Unintended effects of statins from observational studies in the general population: systematic review and meta-analysis
Ana Filipa Macedo, Fiona Claire Taylor, Juan P Casas, Alma Adler, David Prieto-Merino, Shah Ebrahim
Risk of ischemic stroke in patients with ovarian cancer: a nationwide population-based study
Ai-Seon Kuan, Chung-Jen Teng, Hua-Hsi Wu, Vincent Yi-Fong Su, Yung-Tai Chen, Sheng-Hsuan Chien, Chiu-Mei Yeh, Li-Yu Hu, Tzeng-Ji Chen, Cheng-Hwai Tzeng, Chia-Jen Liu
Helping women to good health: breast cancer, omega-3/omega-6 lipids, and related lifestyle factors
Michel de Lorgeril, Patricia Salen
Effect of aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on prostate cancer incidence and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Yanqiong Liu, Jun-Qiang Chen, Li Xie, Jian Wang, Taijie Li, Yu He, Yong Gao, Xue Qin, Shan Li
School-based mental health intervention for children in war-affected Burundi: a cluster randomized trial
Wietse A Tol, Ivan H Komproe, Mark JD Jordans, Aline Ndayisaba, Prudence Ntamutumba, Heather Sipsma, Eva S Smallegange, Robert D Macy, Joop TVM de Jong
Is atherosclerosis an autoimmune disease?
Eiji Matsuura, Fabiola Atzeni, Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini, Maurizio Turiel, Luis R Lopez, Michael T Nurmohamed
Biologics, cardiovascular effects and cancer
Nemanja Damjanov, Michael T Nurmohamed, Zoltán Szekanecz
Laboratory biomarkers or imaging in the diagnostics of rheumatoid arthritis?
Ladislav Šenolt, Walter Grassi, Peter Szodoray
Open questions in autoimmunity: discussions from the 2013 Controversies in Rheumatology and Autoimmunity Meeting
Carlo Selmi, Yehuda Shoenfeld
Risks and benefits of transfusion for children with severe anemia in Africa
Thomas Brick, Mark J Peters
Formal and informal prediction of recurrent stroke and myocardial infarction after stroke: a systematic review and evaluation of clinical prediction models in a new cohort
Douglas D Thompson, Gordon D Murray, Martin Dennis, Cathie LM Sudlow, William N Whiteley
Effectiveness of dietary interventions among adults of retirement age: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Jose Lara, Nicola Hobbs, Paula J Moynihan, Thomas D Meyer, Ashley J Adamson, Linda Errington, Lynn Rochester, Falko F Sniehotta, Martin White, John C Mathers
Obesity survival paradox in pneumonia: a meta-analysis
Wei Nie, Yi Zhang, Sun Ha Jee, Keum Ji Jung, Bing Li, Qingyu Xiu
The effect of a pre- and postoperative orthogeriatric service on cognitive function in patients with hip fracture: randomized controlled trial (Oslo Orthogeriatric Trial)
Leiv Otto Watne, Anne Cathrine Torbergsen, Simon Conroy, Knut Engedal, Frede Frihagen, Geir Aasmund Hjorthaug, Vibeke Juliebo, Johan Raeder, Ingvild Saltvedt, Eva Skovlund, Torgeir Bruun Wyller
Preventing the development of depression at work: a systematic review and meta-analysis of universal interventions in the workplace
Leona Tan, Min-Jung Wang, Matthew Modini, Sadhbh Joyce, Arnstein Mykletun, Helen Christensen, Samuel B Harvey
Prevention of mental disorders: evidence, challenges and opportunities
Felice N Jacka, Nicola J Reavley
Reporting funding source or conflict of interest in abstracts of randomized controlled trials, no evidence of a large impact on general practitioners’ confidence in conclusions, a three-arm randomized controlled trial
Céline Buffel du Vaure, Isabelle Boutron, Elodie Perrodeau, Philippe Ravaud
Lifestyle risk factors and residual life expectancy at age 40: a German cohort study
Kuanrong Li, Anika Hüsing, Rudolf Kaaks
Muscle strength in adolescent men and risk of cardiovascular disease events and mortality in middle age: a prospective cohort study
Simon Timpka, Ingemar F Petersson, Caddie Zhou, Martin Englund
Verbal autopsy as a tool for identifying children dying of sickle cell disease: a validation study conducted in Kilifi district, Kenya
Carolyne Ndila, Evasius Bauni, Vysaul Nyirongo, George Mochamah, Alex Makazi, Patrick Kosgei, Gideon Nyutu, Alex Macharia, Sailoki Kapesa, Peter Byass, Thomas N Williams
Predictive score for mortality in patients with COPD exacerbations attending hospital emergency departments
José M Quintana, Cristóbal Esteban, Anette Unzurrunzaga, Susana Garcia-Gutierrez, Nerea Gonzalez, Irantzu Barrio, Inmaculada Arostegui, Iratxe Lafuente, Marisa Bare, Nerea Fernandez-de-Larrea, Silvia Vidal
Polyphenol intake and mortality risk: a re-analysis of the PREDIMED trial
Anna Tresserra-Rimbau, Eric B Rimm, Alexander Medina-Remón, Miguel A Martínez-González, M Carmen López-Sabater, María I Covas, Dolores Corella, Jordi Salas-Salvadó, Enrique Gómez-Gracia, José Lapetra, Fernando Arós, Miquel Fiol, Emili Ros, Lluis Serra-Majem, Xavier Pintó, Miguel A Muñoz, Alfredo Gea, Valentina Ruiz-Gutiérrez, Ramón Estruch, Rosa M Lamuela-Raventós
Phase II trial of standard versus increased transfusion volume in Ugandan children with acute severe anemia
Peter Olupot-Olupot, Charles Engoru, Jennifer Thompson, Julius Nteziyaremye, Martin Chebet, Tonny Ssenyondo, Cornelius M Dambisya, Vicent Okuuny, Ronald Wokulira, Denis Amorut, Paul Ongodia, Ayub Mpoya, Thomas N Williams, Sophie Uyoga, Alex Macharia, Diana M Gibb, A Sarah Walker, Kathryn Maitland
A meta-analysis of sublingual allergen immunotherapy and pharmacotherapy in pollen-induced seasonal allergic rhinoconjunctivitis
Philippe Devillier, Jean-François Dreyfus, Pascal Demoly, Moisés A Calderón
Corticosteroid therapy in regressive autism: Preliminary findings from a retrospective study
Sailaja Golla, John A Sweeney
The ‘placement’ of people with profound impairments across the lifespan: re-thinking age criteria
Barbara E Gibson, Gillian King, Shauna Kingsnorth, Patricia McKeever
Are school-based mental health interventions for war-affected children effective and harmless?
Verena Ertl, Frank Neuner
Olive oil intake and risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality in the PREDIMED Study
Marta Guasch-Ferré, Frank B Hu, Miguel A Martínez-González, Montserrat Fitó, Mònica Bulló, Ramon Estruch, Emilio Ros, Dolores Corella, Javier Recondo, Enrique Gómez-Gracia, Miquel Fiol, José Lapetra, Lluís Serra-Majem, Miguel A Muñoz, Xavier Pintó, Rosa M Lamuela-Raventós, Josep Basora, Pilar Buil-Cosiales, José V Sorlí, Valentina Ruiz-Gutiérrez, J Alfredo Martínez, Jordi Salas-Salvadó
CFTR and Anoctamin 1 (ANO1) contribute to cAMP amplified exocytosis and insulin secretion in human and murine pancreatic beta-cells
Anna Edlund, Jonathan LS Esguerra, Anna Wendt, Malin Flodström-Tullberg, Lena Eliasson
Towards the clinical implementation of pharmacogenetics in bipolar disorder
Naji C Salloum, Michael J McCarthy, Susan G Leckband, John R Kelsoe
The endogenous and reactive depression subtypes revisited: integrative animal and human studies implicate multiple distinct molecular mechanisms underlying major depressive disorder
Karim Malki, Robert Keers, Maria Grazia Tosto, Anbarasu Lourdusamy, Lucia Carboni, Enrico Domenici, Rudolf Uher, Peter McGuffin, Leonard C Schalkwyk
Additive effects of blood glucose lowering drugs, statins and renin-angiotensin system blockers on all-site cancer risk in patients with type 2 diabetes
Alice PS Kong, Xilin Yang, Wing-Yee So, Andrea Luk, Ronald CW Ma, Risa Ozaki, Kitty KT Cheung, Heung-Man Lee, Linda Yu, Gang Xu, Chun-Chung Chow, Juliana CN Chan
Risk stratification in emergency patients by copeptin
Kasper Iversen, Jens P Gøtze, Morten Dalsgaard, Henrik Nielsen, Søren Boesgaard, Morten Bay, Vibeke Kirk, Olav W Nielsen, Lars Køber
An Italian prospective multicenter survey on patients suspected of having non-celiac gluten sensitivity
Umberto Volta, Maria Teresa Bardella, Antonino Calabrò, Riccardo Troncone, Gino Roberto Corazza
Are weekend inpatient rehabilitation services value for money? An economic evaluation alongside a randomized controlled trial with a 30 day follow up
Natasha Kareem Brusco, Jennifer J Watts, Nora Shields, Nicholas F Taylor
An exploration of the dynamic longitudinal relationship between mental health and alcohol consumption: a prospective cohort study
Steven Bell, Annie Britton
Dark matter RNA illuminates the puzzle of genome-wide association studies
Georges St. Laurent, Yuri Vyatkin, Philipp Kapranov
A combined analysis of immunogenicity, antibody kinetics and vaccine efficacy from phase 2 trials of the RTS,S malaria vaccine
Michael T White, Philip Bejon, Ally Olotu, Jamie T Griffin, Kalifa Bojang, John Lusingu, Nahya Salim, Salim Abdulla, Nekoye Otsyula, Selidji T Agnandji, Bertrand Lell, Kwaku Poku Asante, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Emmanuel Mahama, Tsiri Agbenyega, Daniel Ansong, Jahit Sacarlal, John J Aponte, Azra C Ghani
The epidemiology of silent brain infarction: a systematic review of population-based cohorts
Jonathon P Fanning, Andrew A Wong, John F Fraser
The ethics and editorial challenges of internet-based research
Stephanie Harriman, Jigisha Patel
The association between the ratio of monocytes:lymphocytes at age 3 months and risk of tuberculosis (TB) in the first two years of life
Vivek Naranbhai, Soyeon Kim, Helen Fletcher, Mark F Cotton, Avy Violari, Charles Mitchell, Sharon Nachman, George McSherry, Helen McShane, Adrian VS Hill, Shabir A Madhi
Video Q&A: Patients leading the direction of clinical research - an interview with Paul Wicks
Paul Wicks
Hypertension, kidney disease, HIV and antiretroviral therapy among Tanzanian adults: a cross-sectional study
Robert N Peck, Rehema Shedafa, Samuel Kalluvya, Jennifer A Downs, Jim Todd, Manikkam Suthanthiran, Daniel W Fitzgerald, Johannes B Kataraihya
Why training and specialization is needed for peer review: a case study of peer review for randomized controlled trials
Jigisha Patel
Findings from the SASA! Study: a cluster randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of a community mobilization intervention to prevent violence against women and reduce HIV risk in Kampala, Uganda
Tanya Abramsky, Karen Devries, Ligia Kiss, Janet Nakuti, Nambusi Kyegombe, Elizabeth Starmann, Bonnie Cundill, Leilani Francisco, Dan Kaye, Tina Musuya, Lori Michau, Charlotte Watts
Atypical antipsychotic agents; Peas in a pod or chalk and cheese?
Ajeet B Singh, Andrew A Nierenberg, Lakshmi N Yatham, Michael Berk
A clinical prediction rule for diagnosing human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) in a hospital emergency department setting
Qiaohong Liao, Dennis K M Ip, Tim K Tsang, Bin Cao, Hui Jiang, Fengfeng Liu, Jiandong Zheng, Zhibin Peng, Peng Wu, Yang Huai, Eric H Y Lau, Luzhao Feng, Gabriel M Leung, Hongjie Yu, Benjamin J Cowling
Ancestral exposure to stress epigenetically programs preterm birth risk and adverse maternal and newborn outcomes
Youli Yao, Alexandra M Robinson, Fabiola CR Zucchi, Jerrah C Robbins, Olena Babenko, Olga Kovalchuk, Igor Kovalchuk, David M Olson, Gerlinde AS Metz
The hunt for protective correlates of immunity to Plasmodium falciparummalaria
Ann M Moormann, V Ann Stewart
Advances in treating HER2-positive breast cancer: an interview with Sunil Verma
Sunil Verma
Strategies to overcome trastuzumab resistance in HER2-overexpressing breast cancers: focus on new data from clinical trials
Pernelle Lavaud, Fabrice Andre
Next generation sequencing and tumor mutation profiling: are we ready for routine use in the oncology clinic?
Debu Tripathy, Kathleen Harnden, Kimberly Blackwell, Mark Robson
Mesalazine in the initial management of severely acutely malnourished children with environmental enteric dysfunction: a pilot randomized controlled trial
Kelsey DJ Jones, Barbara Hünten-Kirsch, Ahmed MR Laving, Caroline W Munyi, Moses Ngari, Jenifer Mikusa, Musa M Mulongo, Dennis Odera, H Samira Nassir, Molline Timbwa, Moses Owino, Greg Fegan, Simon H Murch, Peter B Sullivan, John O Warner, James A Berkley
Type 2 diabetes and health care costs in Latin America: exploring the need for greater preventive medicine
Armando Arredondo
Burden of mental disorders and unmet needs among street homeless people in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Abebaw Fekadu, Charlotte Hanlon, Emebet Gebre-Eyesus, Melkamu Agedew, Haddis Solomon, Solomon Teferra, Tsehaysina Gebre-Eyesus, Yonas Baheretibeb, Girmay Medhin, Teshome Shibre, Abraham Workneh, Teketel Tegegn, Alehegn Ketema, Philip Timms, Graham Thornicroft, Martin Prince
Predictors and correlates of adherence to combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) for chronic HIV infection: a meta-analysis
Nienke Langebeek, Elizabeth H Gisolf, Peter Reiss, Sigrid C Vervoort, Thóra B Hafsteinsdóttir, Clemens Richter, Mirjam AG Sprangers, Pythia T Nieuwkerk
Obesity and what we need do about it- an interview with John Wass
John Wass
Novel equation to determine the hepatic triglyceride concentration in humans by MRI: diagnosis and monitoring of NAFLD in obese patients before and after bariatric surgery
Raúl Jiménez-Agüero, José I Emparanza, Adolfo Beguiristain, Luis Bujanda, José M Alustiza, Elisabeth García, Elizabeth Hijona, Lander Gallego, Javier Sánchez-González, María J Perugorria, José I Asensio, Santiago Larburu, Maddi Garmendia, Mikel Larzabal, María P Portillo, Leixuri Aguirre, Jesús M Banales
A new noninvasive technique for estimating hepatic triglyceride: will liver biopsy become redundant in diagnosing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease?
Bark Betzel, Joost PH Drenth
Bioinformatic and immunological analysis reveals lack of support for measles virus related mimicry in Crohn’s disease
Dimitrios Polymeros, Zacharias P Tsiamoulos, Andreas L Koutsoumpas, Daniel S Smyk, Maria G Mytilinaiou, Konstantinos Triantafyllou, Dimitrios P Bogdanos, Spiros D Ladas
Two distinct Do-Not-Resuscitate protocols leaving less to the imagination: an observational study using propensity score matching
Yen-Yuan Chen, Nahida H Gordon, Alfred F Connors, Allan Garland, Shan-Chwen Chang, Stuart J Youngner
STORIES statement: Publication standards for healthcare education evidence synthesis
Morris Gordon, Trevor Gibbs
Environmental stress and epigenetic transgenerational inheritance
Michael K Skinner
Immunological markers of Plasmodium vivaxexposure and immunity: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Julia C Cutts, Rosanna Powell, Paul A Agius, James G Beeson, Julie A Simpson, Freya J I Fowkes
Non-invasive score identifies ultrasonography-diagnosed non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and predicts mortality in the USA
Ching-Lung Cheung, Karen SL Lam, Ian CK Wong, Bernard MY Cheung
Feasibility of HIV point-of-care tests for resource-limited settings: challenges and solutions
Wendy Stevens, Natasha Gous, Nathan Ford, Lesley E Scott
Molecular mimicry, inflammatory bowel disease, and the vaccine safety debate
Susy Yusung, Jonathan Braun
The global burden of liver disease: a challenge for methods and for public health
Peter Byass
Maternal caffeine intake during pregnancy is associated with risk of low birth weight: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis
Ling-Wei Chen, Yi Wu, Nithya Neelakantan, Mary Foong-Fong Chong, An Pan, Rob M van Dam
Liver cirrhosis mortality in 187 countries between 1980 and 2010: a systematic analysis
Ali A Mokdad, Alan D Lopez, Saied Shahraz, Rafael Lozano, Ali H Mokdad, Jeff Stanaway, Christopher JL Murray, Mohsen Naghavi
The association between dietary factors and gestational hypertension and pre-eclampsia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies
Danielle AJM Schoenaker, Sabita S Soedamah-Muthu, Gita D Mishra
Preventing pre-eclampsia - are dietary factors the key?
Jodie M Dodd, Cecelia O’Brien, Rosalie M Grivell
Dietary calcium intake and mortality risk from cardiovascular disease and all causes: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies
Xia Wang, Hongxia Chen, Yingying Ouyang, Jun Liu, Gang Zhao, Wei Bao, Maosheng Yan
An international comparison of deceased and living organ donation/transplant rates in opt-in and opt-out systems: a panel study
Lee Shepherd, Ronan E O’Carroll, Eamonn Ferguson
Visit-to-visit variability of fasting plasma glucose as predictor of ischemic stroke: competing risk analysis in a national cohort of Taiwan Diabetes Study
Cheng-Chieh Lin, Chun-Pai Yang, Chia-Ing Li, Chiu-Shong Liu, Ching-Chu Chen, Wen-Yuan Lin, Kai-Lin Hwang, Sing-Yu Yang, Tsai-Chung Li
Risk of violence from the man involved in the pregnancy after receiving or being denied an abortion
Sarah CM Roberts, M Antonia Biggs, Karuna S Chibber, Heather Gould, Corinne H Rocca, Diana Greene Foster
Concordance between DSM-IV and DSM-5 criteria for delirium diagnosis in a pooled database of 768 prospectively evaluated patients using the delirium rating scale-revised-98
David J Meagher, Alessandro Morandi, Sharon K Inouye, Wes Ely, Dimitrios Adamis, Alasdair J Maclullich, James L Rudolph, Karin Neufeld, Maeve Leonard, Giuseppe Bellelli, Daniel Davis, Andrew Teodorczuk, Stefan Kreisel, Christine Thomas, Wolfgang Hasemann, Suzanne Timmons, Niamh O’Regan, Sandeep Grover, Faiza Jabbar, Walter Cullen, Colum Dunne, Barbara Kamholz, Barbara C Van Munster, Sophia E De Rooij, Jos De Jonghe, Paula T Trzepacz
Peer review for biomedical publications: we can improve the system
Philip F Stahel, Ernest E Moore
Preventing and reducing violence against women: innovation in community-level studies
Angela Taft, Rhonda Small
The atrial fibrillation epidemic is approaching the physician's door: will mobile technology improve detection?
Perttu J Lindsberg, Lauri Toivonen, Hans-Christoph Diener
Two age peaks in the incidence of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis: a population-based registry study from Norway 2008-2012
Inger Johanne Bakken, Kari Tveito, Nina Gunnes, Sara Ghaderi, Camilla Stoltenberg, Lill Trogstad, Siri Eldevik H åberg, Per Magnus
Validity of self-measured waist circumference in adults at risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease
Ana María Contardo Ayala, Giel Nijpels, Jeroen Lakerveld
Stroke, multimorbidity and polypharmacy in a nationally representative sample of 1,424,378 patients in Scotland: implications for treatment burden
Katie I Gallacher, G David Batty, Gary McLean, Stewart W Mercer, Bruce Guthrie, Carl R May, Peter Langhorne, Frances S Mair
How do you circumcise a nation? The Rwandan case study
Vincent Mutabazi, Jamie I Forrest, Nathan Ford, Edward J Mills
The impact of dialysis therapy on older patients with advanced chronic kidney disease: a nationwide population-based study
Chia-Jen Shih, Yung-Tai Chen, Shuo-Ming Ou, Wu-Chang Yang, Shu-Chen Kuo, Der-Cherng Tarng
Standard laboratory tests to identify older adults at increased risk of death
Susan E Howlett, Michael RH Rockwood, Arnold Mitnitski, Kenneth Rockwood
Association of behaviour change techniques with effectiveness of dietary interventions among adults of retirement age: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Jose Lara, Elizabeth H Evans, Nicola O’Brien, Paula J Moynihan, Thomas D Meyer, Ashley J Adamson, Linda Errington, Falko F Sniehotta, Martin White, John C Mathers
Combining varenicline and nicotine patches: a randomized controlled trial study in smoking cessation
Josep M Ramon, Sergio Morchon, Antoni Baena, Cristina Masuet-Aumatell
Combined impact of healthy lifestyle factors on colorectal cancer: a large European cohort study
Krasimira Aleksandrova, Tobias Pischon, Mazda Jenab, H Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Veronika Fedirko, Teresa Norat, Dora Romaguera, Sven Knüppel, Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault, Laure Dossus, Laureen Dartois, Rudolf Kaaks, Kuanrong Li, Anne Tjønneland, Kim Overvad, José Ramón Quirós, Genevieve Buckland, María José Sánchez, Miren Dorronsoro, Maria-Dolores Chirlaque, Aurelio Barricarte, Kay-Tee Khaw, Nicholas J Wareham, Kathryn E Bradbury, Antonia Trichopoulou, Pagona Lagiou, Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Domenico Palli, Vittorio Krogh, Rosario Tumino, Alessio Naccarati, Salvatore Panico, Peter D Siersema, Petra HM Peeters, Ingrid Ljuslinder, Ingegerd Johansson, Ulrika Ericson, Bodil Ohlsson, Elisabete Weiderpass, Guri Skeie, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Sabina Rinaldi, Isabelle Romieu, Joyce Kong, Marc J Gunter, Heather A Ward, Elio Riboli, Heiner Boeing
Visual impairment is associated with physical and mental comorbidities in older adults: a cross-sectional study
Helen Court, Gary McLean, Bruce Guthrie, Stewart W Mercer, Daniel J Smith
Transmission dynamics and control of Ebola virus disease (EVD): a review
Gerardo Chowell, Hiroshi Nishiura
Pain care for patients with epidermolysis bullosa: best care practice guidelines
Kenneth R Goldschneider, Julie Good, Emily Harrop, Christina Liossi, Anne Lynch-Jordan, Anna E Martinez, Lynne G Maxwell, Danette Stanko-Lopp
The effects of antenatal dietary and lifestyle advice for women who are overweight or obese on maternal diet and physical activity: the LIMIT randomised trial
Jodie M Dodd, Courtney Cramp, Zhixian Sui, Lisa N Yelland, Andrea R Deussen, Rosalie M Grivell, Lisa J Moran, Caroline A Crowther, Deborah Turnbull, Andrew J McPhee, Gary Wittert, Julie A Owens, Jeffrey S Robinson
The effects of antenatal dietary and lifestyle advice for women who are overweight or obese on neonatal health outcomes: the LIMIT randomised trial
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Environmental enteropathy and malnutrition: do we know enough to intervene?
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Weight loss required by the severely obese to achieve clinically important differences in health-related quality of life: two-year prospective cohort study
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Limited antigenic diversity of Plasmodium falciparumapical membrane antigen 1 supports the development of effective multi-allele vaccines
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Candidate gene-environment interactions in breast cancer
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Is chronic inhibition of phosphodiesterase type 5 cardioprotective and safe? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
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Alan D Lopez
Why does society accept a higher risk for alcohol than for other voluntary or involuntary risks?
Jürgen Rehm, Dirk W Lachenmeier, Robin Room
Alcohol consumption, drinking patterns, and ischemic heart disease: a narrative review of meta-analyses and a systematic review and meta-analysis of the impact of heavy drinking occasions on risk for moderate drinkers
Michael Roerecke, Jürgen Rehm
Video Q & A: Alcohol - a global problem. An interview with Ian Gilmore
Ian Gilmore
Quantitative analysis of computed tomography images and early detection of cerebral edema for pediatric traumatic brain injury patients: retrospective study
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Remembering the forgotten non-communicable diseases
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Epidemiology of multimorbidity in China and implications for the healthcare system: cross-sectional survey among 162,464 community household residents in southern China
Harry HX Wang, Jia Ji Wang, Samuel YS Wong, Martin CS Wong, Fang Jian Li, Pei Xi Wang, Zhi Heng Zhou, Chun Yan Zhu, Sian M Griffiths, Stewart W Mercer
Trends in and disparities for acute myocardial infarction: an analysis of Medicare claims data from 1992 to 2010
Jasvinder A Singh, Xin Lu, Said Ibrahim, Peter Cram
Five-step authorship framework to improve transparency in disclosing contributors to industry-sponsored clinical trial publications
Ana Maruš.ić, Darko Hren, Bernadette Mansi, Neil Lineberry, Ananya Bhattacharya, Maureen Garrity, Juli Clark, Thomas Gesell, Susan Glasser, John Gonzalez, Carolyn Hustad, Mary-Margaret Lannon, LaVerne A Mooney, Teresa Peña
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David Moher
Antibodies against H10N8 avian influenza virus among animal workers in Guangdong Province before November 30, 2013, when the first human H10N8 case was recognized
Wenbao Qi, Shuo Su, Chencheng Xiao, Pei Zhou, Huanan Li, Changwen Ke, Gregory C Gray, Guihong Zhang, Ming Liao
The effectiveness of Stepping Stones Triple P parenting support in parents of children with borderline to mild intellectual disability and psychosocial problems: a randomized controlled trial
Marijke Kleefman, Daniëlle EMC Jansen, Roy E Stewart, Sijmen A Reijneveld
Why would associations between cardiometabolic risk factors and depressive symptoms be linear?
Peter de Jonge, Annelieke M Roest
Comorbidity and dementia: a scoping review of the literature
Frances Bunn, Anne-Marie Burn, Claire Goodman, Greta Rait, Sam Norton, Louise Robinson, Johan Schoeman, Carol Brayne
Is a specialist breathlessness service more effective and cost-effective for patients with advanced cancer and their carers than standard care? Findings of a mixed-method randomised controlled trial
Morag C Farquhar, A Toby Prevost, Paul McCrone, Barbara Brafman-Price, Allison Bentley, Irene J Higginson, Chris Todd, Sara Booth
How much is tuberculosis screening worth? Estimating the value of active case finding for tuberculosis in South Africa, China, and India
Andrew S Azman, Jonathan E Golub, David W Dowdy
FTOrs9939609 polymorphism is associated with metabolic disturbances and response to HCV therapy in HIV/HCV-coinfected patients
Daniel Pineda-Tenor, Juan Berenguer, María A Jiménez-Sousa, Mónica García-Alvarez, Teresa Aldámiz-Echevarria, Ana Carrero, Sonia Vázquez-Morón, Pilar García-Broncano, Cristina Diez, Francisco Tejerina, María Guzmán-Fulgencio, Salvador Resino
Incidence and risk of severe infections associated with anti-epidermal growth factor receptor monoclonal antibodies in cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Wei-Xiang Qi, Shen Fu, Qing Zhang, Xiao-Mao Guo
The effects of HIV testing advocacy messages on test acceptance: a randomized clinical trial
Monica L Kasting, Anthony D Cox, Dena Cox, Kenneth H Fife, Barry P Katz, Gregory D Zimet
A proposal for a primary screening tool: `Keep your waist circumference to less than half your height’
Margaret Ashwell, Sigrid Gibson
Cardiovascular risk factors and future risk of Alzheimer’s disease
Renée FAG de Bruijn, M Arfan Ikram
Treatment of vascular risk factors in patients with a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease: a systematic review
Raffaella Valenti, Leonardo Pantoni, Hugh S Markus
The overlap between vascular disease and Alzheimer’s disease - lessons from pathology
Johannes Attems, Kurt A Jellinger
Medical education and the healthcare system - why does the curriculum need to be reformed?
Gustavo A Quintero
Erratum to: preventing the development of depression at work: a systematic review and meta-analysis of universal interventions in the workplace
Leona Tan, Min-Jung Wang, Matthew Modini, Sadhbh Joyce, Arnstein Mykletun, Helen Christensen, Samuel B Harvey
Preventing mental health problems in offspring by targeting dietary intake of pregnant women
Adrienne O'Neil, Catherine Itsiopoulos, Helen Skouteris, Rachelle S Opie, Skye McPhie, Briony Hill, Felice N Jacka
Mortality attributable to Plasmodium vivaxmalaria: a clinical audit from Papua, Indonesia
Nicholas M Douglas, Gysje J Pontororing, Daniel A Lampah, Tsin W Yeo, Enny Kenangalem, Jeanne Rini Poespoprodjo, Anna P Ralph, Michael J Bangs, Paulus Sugiarto, Nicholas M Anstey, Ric N Price
A randomized controlled clinical trial of topical insulin-like growth factor-1 therapy for sudden deafness refractory to systemic corticosteroid treatment
Takayuki Nakagawa, Kozo Kumakawa, Shin-ichi Usami, Naohito Hato, Keiji Tabuchi, Mariko Takahashi, Keizo Fujiwara, Akira Sasaki, Shizuo Komune, Tatsunori Sakamoto, Harukazu Hiraumi, Norio Yamamoto, Shiro Tanaka, Harue Tada, Michio Yamamoto, Atsushi Yonezawa, Toshiko Ito-Ihara, Takafumi Ikeda, Akira Shimizu, Yasuhiko Tabata, Juichi Ito
Dairy consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: 3 cohorts of US adults and an updated meta-analysis
Mu Chen, Qi Sun, Edward Giovannucci, Dariush Mozaffarian, JoAnn E Manson, Walter C Willett, Frank B Hu
Cardiovascular risks and elevation of serum DHT vary by route of testosterone administration: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Stephen E Borst, Jonathan J Shuster, Baiming Zou, Fan Ye, Huanguang Jia, Anita Wokhlu, Joshua F Yarrow
Elevated risk of stillbirth in males: systematic review and meta-analysis of more than 30 million births
Debapriya Mondal, Tamara S Galloway, Trevor C Bailey, Fiona Mathews
Mental, neurological, and substance use problems among refugees in primary health care: analysis of the Health Information System in 90 refugee camps
Jeremy C Kane, Peter Ventevogel, Paul Spiegel, Judith K Bass, Mark van Ommeren, Wietse A Tol
Diagnostic utility of zinc protoporphyrin to detect iron deficiency in Kenyan pregnant women
Martin N Mwangi, Sumi Maskey, Pauline EA Andang’o, Noel K Shinali, Johanna M Roth, Laura Trijsburg, Alice M Mwangi, Han Zuilhof, Barend van Lagen, Huub FJ Savelkoul, Ayşe Y Demir, Hans Verhoef
Risk of low bone mineral density and low body mass index in patients with non-celiac wheat-sensitivity: a prospective observation study
Antonio Carroccio, Maurizio Soresi, Alberto D’Alcamo, Carmelo Sciumè, Giuseppe Iacono, Girolamo Geraci, Ignazio Brusca, Aurelio Seidita, Floriana Adragna, Miriam Carta, Pasquale Mansueto
Clinical considerations and key issues in the management of patients with Erdheim-Chester Disease: a seven case series
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Towards a framework for business model innovation in health care delivery in developing countries
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Better management of multimorbidity: a critical look at the ‘Ariadne principles’
Peter Bower
The Ariadne principles: how to handle multimorbidity in primary care consultations
Christiane Muth, Marjan van den Akker, Jeanet W Blom, Christian D Mallen, Justine Rochon, François G Schellevis, Annette Becker, Martin Beyer, Jochen Gensichen, Hanna Kirchner, Rafael Perera, Alexandra Prados-Torres, Martin Scherer, Ulrich Thiem, Hendrik van den Bussche, Paul P Glasziou
DNA methylation profiling reveals novel diagnostic biomarkers in renal cell carcinoma
Brittany N Lasseigne, Todd C Burwell, Mohini A Patil, Devin M Absher, James D Brooks, Richard M Myers
The burden of disease in Spain: results from the global burden of disease study 2010
Josep Maria Haro, Stefanos Tyrovolas, Noe Garin, Cesar Diaz-Torne, Loreto Carmona, Lidia Sanchez-Riera, Fernando Perez-Ruiz, Christopher JL Murray
Why public health people are more worried than excited over e-cigarettes
Charlotta Pisinger
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Peter Hajek
Diagnosis and treatment of hyponatremia: a systematic review of clinical practice guidelines and consensus statements
Evi V Nagler, Jill Vanmassenhove, Sabine N van der Veer, Ionut Nistor, Wim Van Biesen, Angela C Webster, Raymond Vanholder
Sixty years trying to define the malaria burden in Africa: have we made any progress?
Robert W Snow
Altered thyroid hormone profile in offspring after exposure to high estradiol environment during the first trimester of pregnancy: a cross-sectional study
Ping-Ping Lv, Ye Meng, Min Lv, Chun Feng, Ye Liu, Jing-Yi Li, Dan-Qin Yu, Yan Shen, Xiao-Lin Hu, Qian Gao, Shan Dong, Xian-Hua Lin, Gu-Feng Xu, Shen Tian, Dan Zhang, Fang-Hong Zhang, Jie-Xue Pan, Xiao-Qun Ye, Miao-E Liu, Xin-Mei Liu, Jian-Zhong Sheng, Guo-Lian Ding, He-Feng Huang
Sex dependent risk factors for mortality after myocardial infarction: individual patient data meta-analysis
Hanna M van Loo, Edwin R van den Heuvel, Robert A Schoevers, Matteo Anselmino, Robert M Carney, Johan Denollet, Frank Doyle, Kenneth E Freedland, Sherry L Grace, Seyed H Hosseini, Kapil Parakh, Louise Pilote, Chiara Rafanelli, Annelieke M Roest, Hiroshi Sato, Richard P Steeds, Ronald C Kessler, Peter de Jonge
Prevalence, distribution, and social determinants of tobacco use in 30 sub-Saharan African countries
Chandrashekhar T Sreeramareddy, Pranil Mansingh Pradhan, Shwe Sin
Influenza vaccination in patients with end-stage renal disease: systematic review and assessment of quality of evidence related to vaccine efficacy, effectiveness, and safety
Cornelius Remschmidt, Ole Wichmann, Thomas Harder
National household survey of adverse childhood experiences and their relationship with resilience to health-harming behaviors in England
Mark A Bellis, Karen Hughes, Nicola Leckenby, Clare Perkins, Helen Lowey
Update on the NCEP ATP-III emerging cardiometabolic risk factors
Robert H Eckel, Marc-Andre Cornier
Effects of palmitate on genome-wide mRNA expression and DNA methylation patterns in human pancreatic islets
Elin Hall, Petr Volkov, Tasnim Dayeh, Karl Bacos, Tina Rönn, Marloes Dekker Nitert, Charlotte Ling
Outcomes of polytrauma patients with diabetes mellitus
James Tebby, Fiona Lecky, Antoinette Edwards, Tom Jenks, Omar Bouamra, Rozalia Dimitriou, Peter V Giannoudis
Estimating the returns to UK publicly funded cancer-related research in terms of the net value of improved health outcomes
Matthew Glover, Martin Buxton, Susan Guthrie, Stephen Hanney, Alexandra Pollitt, Jonathan Grant
Foods and food components in the Mediterranean diet: supporting overall effects
Linda C Tapsell
Urinary soluble urokinase receptor levels are elevated and pathogenic in patients with primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
Jing Huang, Gang Liu, Yi-miao Zhang, Zhao Cui, Fang Wang, Xiao-jing Liu, Rong Chu, Ming-hui Zhao
Accuracy of epidemiological inferences based on publicly available information: retrospective comparative analysis of line lists of human cases infected with influenza A(H7N9) in China
Eric HY Lau, Jiandong Zheng, Tim K Tsang, Qiaohong Liao, Bryan Lewis, John S Brownstein, Sharon Sanders, Jessica Y Wong, Sumiko R Mekaru, Caitlin Rivers, Peng Wu, Hui Jiang, Yu Li, Jianxing Yu, Qian Zhang, Zhaorui Chang, Fengfeng Liu, Zhibin Peng, Gabriel M Leung, Luzhao Feng, Benjamin J Cowling, Hongjie Yu
Predictive spatial risk model of poliovirus to aid prioritization and hasten eradication in Nigeria
Alexander M Upfill-Brown, Hil M Lyons, Muhammad A Pate, Faisal Shuaib, Shahzad Baig, Hao Hu, Philip A Eckhoff, Guillaume Chabot-Couture
Inequalities in child mortality in ten major African cities
Wilm Quentin, Olayinka Abosede, Joseph Aka, Patricia Akweongo, Kouassi Dinard, Alex Ezeh, Ramadan Hamed, Patrick Kalambayi Kayembe, Getnet Mitike, Gemini Mtei, Marguerite Te Bonle, Leonie Sundmacher
Outpatient antibiotic prescribing in the United States: 2000 to 2010
Grace C Lee, Kelly R Reveles, Russell T Attridge, Kenneth A Lawson, Ishak A Mansi, James S Lewis II, Christopher R Frei
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Placebo for depression: we need to improve the quality of scientific information but also reject too simplistic approaches or ideological nihilism
Andrea Cipriani, John R Geddes
Does reductio ad absurdumhave a place in evidence-based medicine?
Florian Naudet, Bruno Falissard
Can authorities appreciably enhance the prescribing of oral generic risperidone to conserve resources? Findings from across Europe and their implications
Brian Godman, Max Petzold, Kathleen Bennett, Marion Bennie, Anna Bucsics, Alexander E Finlayson, Andrew Martin, Marie Persson, Jutta Piessnegger, Emanuel Raschi, Steven Simoens, Corinne Zara, Corrado Barbui
Diagnostic accuracy of quantitative PCR (Xpert MTB/RIF) for tuberculous pericarditis compared to adenosine deaminase and unstimulated interferon-γ in a high burden setting: a prospective study
Shaheen Pandie, Jonathan G Peter, Zita S Kerbelker, Richard Meldau, Grant Theron, Ureshnie Govender, Mpiko Ntsekhe, Keertan Dheda, Bongani M Mayosi
A process for assessing the feasibility of a network meta-analysis: a case study of everolimus in combination with hormonal therapy versus chemotherapy for advanced breast cancer
Shannon Cope, Jie Zhang, Stephen Saletan, Brielan Smiechowski, Jeroen P Jansen, Peter Schmid
Urinary metabolic profiles in early pregnancy are associated with preterm birth and fetal growth restriction in the Rhea mother–child cohort study
Léa Maitre, Eleni Fthenou, Toby Athersuch, Muireann Coen, Mireille B Toledano, Elaine Holmes, Manolis Kogevinas, Leda Chatzi, Hector C Keun
Impact of early daycare on healthcare resource use related to upper respiratory tract infections during childhood: prospective WHISTLER cohort study
Marieke LA de Hoog, Roderick P Venekamp, Cornelis K van der Ent, Anne Schilder, Elisabeth AM Sanders, Roger AMJ Damoiseaux, Debby Bogaert, Cuno SPM Uiterwaal, Henriette A Smit, Patricia Bruijning-Verhagen
Opsonic phagocytosis of Plasmodium falciparummerozoites: mechanism in human immunity and a correlate of protection against malaria
Faith HA Osier, Gaoqian Feng, Michelle J Boyle, Christine Langer, Jingling Zhou, Jack S Richards, Fiona J McCallum, Linda Reiling, Anthony Jaworowski, Robin F Anders, Kevin Marsh, James G Beeson
Adaptation and validation of the Treatment Burden Questionnaire (TBQ) in English using an internet platform
Viet-Thi Tran, Magdalena Harrington, Victor M Montori, Caroline Barnes, Paul Wicks, Philippe Ravaud
Definitions and potential health benefits of the Mediterranean diet: views from experts around the world
Antonia Trichopoulou, Miguel A Martínez-González, Tammy YN Tong, Nita G Forouhi, Shweta Khandelwal, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Dariush Mozaffarian, Michel de Lorgeril
A cohort study on the incidence and outcome of pulmonary embolism in trauma and orthopedic patients
Suribabu Gudipati, Evangelos M Fragkakis, Vincenzo Ciriello, Simon J Harrison, Petros Z Stavrou, Nikolaos K Kanakaris, Robert M West, Peter V Giannoudis
Classification of healthcare-associated infection: a systematic review 10 years after the first proposal
Teresa Cardoso, Mónica Almeida, N Deborah Friedman, Irene Aragão, Altamiro Costa-Pereira, António E Sarmento, Luís Azevedo
Local versus general anesthesia for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVR) – systematic review and meta-analysis
Georg M Fröhlich, Alexandra J Lansky, John Webb, Marco Roffi, Stefan Toggweiler, Markus Reinthaler, Duolao Wang, Nevil Hutchinson, Olaf Wendler, David Hildick-Smith, Pascal Meier
Strengths and weaknesses of guideline approaches to safeguard voluntary informed consent of patients within a dependent relationship
Sara AS Dekking, Rieke van der Graaf, Johannes JM van Delden
The Lives Saved Tool (LiST) as a model for diarrhea mortality reduction
Christa L Fischer Walker, Neff Walker
Do statins increase and Mediterranean diet decrease the risk of breast cancer?
Michel de Lorgeril, Patricia Salen
Video Q & A: The impact of stress. An interview with George Chrousos
George Chrousos
Managing the changing burden of cancer in Asia
Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan, Kunnambath Ramadas, You-lin Qiao
Marital status and ischemic heart disease incidence and mortality in women: a large prospective study
Sarah Floud, Angela Balkwill, Dexter Canoy, F Lucy Wright, Gillian K Reeves, Jane Green, Valerie Beral, Benjamin J Cairns