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Associations between skin rash, treatment outcome, and single nucleotide poly...
Purpose: To study the associations between development of moderate to severe skin rash, clinical outcome, and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in candidate genes in head... -
Blood-flow restricted resistance training in patients with sporadic inclusion...
Objectives: To investigate the effect of 12 weeks of low-load blood-flow restricted resistance (BFR) training on self-reported and objective physical function, and maximal... -
Smoking and response to rituximab in rheumatoid arthritis: results from an in...
Objectives: To investigate whether smoking habits predict response to rituximab (RTX) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Method: We included patients from the CERERRA international... -
Feasibility of outpatient total hip and knee arthroplasty in unselected patients
Background and purpose - The number of patients who are suitable for outpatient total hip and knee arthroplasty (THA and TKA) in an unselected patient population remains... -
Development and validation of a prognostic model for recurrent glioblastoma p...
Background Predictive markers and prognostic models are required in order to individualize treatment of recurrent glioblastoma (GBM) patients. Here, we sought to identify... -
Health-related quality of life in rectal cancer patients undergoing neoadjuva...
Background: Neoadjuvant chemoradiation with delayed surgery (CRT-DS) and short-course radiotherapy with immediate surgery (SCRT-IS) are two commonly used treatment strategies... -
Trends in alcohol use among young people according to the pattern of consumpt...
Aim To identify differences in Risky Consumption (RC) and Binge drinking (BD) trends in students who already followed these patterns of alcohol consumption on starting... -
The effect of postoperative gemcitabine on overall survival in patients with ...
Background: Adjuvant chemotherapy following curative resection is the standard treatment for pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PC). Randomized clinical trials using gemcitabine have... -
Zika virus shedding in the stool and infection through the anorectal mucosa i...
Zika virus (ZIKV) has elicited global concern due to its unique biological features, unusual transmission routes, and unexpected clinical outcomes. Although ZIKV transmission... -
Long-term incidence and risk factors of cardiovascular events in Asian popula...
Background: Scientific studies on cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden and risk factors are predominantly based on short-term risk in Westerner populations, and such information... -
Preventable statin adverse reactions and therapy discontinuation. What can we...
Background: Statin treatment is often associated with poor adherence, which may be due to the onset of adverse drug reactions (ADRs). We investigated on potential risk factors... -
Co-treatment with indole-3-carbinol and resveratrol modify porcine CYP1A and ...
1. Humans and animals are commonly exposed to indole-3-carbinol (I3C) and resveratrol (RES) via food or beverages. Moreover, these compounds have been demonstrated to... -
Defining a core outcome set for adolescent and young adult patients with a sp...
Background and purpose - Routine outcome measurement has been shown to improve performance in several fields of healthcare. National spine surgery registries have been initiated... -
Evaluation of the Tobacco-Use Prevention Education (TUPE) program in California
Author(s): McMenamin, Sara B; Cummins, Sharon E; Zhuang, Yue-Lin; Gamst, Anthony C; Ruiz, Carlos G; Mayoral, Antonio; Zhu, Shu-Hong | Abstract: BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The... -
NIH Disease Funding Levels and Burden of Disease
BACKGROUND:An analysis of NIH funding in 1996 found that the strongest predictor of funding, disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), explained only 39% of the variance in... -
Tolerability of the oral fluoropyrimidine S-1 after hand-foot syndrome-relate...
Tolerability of the oral fluoropyrimidine S-1 after hand-foot syndrome-related discontinuation of capecitabine in western cancer patients -
Defining Catastrophic Costs and Comparing Their Importance for Adverse Tuberc...
Tom Wingfield and colleagues investigate the relationship between catastrophic costs and tuberculosis outcomes for patients receiving free tuberculosis care in Peru. Please see... -
Men ask more questions than women at a scientific conference.
Gender inequity in science and academia, especially in senior positions, is a recognised problem. The reasons are poorly understood, but include the persistence of historical... -
Validity of Six Activity Monitors in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A...
Reduced physical activity is an important feature of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Various activity monitors are available but their validity is poorly... -
Moral Concepts Set Decision Strategies to Abstract Values
Persons have different value preferences. Neuroimaging studies where value-based decisions in actual conflict situations were investigated suggest an important role of...
