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MAP17 predicts sensitivity to platinum-based therapy, EGFR inhibitors and the...
BACKGROUND: The high incidence and mortality of lung tumours is a major health problem. Therefore, the identification both of biomarkers predicting efficacy for therapies in use... -
Crowd-figure-pictograms improve women’s knowledge about mammography screening...
Objective To evaluate the effect of crowd-figure-pictograms on women’s numeric knowledge about mammography screening in a three-armed parallel randomised controlled trial.... -
Vaginal washing and lubrication among female sex workers in the Mexico-US bor...
Background To assess the potential acceptability and inform the development of behaviorally-congruent vaginal douche- or gel-based HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) products,... -
"Somatosensory abnormalities in Chinese patients with painful temporomandibul...
Background The somatosensory phenotype of Chinese temporomandibular disorders (TMD) patients is not sufficiently studied with the use of contemporary techniques and guidelines.... -
Associations of mutually exclusive categories of physical activity and sedent...
Background Both physical activity and sedentary behaviour have been individually associated with health, however, the extent to which the combination of these behaviours... -
Assessment of laypersons’ paediatric basic life support and foreign body airw...
Background Standardised courses for laypeople in Paediatric Basic Life Support (PBLS) and Foreign Body Airway Obstruction Management (FBAOM) teach essential skills for the... -
GDF-15 plasma levels in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are associated ...
Background Growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15), a cytokine associated with cardiovascular mortality, increases during chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)... -
Cost of HPV screening at community health campaigns (CHCs) and health clinics...
Background Cervical cancer is the most frequent neoplasm among Kenyan women, with 4800 diagnoses and 2400 deaths per year. One reason is an extremely low rate of screening... -
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... -
Associations between degrees of task delegation and job satisfaction of gener...
Background In recent years, the healthcare system in the western world has undergone a structural development caused by changes in demography and pattern of disease. In order to... -
Cilostazol induced migraine does not respond to sumatriptan in a double blind...
Background Cilostazol is an inhibitor of phosphodiesterase 3 and thus causes accumulation of cAMP. It induces migraine-like attacks in migraine patients. Whether the cilostazol... -
Epidemiology of non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs consumption in Spain. Th...
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are widely used despite their risk of gastrointestinal bleeding or cardiovascular events. We report the profile of people taking... -
Combined cognitive and vocational interventions after mild to moderate trauma...
Background A considerable proportion of patients with mild to moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI) experience long-lasting somatic, cognitive, and emotional... -
Natalizumab treatment reduces L-selectin (CD62L) in CD4+ T cells
Background The purpose of this research was to validate the low expression of L-selectin (CD62L) in natalizumab (NTZ)-treated patients. CD62L is involved in rolling and... -
Investigating the feasibility and acceptability of a cognitive behavioural su...
Background Suicide is a major cause of preventable death, and suicidal behaviour is prevalent in acute psychiatric wards. People admitted to acute psychiatric wards often... -
Do psychological and behavioral factors classified by the West Haven-Yale Mul...
Background To investigate if psychological and behavioral factors (as determined by the Swedish version of the West Haven-Yale Multidimensional Pain Inventory, MPI-S) can... -
Diagnosis and mortality of emergency department patients in the North Denmark...
Background Emergency departments handle a large proportion of acute patients. In 2007, it was recommended centralizing the Danish healthcare system and establishing emergency... -
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Background In 2011, the UK physical activity guidelines were updated to include recommendations for muscle strengthening and balance & coordination (at least two sessions of... -
Predictors of lung function decline in scleroderma-related interstitial lung ...
Background The extent of lung involvement visualized by high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) is a predictor of decline in forced vital capacity (FVC) in... -
A complex intervention to improve implementation of World Health Organization...
Background To improve management of severely ill hospitalized patients in low-income settings, the World Health Organization (WHO) established a triage tool called “Quick Check”...
