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HIV-infected persons with type 2 diabetes show evidence of endothelial dysfun...
Background Increased incidence of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in both HIV infection and type 2 diabetes (T2D) compared to the general population has been described. Little is... -
Systematic evaluation of the teaching qualities of Obstetrics and Gynecology ...
Background: The importance of effective clinical teaching for the quality of future patient care is globally understood. Due to recent changes in graduate medical education, new... -
Alcohol Misuse among University Staff: A Cross-Sectional Study
OBJECTIVES: To examine the prevalence of hazardous drinking among staff in a UK university and its association with key socio-demographic features. DESIGN: A cross-sectional... -
Residential neighbourhood greenspace is associated with reduced risk of incid...
Background Three cross sectional studies suggest that neighbourhood greenspace may protect against incident diabetes. This study uses data from a longitudinal study with a large... -
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... -
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... -
Language-concordant automated telephone queries to assess medication adherenc...
Background Clinicians have difficulty accurately assessing medication non-adherence within chronic disease care settings. Health information technology (HIT) could offer novel... -
Comparison of Pooled Risk Estimates for Adverse Effects from Different Observ...
Background A diverse range of study designs (e.g. case-control or cohort) are used in the evaluation of adverse effects. We aimed to ascertain whether the risk estimates from... -
Association between multi-dose drug dispensing and quality of drug treatment-...
Background: In the elderly in Scandinavia, multi-dose drug dispensing (MDD) is a common alternative to ordinary prescriptions (OP). MDD patients receive their drugs in unit... -
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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... -
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... -
Association between cigarette smoking and the risk of dysmenorrhea: A meta-an...
Background: Emerging studies have found inconsistent results on the potential relationship between cigarette smoking and dysmenorrhea. Therefore, the aim of this study was to... -
Dyslipidemia and reference values for fasting plasma lipid concentrations in ...
Background Dyslipidemia is reported in 27 − 43% of children and adolescents with overweight/obesity and tracks into adulthood, increasing the risk of cardiovascular morbidity.... -
Deltagelse i 'Dit Liv-Din Sundhed' - en registerbaseret undersøgelse af patie...
Background Poor uptake among socio-economically disadvantaged and susceptible populations is a well-known challenge of general health check interventions, and is widely cited as... -
Patients Are Paying Too Much for Tuberculosis: A Direct Cost-Burden Evaluatio...
Paying for health care may exclude poor people. Burkina Faso adopted the DOTS strategy implementing "free care" for Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and treatment. This should... -
Evaluation of an Online Platform for Multiple Sclerosis Research: Patient Des...
Objectives: To assess the potential of an online platform, PatientsLikeMe.com (PLM), for research in multiple sclerosis (MS). An investigation of the role of body mass index... -
The global seroprevalence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in women who h...
Background Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is an intracellular pathogen that can lead to abortion in pregnant women infected with this parasite. Therefore, the present study aimed... -
Implementation of web-based respondent-driven sampling among men who have sex...
Objective: Lack of representative data about hidden groups, like men who have sex with men (MSM), hinders an evidence-based response to the HIV epidemics. Respondent-driven... -
Exhaled carbon monoxide: a non-invasive biomarker of short-term exposure to o...
Background In urban settings of Africa with rapidly increasing population, traffic-related air pollution is a major contributor to outdoor air pollution (OAP). Although OAP has... -
Neuropathic pain and psychological morbidity in patients with treated leprosy...
Background Neuropathic pain has been little studied in leprosy. We assessed the prevalence and clinical characteristics of neuropathic pain and the validity of the Douleur...
