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Press Releases
Complementary medicine:
Effect of acupuncture on ischaemic stroke in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a nationwide propensity score-matched study13 February 2024
Health policy:
Assessment of quality of data submitted for NICE technology appraisals over two decades13 February 2024
Epidemiology:
Use of drugs for hyperlipidaemia and diabetes and risk of primary and secondary brain tumours: nested case–control studies using the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD)9 February 2024
Epidemiology:
Association between kimchi consumption and obesity based on BMI and abdominal obesity in Korean adults: a cross-sectional analysis of the Health Examinees study30 January 2024
Public health:
Energy drink consumption and sleep parameters in college and university students: a national cross-sectional study23 January 2024
Most Read Articles
Epidemiology:
Association between kimchi consumption and obesity based on BMI and abdominal obesity in Korean adults: a cross-sectional analysis of the Health Examinees study30 January 2024
Infectious diseases:
Viral shedding of SARS-CoV-2 in body fluids associated with sexual activity: a systematic review and meta-analysis21 February 2024
Public health:
Energy drink consumption and sleep parameters in college and university students: a national cross-sectional study23 January 2024
Epidemiology:
Risk of myocarditis and pericarditis in mRNA COVID-19-vaccinated and unvaccinated populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis20 June 2023
Evidence based practice:
Evidence-based practice models and frameworks in the healthcare setting: a scoping review22 May 2023
Mental Health
Mental health:
Hierarchy of demographic and social determinants of mental health: analysis of cross-sectional survey data from the Global Mind Project15 March 2024
Mental health:
Cohort profile: BioMD-Y (biopsychosocial factors of major depression in youth) – a biobank study on the molecular genetics and environmental factors of depression in children and adolescents in Munich13 March 2024
Mental health:
Co-design and evaluation of a youth-informed organisational tool to enhance trauma-informed practices in the UK public sector: a study protocol12 March 2024
Recent Articles
Mental health:
Hierarchy of demographic and social determinants of mental health: analysis of cross-sectional survey data from the Global Mind Project15 March 2024
Paediatrics:
Human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell therapy for renal dysfunction in Alport syndrome: protocol for an open-label, single-arm trial in China15 March 2024
Infectious diseases:
Multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, proof of concept study of LSALT peptide as prevention of acute respiratory distress syndrome and acute kidney injury in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)15 March 2024
Oncology:
Adjuvant chemotherapy and survival outcomes in older women with HR+/HER2- breast cancer: a propensity score-matched retrospective cohort study using the SEER database15 March 2024
Obstetrics and gynaecology:
Experiences, prevalence and drivers of disrespect and abuse of adolescents during facility-based childbirth in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review protocol15 March 2024
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