The relationship between trust in mass media and the healthcare system and individual health: evidence from the AsiaBarometer Survey.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ancestral environmental exposures to a variety of environmental factors and toxicants have been shown to promote the epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of adult onset disease. The present work examined the potential transgenerational actions of the insecticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) on o...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Skinner MK,Manikkam M,Tracey R,Guerrero-Bosagna C,Haque M,Nilsson EE

更新日期：2013-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the easier access to information, the availability of low cost technologies and the involvement of well educated, passionate patients, a group of citizen 'Health Hackers', who are building their own medical systems to help them overcome the unmet needs of their conditions, is emerging. This has recently been th...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Omer T

更新日期：2016-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe anemia contributes significantly to child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Blood transfusion is used in emergencies but carries risks. In BMC Medicine, Olupot-Olupot and colleagues report the findings of a phase II trial in children with severe anemia in Eastern Uganda. They provide important early safety and e...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Brick T,Peters MJ

更新日期：2014-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Managing hearing communication for residents living with hearing loss and dementia in long-term care settings is challenging. This paper explores how care can be effective in optimising hearing communication for residents living with dementia. We argue that the underlying notion of permission or authorisatio...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Crosbie B,Ferguson M,Wong G,Walker DM,Vanhegan S,Dening T

更新日期：2019-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients with stage II colorectal cancer (CRC) the number of surgically retrieved lymph nodes (LNs) is associated with prognosis, resulting in a minimum of 10-12 retrieved LNs being recommended for this stage. Current guidelines do not provide a recommendation regarding LN yield in T1 CRC. Studies evaluat...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Backes Y,Elias SG,Bhoelan BS,Groen JN,van Bergeijk J,Seerden TCJ,Pullens HJM,Spanier BWM,Geesing JMJ,Kessels K,Kerkhof M,Siersema PD,de Vos Tot Nederveen Cappel WH,van Lelyveld N,Wolfhagen FHJ,Ter Borg F,Offerhaus GJA,L

更新日期：2017-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heterogeneity of prostate cancer (PCa) contributes to inaccurate cancer screening and diagnosis, unnecessary biopsies, and overtreatment. We intended to develop non-invasive urine tests for accurate PCa diagnosis to avoid unnecessary biopsies. METHODS:Using a machine learning program, we identified a 25-Gen...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Johnson H,Guo J,Zhang X,Zhang H,Simoulis A,Wu AHB,Xia T,Li F,Tan W,Johnson A,Dizeyi N,Abrahamsson PA,Kenner L,Feng X,Zou C,Xiao K,Persson JL,Chen L

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening has improved the detection of prostate cancer, allowing for stage migration to less advanced disease, the precise mortality benefit of early detection is unclear. This is in part due to a discrepancy between the two large randomized controlled trials comparing PSA scr...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Kim EH,Andriole GL

更新日期：2015-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Due to the overlapping clinical features of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and influenza, parallels are often drawn between the two diseases. Patients with pre-existing cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are at a higher risk for severe manifestations of both illnesses. Considering the high transmission rate ...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Khan MS,Shahid I,Anker SD,Solomon SD,Vardeny O,Michos ED,Fonarow GC,Butler J

更新日期：2020-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteinuria is a defining criterion for the diagnosis of pre-eclampsia. The amount of protein lost per day has been thought by some to predict both maternal and fetal outcome. The systematic review of 16 primary papers including over 6700 patients by Thangaratinam and colleagues published this month in BMC Medicine su...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Hofmeyr GJ,Belfort M

更新日期：2009-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depression in tuberculosis increases the risk for adverse health outcomes. However, little is known about comorbid depression and tuberculosis in the general population. Thus, we assessed the association between depression and tuberculosis, and the decrements in health status associated with this comorbidity...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Koyanagi A,Vancampfort D,Carvalho AF,DeVylder JE,Haro JM,Pizzol D,Veronese N,Stubbs B

更新日期：2017-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The lack of formal training programs for peer reviewers places the scientific quality of biomedical publications at risk, as the introduction of 'hidden' bias may not be easily recognized by the reader. The exponential increase in the number of manuscripts submitted for publication worldwide, estimated in the millions...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Stahel PF,Moore EE

更新日期：2014-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dystroglycanopathies are a group of inherited disorders characterized by vast clinical and genetic heterogeneity and caused by abnormal functioning of the ECM receptor dystroglycan (Dg). Remarkably, among many cases of diagnosed dystroglycanopathies, only a small fraction can be linked directly to mutations ...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Yatsenko AS,Kucherenko MM,Xie Y,Aweida D,Urlaub H,Scheibe RJ,Cohen S,Shcherbata HR

更新日期：2020-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mucin 4 (MUC4) plays an important role in protecting and lubricating the epithelial surface of reproductive tracts, but its role in the pathogenesis of endometriosis is largely unknown. METHODS:To correlate MUC4 polymorphism with the risk of endometriosis and endometriosis-related infertility, we performed ...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Chang CY,Chang HW,Chen CM,Lin CY,Chen CP,Lai CH,Lin WY,Liu HP,Sheu JJ,Tsai FJ

更新日期：2011-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Individuals with co-occurring hyperactivity disorder/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can have complex presentations that may complicate diagnosis and treatment. There are established guidelines with regard to the identification and treatment of ADHD and ASD as independent con...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Young S,Hollingdale J,Absoud M,Bolton P,Branney P,Colley W,Craze E,Dave M,Deeley Q,Farrag E,Gudjonsson G,Hill P,Liang HL,Murphy C,Mackintosh P,Murin M,O'Regan F,Ougrin D,Rios P,Stover N,Taylor E,Woodhouse E

更新日期：2020-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alcoholic beverages are widely consumed. Depression, the most prevalent mental disorder worldwide, has been related to alcohol intake. We aimed to prospectively assess the association between alcohol intake and incident depression using repeated measurements of alcohol intake. METHODS:We followed-up 5,505 h...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Gea A,Beunza JJ,Estruch R,Sánchez-Villegas A,Salas-Salvadó J,Buil-Cosiales P,Gómez-Gracia E,Covas MI,Corella D,Fiol M,Arós F,Lapetra J,Lamuela-Raventós RM,Wärnberg J,Pintó X,Serra-Majem L,Martínez-González MA,PREDIMED G

更新日期：2013-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of primarily laboratory-based studies found attention bias modification in socially anxious participants to lead to reduced anxiety. It is argued that the failure to replicate the positive results of attention bias modification in the study of Carlbring et al. may be due to reasons other than the application ...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Emmelkamp PM

更新日期：2012-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Involving adults lacking capacity (ALC) in research on end of life care (EoLC) or serious illness is important, but often omitted. We aimed to develop evidence-based guidance on how best to include individuals with impaired capacity nearing the end of life in research, by identifying the challenges and solut...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Evans CJ,Yorganci E,Lewis P,Koffman J,Stone K,Tunnard I,Wee B,Bernal W,Hotopf M,Higginson IJ,MORECare_Capacity.

更新日期：2020-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends parasitological diagnosis of malaria before treatment, but use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (mRDTs) by community health workers (CHWs) has not been fully tested within health services in south and central Asia. mRDTs could allow CHWs to diagnose malaria acc...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Leslie T,Rowland M,Mikhail A,Cundill B,Willey B,Alokozai A,Mayan I,Hasanzai A,Baktash SH,Mohammed N,Wood M,Rahimi HU,Laurent B,Buhler C,Whitty CJM

更新日期：2017-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria at international borders presents particular challenges with regards to elimination. International borders share common malaria ecologies, yet neighboring countries are often at different stages of the control-to-elimination pathway. Herein, we present a case study on malaria, and its control, at the border be...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Al Zahrani MH,Omar AI,Abdoon AMO,Ibrahim AA,Alhogail A,Elmubarak M,Elamin YE,AlHelal MA,Alshahrani AM,Abdelgader TM,Saeed I,El Gamri TB,Alattas MS,Dahlan AA,Assiri AM,Maina J,Li XH,Snow RW

更新日期：2018-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The NPC1 gene encodes a protein involved in intracellular lipid trafficking; its second endosomal loop (loop 2) is a receptor for filoviruses. A polymorphism (His215Arg) in NPC1 was associated with obesity in Europeans. Adaptations to diet and pathogens represented powerful selective forces; thus, we analyze...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Al-Daghri NM,Cagliani R,Forni D,Alokail MS,Pozzoli U,Alkharfy KM,Sabico S,Clerici M,Sironi M

更新日期：2012-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Colorectal cancer (CRC), which frequently metastasizes to the liver, is one of the three leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Growing evidence suggests that a subset of cells exists among cancer stem cells. This distinct subpopulation is thought to contribute to liver metastasis; however, it ha...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Zhang SS,Han ZP,Jing YY,Tao SF,Li TJ,Wang H,Wang Y,Li R,Yang Y,Zhao X,Xu XD,Yu ED,Rui YC,Liu HJ,Zhang L,Wei LX

更新日期：2012-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer and the fourth most common cause of cancer deaths globally. However, there is overwhelming evidence that a large proportion of CRC cases and deaths could be prevented by screening. Nevertheless, CRC screening programmes are offered in a minority of coun...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Brenner H,Stock C,Hoffmeister M

更新日期：2015-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:In this video Q&A, we talk to Professor Carlos Caldas about the identification of breast cancer subtypes through molecular profiling, and the clinical implications for diagnosis and treatment. ...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Caldas C

更新日期：2013-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Australia was one of the first countries to introduce a publicly funded national human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program that commenced in April 2007, using the quadrivalent HPV vaccine targeting 12- to 13-year-old girls on an ongoing basis. Two-year catch-up programs were offered to 14- to 17- year-o...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Gertig DM,Brotherton JM,Budd AC,Drennan K,Chappell G,Saville AM

更新日期：2013-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dietary assessment is complex, and strategies to select the most appropriate dietary assessment tool (DAT) in epidemiological research are needed. The DIETary Assessment Tool NETwork (DIET@NET) aimed to establish expert consensus on Best Practice Guidelines (BPGs) for dietary assessment using self-report. M...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Cade JE,Warthon-Medina M,Albar S,Alwan NA,Ness A,Roe M,Wark PA,Greathead K,Burley VJ,Finglas P,Johnson L,Page P,Roberts K,Steer T,Hooson J,Greenwood DC,Robinson S,DIET@NET consortium.

更新日期：2017-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-I) signalling is important for cancer initiation and progression. Given the emerging evidence for the role of the stroma in these processes, we aimed to characterize the effects of IGF-I on cancer cells and stromal cells separately. METHODS:We used an ex vivo culture model ...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Rajski M,Zanetti-Dällenbach R,Vogel B,Herrmann R,Rochlitz C,Buess M

更新日期：2010-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is critically important to conduct research on stigmatized conditions, to include marginalized groups that experience stigma, and to develop interventions to reduce stigma. However, such research is ethically challenging. Though superficial reference is frequently made to these widely acknowledged challen...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Millum J,Campbell M,Luna F,Malekzadeh A,Karim QA

更新日期：2019-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychiatric nosology is widely criticized, but solutions are proving elusive. Planned revisions of diagnostic criteria will not resolve heterogeneity, comorbidity, fuzzy boundaries between normal and pathological, and lack of specific biomarkers. Concern about these difficulties reflects a narrow model that assumes mo...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Nesse RM,Stein DJ

更新日期：2012-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diarrhea is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among children under five years of age. The Lives Saved Tool (LiST) is a model used to calculate deaths averted or lives saved by past interventions and for the purposes of program planning when costly and time consuming impact studies are not possible. ...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Fischer Walker CL,Walker N

更新日期：2014-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A sizeable fraction of tuberculosis (TB) cases go undiagnosed. By analysing data from enhanced demographic, microbiological and geospatial surveillance of TB registrations, we aimed to identify modifiable predictors of inequitable access to diagnosis and care. METHODS:Governmental community health workers (...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： MacPherson P,Khundi M,Nliwasa M,Choko AT,Phiri VK,Webb EL,Dodd PJ,Cohen T,Harris R,Corbett EL

更新日期：2019-01-29 00:00:00