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abstract：BACKGROUND:During the past decades, life expectancy has continued to increase in most high-income countries. Previous research suggests that improvements in life expectancy have primarily been driven by advances at the upper end of the health distribution, while parts of the population have lagged behind. Using data fr...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Meyer AC,Drefahl S,Ahlbom A,Lambe M,Modig K

更新日期：2020-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To help design population-based pediatric palliative care services, we sought to describe the hospital care received in the last year of life by children and young adults who died. We also determined the proportion with complex chronic conditions (CCCs) and tested whether the use of hospital services increas...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Feudtner C,DiGiuseppe DL,Neff JM

更新日期：2003-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alcohol consumption is a leading contributor to death and disability worldwide, but previous research has not examined the effects of different patterns of alcohol consumption. The study objective was to understand the relationship between different alcohol consumption patterns and adverse health outcomes ri...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Jani BD,McQueenie R,Nicholl BI,Field R,Hanlon P,Gallacher KI,Mair FS,Lewsey J

更新日期：2021-01-12 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：BACKGROUND:Publication bias and other reporting bias have been well documented for journal articles, but no study has evaluated the nature of results posted at ClinicalTrials.gov. We aimed to assess how many randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with results posted at ClinicalTrials.gov report statistically significant r...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Dechartres A,Bond EG,Scheer J,Riveros C,Atal I,Ravaud P

更新日期：2016-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Abnormal BMI is associated with discouraging IVF outcomes in fresh autologous or oocyte donor cycles, whether or not such a relation also holds true for women undergoing frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET) remains unknown. In addition, it remains unclear the detrimental effect of abnormal BMI on IVF outcomes...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Zhang J,Liu H,Mao X,Chen Q,Fan Y,Xiao Y,Wang Y,Kuang Y

更新日期：2019-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The term 'lower value services' concerns healthcare that is of little or no value to the patient and consequently should not be provided routinely, or not be provided at all. De-adoption of lower value care may occur through explicit recommendations in clinical guidelines. The present study aimed to generate...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Wammes JJ,van den Akker-van Marle ME,Verkerk EW,van Dulmen SA,Westert GP,van Asselt AD,Kool RB

更新日期：2016-11-25 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：:Mutations in the leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) gene are a common cause of familial Parkinson's disease (PD). Variation around the LRRK2 locus also contributes to the risk of sporadic PD. The LRRK2 protein contains a central catalytic region, and pathogenic mutations cluster in the Ras of complex protein C termi...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Rudenko IN,Chia R,Cookson MR

更新日期：2012-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fetal and neonatal mortality rates in low-income countries are at least 10-fold greater than in high-income countries. These differences have been related to poor access to and poor quality of obstetric and neonatal care. METHODS:This trial tested the hypothesis that teams of health care providers, administ...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Pasha O,McClure EM,Wright LL,Saleem S,Goudar SS,Chomba E,Patel A,Esamai F,Garces A,Althabe F,Kodkany B,Mabeya H,Manasyan A,Carlo WA,Derman RJ,Hibberd PL,Liechty EK,Krebs N,Hambidge KM,Buekens P,Moore J,Jobe AH,

更新日期：2013-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinicians are less likely to prescribe guideline-recommended treatments to people with multimorbidity than to people with a single condition. Doubts as to the applicability of clinical trials of drug treatments (the gold standard for evidence-based medicine) when people have co-existing diseases (comorbidit...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Hanlon P,Hannigan L,Rodriguez-Perez J,Fischbacher C,Welton NJ,Dias S,Mair FS,Guthrie B,Wild S,McAllister DA

更新日期：2019-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary care clinicians and researchers are growing increasingly aware of the prevalence of multimorbidity among long-term conditions, and the impact on patient experience, health, and utilisation of care. The correspondence paper by Muth et al. entitled 'The Ariadne principles: how to handle multimorbidity in primary...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Bower P

更新日期：2014-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Intra-tumour heterogeneity is a common molecular phenomenon in metastatic clear cell renal carcinoma (mRCC), representing the genetic complexity of a tumour with multiple metastatic sites. The present commentary discusses the observed phenomena of phenotypic intra-tumour heterogeneity in mRCC patients treated with the...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Stühler V,Bedke J

更新日期：2016-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interventions to alleviate stigma are demonstrating effectiveness across a range of conditions, though few move beyond the pilot phase, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Implementation science offers tools to study complex interventions, understand barriers to implementation, and genera...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Kemp CG,Jarrett BA,Kwon CS,Song L,Jetté N,Sapag JC,Bass J,Murray L,Rao D,Baral S

更新日期：2019-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Skin toxicity is a common side effect of radiotherapy for solid tumors. Its management can cause treatment gaps and thus can impair cancer treatment. At present, in many countries no standard recommendation for treatment of skin during radiotherapy exists. In this study, we explored the effect of topically-a...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Pajonk F,Riedisser A,Henke M,McBride WH,Fiebich B

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:There are widespread concerns about communication and support for patients and families, especially when they face clinical uncertainty, a situation most marked in intensive care units (ICUs). Therefore, we aimed to develop and evaluate an interventional tool to improve communication and palliative care, usi...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Higginson IJ,Koffman J,Hopkins P,Prentice W,Burman R,Leonard S,Rumble C,Noble J,Dampier O,Bernal W,Hall S,Morgan M,Shipman C

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The focus of this study is to identify particular microRNA (miRNA) signatures in exosomes derived from plasma of 435 human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive and triple-negative (TN) subtypes of breast cancer (BC). METHODS:First, miRNA expression profiles were determined in exosomes derived ...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Stevic I,Müller V,Weber K,Fasching PA,Karn T,Marmé F,Schem C,Stickeler E,Denkert C,van Mackelenbergh M,Salat C,Schneeweiss A,Pantel K,Loibl S,Untch M,Schwarzenbach H

更新日期：2018-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While step counter use has become popular among type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients, its effectiveness in increasing physical activity (PA) and improving glycemic control has been poorly defined. The aim of this meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) was to evaluate the association of step counter u...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Qiu S,Cai X,Chen X,Yang B,Sun Z

更新日期：2014-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We now know that depression is associated with a chronic, low-grade inflammatory response and activation of cell-mediated immunity, as well as activation of the compensatory anti-inflammatory reflex system. It is similarly accompanied by increased oxidative and nitrosative stress (O&NS), which contribute to ...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Berk M,Williams LJ,Jacka FN,O'Neil A,Pasco JA,Moylan S,Allen NB,Stuart AL,Hayley AC,Byrne ML,Maes M

更新日期：2013-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be caused by life threatening illness, such as cancer and coronary events. The study by Forbes et al. made the unexpected finding that military personnel evacuation with medical illness have similar rates of PTSD to those evacuated with combat injuries. It may be that the illn...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： McFarlane AC

更新日期：2012-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the worldwide increasing burden of diabetes, there has been no corresponding scale-up of treatment in developing countries and limited evidence of program effectiveness. In 2002, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health of Cambodia, Médecins Sans Frontières initiated an outpatient program of subs...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Raguenaud ME,Isaakidis P,Reid T,Chy S,Keuky L,Arellano G,Van Damme W

更新日期：2009-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Aging, and Incidence of Dementia (CAIDE) risk score is the only currently available midlife risk score for dementia. We compared CAIDE to Framingham cardiovascular Risk Score (FRS) and FINDRISC diabetes score as predictors of dementia and assessed the role of age in their associa...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Fayosse A,Nguyen DP,Dugravot A,Dumurgier J,Tabak AG,Kivimäki M,Sabia S,Singh-Manoux A

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The approval of sorafenib and active development of many other molecularly targeted agents in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have presented a challenge to understand the mechanism of action of sorafenib and identify predictive biomarkers to select patients more likely to benefit from sorafenib. The preclinical study b...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Zhu AX

更新日期：2009-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tobacco smoking is a leading cause of cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality. Evidence on the relation of smoking to different subtypes of CVD, across fatal and non-fatal outcomes, is limited. METHODS:A prospective study of 188,167 CVD- and cancer-free individuals aged ≥ 45 years from the Aust...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Banks E,Joshy G,Korda RJ,Stavreski B,Soga K,Egger S,Day C,Clarke NE,Lewington S,Lopez AD

更新日期：2019-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Iron deficiency without anemia is related to adverse symptoms that can be relieved by supplementation. Since a blood donation can induce such an iron deficiency, we investigated the clinical impact of iron treatment after a blood donation. METHODS:One week after donation, we randomly assigned 154 female don...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Waldvogel S,Pedrazzini B,Vaucher P,Bize R,Cornuz J,Tissot JD,Favrat B

更新日期：2012-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In this podcast, we talk to Dr Sunil Verma about the evolution of HER2 as a therapeutic target in breast cancer, and about how targeted therapy has revolutionized breast cancer treatment. We also discuss new agents in clinical development and the ways in which advances in treating HER2-positive breast cancer can be us...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Verma S

更新日期：2014-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intimate partner violence is common among women having abortions, with between 6% and 22% reporting recent violence from an intimate partner. Concern about violence is a reason some pregnant women decide to terminate their pregnancies. Whether risk of violence decreases after having an abortion, remains unkn...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Roberts SC,Biggs MA,Chibber KS,Gould H,Rocca CH,Foster DG

更新日期：2014-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The World Health Organisation estimates that by 2030 there will be approximately 350 million people with type 2 diabetes. Associated with renal complications, heart disease, stroke and peripheral vascular disease, early identification of patients with undiagnosed type 2 diabetes or those at an increased risk...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Collins GS,Mallett S,Omar O,Yu LM

更新日期：2011-09-08 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