The need for a personalized approach for prostate cancer management.

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is a common practice to use a singleton fetal growth standard to assess twin growth. We aim to create a twin fetal weight standard which is also adjustable for race/ethnicity and other factors. METHODS:Over half a million twin births of low risk pregnancies in the US, from 1995 to 2004, were used to cons...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Zhang J,Mikolajczyk R,Lei X,Sun L,Yu H,Cheng W

更新日期：2015-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many agree that the biopsychosocial contributions to psychopathology are complex, yet it is unclear how we can make sense of this complexity. One approach is to reduce this complexity to a few necessary and sufficient biopsychosocial factors; although this approach is easy to understand, it has little explan...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Franklin JC

更新日期：2019-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual fifth edition (DSM-5) provides new criteria for delirium diagnosis. We examined delirium diagnosis using these new criteria compared with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual fourth edition (DSM-IV) in a large dataset of patients assessed for delirium and related presen...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Meagher DJ,Morandi A,Inouye SK,Ely W,Adamis D,Maclullich AJ,Rudolph JL,Neufeld K,Leonard M,Bellelli G,Davis D,Teodorczuk A,Kreisel S,Thomas C,Hasemann W,Timmons S,O'Regan N,Grover S,Jabbar F,Cullen W,Dunne C,Kam

更新日期：2014-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Congregate settings may serve as institutional amplifiers of tuberculosis (TB) and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). We analyze spatial, epidemiological, and pathogen genetic data prospectively collected from neighborhoods surrounding a prison in Lima, Peru, where inmates experience a high risk of M...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Warren JL,Grandjean L,Moore DAJ,Lithgow A,Coronel J,Sheen P,Zelner JL,Andrews JR,Cohen T

更新日期：2018-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a complex multifactorial disorder. This paper reports the prevalence of chronic fatigue (CF) and CFS in an ethnically diverse population sample and tests whether prevalence varies by social adversity, social support, physical inactivity, anxiety and depression. METHODS:Anal...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Bhui KS,Dinos S,Ashby D,Nazroo J,Wessely S,White PD

更新日期：2011-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bangladesh, India and Nepal are working towards the elimination of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) by 2015. In 2005 the World Health Organization/Training in Tropical Diseases launched an implementation research programme to support integrated vector management for the elimination of VL from Bangladesh, India an...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Joshi AB,Das ML,Akhter S,Chowdhury R,Mondal D,Kumar V,Das P,Kroeger A,Boelaert M,Petzold M

更新日期：2009-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in any individual is the beginning of a prolonged and difficult therapeutic journey. It also marks the moment from which to begin consideration of how to manage close contacts. Preventive therapy for drug-susceptible latent tuberculosis infection has been demo...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Moore DA

更新日期：2016-04-01 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:Over the last 100 years, several persistent misconceptions or 'false beliefs' have built up around allergen immunotherapy and its use in allergic rhinitis. This is perhaps because enthusiastic physicians administered complex allergen extracts to a diverse population of patients suffering from heterogeneous a...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Calderón MA,Frankland AW,Demoly P

更新日期：2013-12-05 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:Thymic size in early infancy predicts subsequent survival in low-income settings. The human thymus develops from early gestation, is most active in early life and is highly sensitive to malnutrition. Our objective was to test whether thymic size in infancy could be increased by maternal and/or infant nutriti...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Moore SE,Fulford AJC,Sosseh F,Nshe P,Darboe MK,Prentice AM

更新日期：2019-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The benign character formerly attributed to Plasmodium vivax infection has been dismantled by the increasing number of reports of severe disease associated with infection with this parasite, prompting the need for more thorough and comprehensive characterization of the spectrum of resulting clinical complica...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Siqueira AM,Lacerda MV,Magalhães BM,Mourão MP,Melo GC,Alexandre MA,Alecrim MG,Kochar D,Kochar S,Kochar A,Nayak K,del Portillo H,Guinovart C,Alonso P,Bassat Q

更新日期：2015-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a common chronic liver illness with a genetically heterogeneous background that can be accompanied by considerable morbidity and attendant health care costs. The pathogenesis and progression of NAFLD is complex with many unanswered questions. We conducted genome-w...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Namjou B,Lingren T,Huang Y,Parameswaran S,Cobb BL,Stanaway IB,Connolly JJ,Mentch FD,Benoit B,Niu X,Wei WQ,Carroll RJ,Pacheco JA,Harley ITW,Divanovic S,Carrell DS,Larson EB,Carey DJ,Verma S,Ritchie MD,Gharavi AG,

更新日期：2019-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental enteropathy (EE) is a poorly defined state of intestinal inflammation without overt diarrhea that occurs in individuals exposed over time to poor sanitation and hygiene. It is implicated as a cause of stunting and malnutrition, oral vaccine failure and impaired development in children from low-income cou...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Petri WA Jr,Naylor C,Haque R

更新日期：2014-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Electronic mail (email) has the potential to improve communication between physicians and patients. METHODS:We conducted two research studies in a family practice setting: 1) a brief, anonymous patient survey of a convenience sample to determine the number of clinic patients receptive to communicating with ...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Virji A,Yarnall KS,Krause KM,Pollak KI,Scannell MA,Gradison M,Østbye T

更新日期：2006-08-15 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 cost-effectiveness of universal rotavirus (RV) vaccination is controversial in developed countries. As a result, RV vaccination programs do not currently exist in most European countries. Hospitalization is the main driver of RV disease costs, and prematurity, low birth weight (LBW) and underlying medica...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Bruijning-Verhagen P,Mangen MJ,Felderhof M,Hartwig NG,van Houten M,Winkel L,de Waal WJ,Bonten MJ

更新日期：2013-04-26 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: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：BACKGROUND:Alopecia areata (AA) is one of the most common autoimmune diseases and targets the hair follicles, with high impact on the quality of life and self-esteem of patients due to hair loss. Clinical management and outcomes are challenged by current limited immunosuppressive and immunomodulating regimens. METHODS...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Li Y,Yan B,Wang H,Li H,Li Q,Zhao D,Chen Y,Zhang Y,Li W,Zhang J,Wang S,Shen J,Li Y,Guindi E,Zhao Y

更新日期：2015-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adiposity is a strong risk factor for cancer incidence and mortality. However, most of the evidence available has focused on body mass index (BMI) as a marker of adiposity. There is limited evidence on relationships of cancer with other adiposity markers, and if these associations are linear or not. The aim ...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Parra-Soto S,Cowley ES,Rezende LFM,Ferreccio C,Mathers JC,Pell JP,Ho FK,Celis-Morales C

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The treatment of patients with haematological malignancies by means of haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is often accompanied by life threatening infections. With emerging antimicrobial resistance there is an increased need for new agents, with a beneficial safety profile. Therefore we evaluate...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Velden WJ,van Iersel TM,Blijlevens NM,Donnelly JP

更新日期：2009-09-08 00:00:00

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：:Although strong evidence exists that the benefits of vaccination by far outweigh potential adverse events, controversy still exists. This has led opponents of vaccination to question its safety, efficacy and necessity. In an interview with Professor Elizabeth Miller, we discuss the continuum of beliefs held by vaccine...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Miller E

更新日期：2015-10-16 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：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have suggested that there may be an association between some immune-mediated diseases and risk of tuberculosis (TB). METHODS:We analyzed a database of linked statistical records of hospital admissions and death certificates for the whole of England (1999 to 2011), and a similar database (th...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Ramagopalan SV,Goldacre R,Skingsley A,Conlon C,Goldacre MJ

更新日期：2013-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stunting affects more than 161 million children worldwide and can compromise cognitive development beginning early in childhood. There is a paucity of research using neuroimaging tools in conjunction with sensitive behavioral assays in low-income settings, which has hindered researchers' ability to explain h...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Xie W,Jensen SKG,Wade M,Kumar S,Westerlund A,Kakon SH,Haque R,Petri WA,Nelson CA

更新日期：2019-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer and cancer death worldwide. Although most patients present with localized breast cancer and may be rendered disease-free with local therapy, distant recurrence is common and is the primary cause of death from the disease. Adjuvant systemic therapies are effective in red...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Anampa J,Makower D,Sparano JA

更新日期：2015-08-17 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: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