Causal association of type 2 diabetes with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: new evidence from Mendelian randomization using GWAS summary statistics.

abstract：:The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis is activated in response to stress. One of the activated hypothalamic hormones is arginine vasopressin, a hormone involved in hemodynamics and osmoregulation. Copeptin, the C-terminal part of the arginine vasopressin precursor peptide, is a sensitive and stable surrogate marker ...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Nickel CH,Bingisser R,Morgenthaler NG

更新日期：2012-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The possible relationship between chronic inflammatory diseases and their co-morbidities has become an increasing focus of research. Both chronic periodontitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are neutrophilic, inflammatory conditions characterized by the loss of local connective tissue. Evidence su...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Usher AK,Stockley RA

更新日期：2013-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although a number of risk factors are known to predict mortality within the first years after myocardial infarction, little is known about interactions between risk factors, whereas these could contribute to accurate differentiation of patients with higher and lower risk for mortality. This study explored th...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： van Loo HM,van den Heuvel ER,Schoevers RA,Anselmino M,Carney RM,Denollet J,Doyle F,Freedland KE,Grace SL,Hosseini SH,Parakh K,Pilote L,Rafanelli C,Roest AM,Sato H,Steeds RP,Kessler RC,de Jonge P

更新日期：2014-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The peer review process is a cornerstone of biomedical research. We aimed to evaluate the impact of interventions to improve the quality of peer review for biomedical publications. METHODS:We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis. We searched CENTRAL, MEDLINE (PubMed), Embase, Cochrane Database of...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Bruce R,Chauvin A,Trinquart L,Ravaud P,Boutron I

更新日期：2016-06-10 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:Virtual histology intravascular ultrasound (VH-IVUS) imaging is an innovative tool for the morphological evaluation of coronary atherosclerosis. Evidence for the effects of statin therapy on VH-IVUS parameters have been inconclusive. Consequently, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to investi...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Banach M,Serban C,Sahebkar A,Mikhailidis DP,Ursoniu S,Ray KK,Rysz J,Toth PP,Muntner P,Mosteoru S,García-García HM,Hovingh GK,Kastelein JJ,Serruys PW,Lipid and Blood Pressure Meta-analysis Collaboration (LBPMC) Group.

更新日期：2015-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cognitive impairment is common in patients with cerebral small vessel disease, but is not well detected using common cognitive screening tests which have been primarily devised for cortical dementias. We developed the Brief Memory and Executive Test (BMET); a rapid screening measure sensitive to the impaired...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Brookes RL,Hollocks MJ,Khan U,Morris RG,Markus HS

更新日期：2015-03-11 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：:A decade ago celiac disease was considered extremely rare outside Europe and, therefore, was almost completely ignored by health care professionals. In only 10 years, key milestones have moved celiac disease from obscurity into the popular spotlight worldwide. Now we are observing another interesting phenomenon that i...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Sapone A,Bai JC,Ciacci C,Dolinsek J,Green PH,Hadjivassiliou M,Kaukinen K,Rostami K,Sanders DS,Schumann M,Ullrich R,Villalta D,Volta U,Catassi C,Fasano A

更新日期：2012-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been presumed that Chlamydia trachomatis is transmitted between men only through anal or oral sex, but no mathematical models have tested this presumption. METHODS:To test this presumption, we created 20 compartmental mathematical models of different sexual practices that included both oral and anal ...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Xu X,Chow EPF,Ong JJ,Hoebe CJPA,Zou Z,Hocking JS,Fairley CK,Zhang L

更新日期：2020-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Wide implementation of mammography screening has resulted in increased numbers of women diagnosed with breast carcinoma in situ. We aimed to determine the risk of invasive breast cancer in relatives of patients with breast carcinoma in situ in comparison to the risk in relatives of patients with invasive bre...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Mukama T,Fallah M,Brenner H,Xu X,Sundquist K,Sundquist J,Kharazmi E

更新日期：2020-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Marine resources including fatty fish are important sources of n-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 LC-PUFAs), which are important for brain development. To our knowledge, this is the first randomized controlled trial (RCT) investigating the impact of fatty fish on cognition in preschool children....

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Øyen J,Kvestad I,Midtbø LK,Graff IE,Hysing M,Stormark KM,Markhus MW,Baste V,Frøyland L,Koletzko B,Demmelmair H,Dahl L,Lie Ø,Kjellevold M

更新日期：2018-03-12 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: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：BACKGROUND:Pneumonia in people with dementia has been associated with severe discomfort. We sought to assess the effectiveness of a practice guideline for optimal symptom relief for nursing home residents with dementia and pneumonia. METHODS:A single-blind, multicenter, cluster randomized controlled trial was conducte...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： van der Maaden T,de Vet HC,Achterberg WP,Boersma F,Schols JM,Mehr DR,Galindo-Garre F,Hertogh CM,Koopmans RT,van der Steen JT

更新日期：2016-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Resistance and tolerance to Plasmodium falciparum can determine the progression of malaria disease. However, quantitative evidence of tolerance is still limited. We investigated variations in the adverse impact of P. falciparum infections among African pregnant women under different intensities of malaria tr...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Ndam NT,Mbuba E,González R,Cisteró P,Kariuki S,Sevene E,Rupérez M,Fonseca AM,Vala A,Maculuve S,Jiménez A,Quintó L,Ouma P,Ramharter M,Aponte JJ,Nhacolo A,Massougbodji A,Briand V,Kremsner PG,Mombo-Ngoma G,Desai M,

更新日期：2017-07-17 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：BACKGROUND:Despite our substantial understanding of molecular mechanisms and gene mutations involved in cancer, the technical approaches for diagnosis and prognosis of cancer are limited. In routine clinical diagnosis of cancer, the procedure is very basic: nuclear morphology is used as a common assessment of the degre...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Capo-chichi CD,Cai KQ,Simpkins F,Ganjei-Azar P,Godwin AK,Xu XX

更新日期：2011-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent years, medical practice has followed two different paradigms: evidence-based medicine (EBM) and values-based medicine (VBM). There is an urgent need to promote medical education that strengthens the relationship between these two paradigms. This work is designed to establish the foundations for a c...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Altamirano-Bustamante MM,Altamirano-Bustamante NF,Lifshitz A,Mora-Magaña I,de Hoyos A,Avila-Osorio MT,Quintana-Vargas S,Aguirre JA,Méndez J,Murata C,Nava-Diosdado R,Martínez-González O,Calleja E,Vargas R,Mejía-Arangure JM,C

更新日期：2013-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inappropriate treatment of non-malaria fevers with artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) is a growing concern, particularly in light of emerging artemisinin resistance, but it is a behavior that has proven difficult to change. Pay for performance (P4P) programs have generated interest as a mechanism...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Menya D,Platt A,Manji I,Sang E,Wafula R,Ren J,Cheruiyot O,Armstrong J,Neelon B,O'Meara WP

更新日期：2015-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) elimination is being seriously considered globally. Current elimination models require a combination of highly effective HCV treatment and harm reduction, but high treatment costs make such strategies prohibitively expensive. Vaccines should play a key role in elimination but their be...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Scott N,McBryde E,Vickerman P,Martin NK,Stone J,Drummer H,Hellard M

更新日期：2015-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The study investigated the extent to which approaches to work, workplace climate, stress, burnout and satisfaction with medicine as a career in doctors aged about thirty are predicted by measures of learning style and personality measured five to twelve years earlier when the doctors were applicants to medic...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： McManus IC,Keeling A,Paice E

更新日期：2004-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The consumption of free sugars in the UK is more than double the guideline intake for adults and close to triple for children, with soft drinks representing a significant proportion. The aim of this study was to assess how individual soft drink companies and consumers have responded to calls to reduce sugar ...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Bandy LK,Scarborough P,Harrington RA,Rayner M,Jebb SA

更新日期：2020-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Schools are the most frequent target for intervention programs aimed at preventing child obesity; however, the overall effectiveness of these programs has been limited. It has therefore been recommended that interventions target multiple ecological levels (community, family, school and individual) to have gr...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Gentile DA,Welk G,Eisenmann JC,Reimer RA,Walsh DA,Russell DW,Callahan R,Walsh M,Strickland S,Fritz K

更新日期：2009-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The complexity of tissue and the alterations that distinguish normal from cancer remain a challenge for translating results from tumor biological studies into clinical medicine. This has generated an unmet need to exploit the findings from studies based on cell lines and model organisms to develop, validate and clinic...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Kampf C,Bergman J,Oksvold P,Asplund A,Navani S,Wiking M,Lundberg E,Uhlén M,Ponten F

更新日期：2012-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Migraine aura may be difficult to differentiate from transient ischemic attacks and other transient neurological disorders in pregnant women. The aims of the present study were to investigate and diagnose all pregnant women with transient neurological disorders of suspected central nervous system origin, and...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Ertresvg JM,Stovner LJ,Kvavik LE,Johnsen HJ,Zwart JA,Helde G,Bovim G

更新日期：2007-07-17 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:Risk stratification and management of acute myocardial infarction patients continue to be challenging despite considerable efforts made in the last decades by many clinicians and researchers. The aim of this study was to investigate the metabolomic fingerprint of acute myocardial infarction using nuclear mag...

journal_title：BMC medicine

authors： Vignoli A,Tenori L,Giusti B,Takis PG,Valente S,Carrabba N,Balzi D,Barchielli A,Marchionni N,Gensini GF,Marcucci R,Luchinat C,Gori AM

更新日期：2019-01-07 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