Objectives To assess the prevalence of statistically significant treatment effects, adverse events and small-study effects (when small studies report more extreme results than large studies) and ...

Objective Caregiver contribution (CC) is important for the self-care behaviors of chronic disease individuals, as it could enhance patient outcomes. Therefore, it is necessary to assess this CC by ...

Introduction Women who inherit a pathogenic mutation in Breast Cancer Susceptibility Genes 1 or 2 (BRCA1 or BRCA2) are at substantially higher risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer than the ...

Objective To understand what leads to the non-adherence to the cervical cancer screening (CCS) recommendations during a consultation. Design For this qualitative study, in-depth semistructured ...

Original research: Electronic health record data analysis on the impact of rescue-triggered inhaled corticosteroids on controller therapy in Black and Latinx individuals from a pragmatic, open-label, ...

Introduction High dietary saturated fat intake is associated with higher blood concentrations of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), an established risk factor for coronary heart disease.

Introduction Sepsis is associated with a dysregulated host response to infection and impaired endogenous corticosteroid metabolism. As such, therapeutic use of exogenous corticosteroids is a promising ...

Objectives To explore general practitioners’ (GPs) perceptions towards use of four digital health services for citizens: an electronic booking service to make reservations with the GP; an electronic ...

Introduction A literature review provides a synthesis on a selection of papers about a specific topic. This is used by health practitioners in critical care as in other specialities when making ...

Background Virtual reality (VR) is a technology that produces a virtual manifestation of the real world. In recent years, VR has been increasingly used as a tool in medical education. The use of VR in ...

Introduction Dietary phytochemicals are found in plant-based foods such as fruits, vegetables and grains and may be categorised in a nested hierarchical manner with many hundred individual ...