Cohort profile: a nationwide study in Dutch CHEK2 c.1100delC families using the infrastructure of the HEreditary Breast and Ovarian cancer study Netherlands – Hebon-CHEK2 ...

Objectives [18 F] Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET), a standard tool for evaluating malignancies, can also detect inflammatory lesions. However, its usefulness in evaluating ...

Objective About 90% of eye health problems are preventable or curable with existing cost-effective interventions. There is ...

Objectives We aimed to determine the prevalence and factors affecting antenatal anxiety (AA) among Sri Lankan women. Design We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of first trimester data from a ...

Objective The objective was to determine the prevalence of peripheral venous catheter (PVC) failure and its association with care complexity individual factors (CCIFs) in emergency department (ED) ...

Objectives Antihypertensives reduce the risk of myocardial infarction and stroke. Restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic limited access to healthcare, which may have had a negative impact on drug ...

Introduction Although the disclosure of medical errors is an integral component of medical ethics, it remains inconsistent in practice worldwide. Despite various explanations of why healthcare ...

2 School of Population Health, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Objective To investigate whether reported fast-food consumption over the previous year is associated with higher ...

Objective Statins are commonly prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs. Preclinical studies suggest that statins may possess cancer preventive properties. The primary objective of this meta-analysis was ...

Design Observational study considering the 1498 multiethnic women with GDM who gave birth between January 2009 and February 2012. Setting Four largest maternity units in the northeastern suburban area ...