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by Joseph Kamtchum-Tatuene, James Farrell, John Nolan, Sarah Lessels, William N. Whiteley, Linxin Li, on behalf of the CVD-COVID-UK/COVID-IMPACT Consortium
BackgroundThe incidence of stroke at younger ages appears to be increasing, whilst it is falling at older ages. We aimed to determine the current trend and how it might have changed during and after the COVID-19 p...
by Qiu-Yi Pan, Ya-Xue Wang, Xue-Ying Tang, Zan Hou, Bai-Qiang Dong, Qi-Wen Li, Bao-Qing Chen, Shou-Min Bai, Chen-Fei Wu, Ming Chen
BackgroundThe cost-effective treatment strategy for radiation-induced lung injury (RILI) remains unclear. Our recent phase II randomized clinical trial has proved pirfenidone to be safe and effective for grade 2 or 3 RILI. Here, we aim to ...
by Samuel M. Miller, Paige DeGoursey, Kevin G. Billingsley
Surgical palliative care (SPC) integrates the principles of symptom-based care and relief of suffering into traditional surgical practice. From the perspectives of a bedside nurse, surgical critical care fellow, and surgical oncologist, there are natural opportunities to incorporate these principles and in doing ...by Junjie Lin, Mika Kivimäki, Zifan Zhang, Hui Wang, Yangyang Cheng, Xiaolin Xu
BackgroundImpairments in physical, psychological, and cognitive functioning are associated with an increased risk of falls. However, how these functional domains change longitudinally before and after fall events remains unclear. We examined individual and joint trajectories of these outco...
by Angeliki Apostolou, Reuben Simfukwe, Adrias Saint, Bridget Mushani, Hannah Chekhchar, Pearl Aovare, Kouamivi M. Agboyibor, Karlijn A. C. Meeks, George F. Mkoma, Charles Agyemang, Felix P. Chilunga
BackgroundType 2 diabetes and hypertension are major public health challenges in sub-Saharan Africa, yet treatment control remains poor. Patient adherence to key treatmen...