Background The prevalence of congenital heart defects (CHD) in Down syndrome (DS) varies considerably across studies (from 16 ...

Background: The proportion of non-attenders in cervical cancer screening is high, and should be minimised. A targeted invitation to women not participating for the last 5 years in cervical screening ...

Background While social support is associated with better cognitive health among cancer-free individuals, this relationship is understudied among cancer survivors. We investigated whether overall ...

Background Preterm birth (PTB) and small-for-gestational-age (SGA) disproportionately affect women who are Black or Asian. Structural racism produces health inequalities. Identifying latent ...

Correspondence to Dr Shanti Narayanasamy, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA; shanti.narayanasamy{at}duke.edu Diagnostics for COVID-19 have ...

Correspondence to Dr Ben Armstrong, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK; ben.armstrong{at}lshtm.ac.uk Background It is well known that high ambient ...

STUDY OBJECTIVE--To investigate the numbers and characteristics of patients with ophthalmological accidents and emergencies presenting to hospitals. DESIGN--Prospective survey over eight weeks.

1 School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia 2 School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, ...

2 MRC Centre for Causal Analyses in Translational Epidemiology, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK Correspondence to Dr Laura D Howe, MRC Centre for Causal Analyses in Translational Epidemiology, ...

Current epidemiological and statistical theory about research methods and how to elicit causation from epidemiological studies is strongly influenced by counterfactual-manipulative thinking. However, ...

Correspondence to Dr Timo-Kolja Pförtner, Faculty of Human Sciences and Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical Sociology, Health Services Research, and Rehabilitation Science (IMVR), University of ...