Introduction Mental health issues among women in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), especially those living with HIV, pose a major public health challenge. Despite the established connections between HIV ...

Objectives The widespread use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) raised concerns on the safety of long-term use of these drugs. Community pharmacists have great responsibility of educating patients on ...

Introduction The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is rising steeply. National Health Service England (NHSE) is exploring the potential of a digital diabetes prevention programme (DDPP) and has ...

Background Carbohydrates are commonly referred to as ‘sugars’. However, all sugars are not created equal. Simple sugars are readily digestible in the small intestine while complex sugars are not.

Original research: Is geographical variation in emergency epilepsy admissions related to variation in new epilepsy diagnoses among children and young people across England? An observational study ...

Objective This study aims to calculate the global warming potential, in carbon dioxide (CO 2) equivalent emissions, from all in-scope activities involved in phase 1, 2, 3 and 4 clinical trials ...

1 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 2 Faculty of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Objective We ...

Objectives To investigate attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drug prescribing in children under 16 years old in the UK between 1992 and 2013. Methods All patients under 16 registered ...

Objectives Changing terminology for low-risk, screen-detected conditions has now been recommended by several expert groups in order to prevent overdiagnosis and reduce the associated harms of ...

Objective To test the hypothesis that gouty arthritis (gout) is a risk factor for incidence of heart failure and for echocardiographic measures signifying subclinical heart failure. Design Post-hoc, ...

1 Clinical Nursing Teaching and Research Section, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China 2 Xiangya School of Nursing, Central South University, Changsha, China ...

Objective To compare maternal and neonatal birth outcomes and morbidities associated with the intention to give birth in a freestanding primary level midwife-led maternity unit (PMU) or tertiary level ...