Cohort study

Intake of Game Birds in the UK: Assessment of the Contribution to the Dietary Intake of Lead by Women of Childbearing Age and Children.

Intake of game birds in the UK: assessment of the contribution to the dietary intake of lead by women of childbearing age and children.

Public Health Nutr. 2013 Mar 26; 1-5
Taylor CM, Golding J, Emond AM

OBJECTIVE: Concern has recently been expressed about Pb levels in Pb-shot game meat. Our aim was to determine the consumption of game birds in a representative sample population in the UK, and in children and women of childbearing age in particular. DESIGN: Population-based cross-sectional cohort study. Data from 4 d diet diaries from the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS; 2008-2010) were extracted to analyse data on game bird consumption in the sample population, in women of childbearing age (15-45 years old) and in children ?6 years old. SETTING: Home-based study in representative areas of the UK. SUBJECTS: Participants in the NDNS (2008-2010; n 2126, age 1·5 to >65 years).… Continue reading

Association Between Depressive Symptoms and Metabolic Syndrome in Japanese Community-Dwelling Older People: A Cross-Sectional Analysis From the Baseline Results of the Fujiwara-Kyo Prospective Cohort Study.

Association between depressive symptoms and metabolic syndrome in Japanese community-dwelling older people: a cross-sectional analysis from the baseline results of the Fujiwara-kyo prospective cohort study.

Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2013 Mar 22;
Morikawa M, Okamoto N, Kiuchi K, Tomioka… Continue reading

Authors’ Response.

Authors’ response.

J Acad Nutr Diet. 2013 Apr; 113(4): 509-10
Blissett J, Higgs S

HubMed – eating

 

Pain as a Risk Factor for Disability or Death.

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Mar 21;
Andrews JS, Cenzer IS,… Continue reading

Process Evaluation of Healthy Bodies, Healthy Souls: A Church-Based Health Intervention Program in Baltimore City.

Process evaluation of Healthy Bodies, Healthy Souls: a church-based health intervention program in Baltimore City.

Health Educ Res. 2013 Mar 22;
Wang HE, Lee M, Hart A, Summers AC, Anderson Steeves E, Gittelsohn J

Soaring obesity rates in the… Continue reading

Evaluating the Autonomic Nervous System in Patients With Laryngopharyngeal Reflux.

Evaluating the Autonomic Nervous System in Patients with Laryngopharyngeal Reflux.

Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2013 Mar 21;
Huang WJ, Shu CH, Chou KT, Wang YF, Hsu YB, Ho CY, Lan MY

ObjectivesThe pathogenesis of laryngopharyngeal re?ux (LPR) remains unclear.… Continue reading

Simple Functional Performance Tests and Mortality in COPD.

Simple functional performance tests and mortality in COPD.

Eur Respir J. 2013 Mar 21;
Puhan MA, Siebeling L, Zoller M, Muggensturm P, Ter Riet G

Exercise tests are important to characterize COPD patients and predict their prognosis but often… Continue reading

Men With Prostate Cancer Make Positive Dietary Changes Following Diagnosis and Treatment.

Men with prostate cancer make positive dietary changes following diagnosis and treatment.

Cancer Causes Control. 2013 Mar 22;
Avery KN, Donovan JL, Gilbert R, Davis M, Emmett P, Down L, Oliver S, Neal DE, Hamdy FC, Lane JA

PURPOSE:… Continue reading

RASopathic Skin Eruptions During Vemurafenib Therapy.

RASopathic Skin Eruptions during Vemurafenib Therapy.

PLoS One. 2013; 8(3): e58721
Rinderknecht JD, Goldinger SM, Rozati S, Kamarashev J, Kerl K, French LE, Dummer R, Belloni B

Vemurafenib is a potent inhibitor of V600 mutant BRAF with significant impact… Continue reading

Implanted Neuroprosthesis for Assisting Arm and Hand Function After Stroke: A Case Study.

Implanted neuroprosthesis for assisting arm and hand function after stroke: A case study.

J Rehabil Res Dev. 2012 Dec; 49(10): 1505-16
Knutson JS, Chae J, Hart RL, Keith MW, Hoyen HA, Harley MY, Hisel TZ, Bryden AM, Kilgore KL,… Continue reading

Depression, Healthcare Utilization, and Death in Heart Failure: A Community Study.

Depression, Healthcare Utilization, and Death in Heart Failure: A Community Study.

Circ Heart Fail. 2013 Mar 19;
Moraska AR, Chamberlain AM, Shah ND, Vickers KS, Rummans TA, Dunlay SM, Spertus JA, Weston SA, McNallan SM, Redfield MM, Roger VL… Continue reading