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

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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 →