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Ear, nose and throat/otolaryngology:
Association of 15 common dietary factors with tinnitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies18 March 2025
Sports and exercise medicine:
Effects of water aerobics on body composition in obesity and overweight people: a systematic review and meta-analysis11 March 2025
Medical education and training:
UK medical students’ mental health and their intention to drop out: a longitudinal study5 February 2025
Most Read Articles
Communication:
How does communication affect patient safety? Protocol for a systematic review and logic model27 May 2024
General practice / Family practice:
ChatGPT (GPT-4) versus doctors on complex cases of the Swedish family medicine specialist examination: an observational comparative study26 December 2024
Pharmacology and therapeutics:
Low-dose naltrexone for post-COVID fatigue syndrome: a study protocol for a double-blind, randomised trial in British Columbia13 May 2024
Patient-centred medicine:
Trajectories of functional limitations, health-related quality of life and societal costs in individuals with long COVID: a population-based longitudinal cohort study13 November 2024
Ear, nose and throat/otolaryngology:
Association of 15 common dietary factors with tinnitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies18 March 2025
Mental Health
Mental health:
Adolescent social media use and mental health in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review protocol of current research22 April 2025
Mental health:
Systematic review on the measurement properties of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) for measuring well-being in young children19 April 2025
Mental health:
Group cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia compared with treatment as usual for sleep problems in psychiatric care (the SIP trials): a protocol for a pragmatic, randomised controlled trial17 April 2025
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Oncology:
Prevalence of anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder among the caregivers of children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer in Oman: a multicentre, prospective cohort study23 April 2025
HIV/AIDS:
HIV risk perception, trust and PrEP adherence among participants in an HIV prevention trial: a qualitative longitudinal study, South Africa23 April 2025
Diabetes and endocrinology:
Impact of antidiabetic medication type on a new episode of depression: a retrospective cohort study in Texas, USA23 April 2025
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