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Press Releases
Public health:
Exploration of fathers’ mental health and well-being concerns during the transition to fatherhood, and paternal perinatal support: scoping review12 November 2024
Public health:
Health impact of urban green spaces: a systematic review of heat-related morbidity and mortality22 October 2024
General practice / Family practice:
The changing shape of English general practice: a retrospective longitudinal study using national datasets describing trends in organisational structure, workforce and recorded appointments3 September 2024
Occupational and environmental medicine:
Investigating sustainability in work after participating in a welfare-to-work initiative using a 2-year cohort study of Work Programme participants in Scotland22 August 2024
Most Read Articles
Cardiovascular medicine:
Lack of an association or an inverse association between low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol and mortality in the elderly: a systematic review27 November 2023
Cardiovascular medicine:
Is LDL cholesterol associated with long-term mortality among primary prevention adults? A retrospective cohort study from a large healthcare system28 March 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
Communication:
How does communication affect patient safety? Protocol for a systematic review and logic model27 May 2024
Mental Health
Mental health:
Being kind to ourselves: group compassion-focused therapy (CFT) versus treatment as usual (TAU) to improve depression and anxiety in dementia – a protocol for a mixed-methods feasibility randomised controlled trial within the NHS3 December 2024
Mental health:
Relationship between anxiety and poor sleep quality in family caregivers of psychiatric patients based on history of sharp object injuries: a case-control study in Bitlis, Turkey2 December 2024
Mental health:
Assessing the characteristics of suicidal ideation and self-harm in a national older adult population attending emergency departments across Ireland: cohort study protocol2 December 2024
Recent Articles
Epidemiology:
Is a body mass index of less than 18.5 kg/m2 associated with an increased susceptibility to mild cognitive impairment? A cross-sectional study conducted in China4 December 2024
Oncology:
Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) plus platinum and gemcitabine as first-line treatment of recurrent/metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (PIPER): a phase 2, multicentre, single-arm protocol study in Malaysia4 December 2024
Epidemiology:
Is flat rate pricing for unlimited alcohol consumption associated with problematic alcohol consumption patterns? A cross-sectional study with the Japan COVID-19 and Society Internet Survey4 December 2024
Surgery:
Assessment of cognitive function after surgery for colorectal cancer--a scoping review4 December 2024
HIV/AIDS:
Interventions for HIV prevention and treatment among people of Haitian descent: a scoping review4 December 2024
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