Methods This review was conducted according to PRISMA guidelines. We searched six databases in July 2023: AMED, Embase, Medline, Psychinfo, Scopus and Web of Science. Quantitative and qualitative ...

Ezzati M, Horwitz MEM, Thomas DSK, et al.Altitude, life expectancy and mortality from ischaemic heart disease, stroke, COPD and cancers: national population-based analysis of US counties.

OBJECTIVE: To propose an initial agenda for a systematic international research strategy designed to meet the information needs of injury prevention worldwide. CRITERIA FOR INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION OF ...

Background The Deep End project in the North East and North Cumbria (NENC) was set up in 2020 to tackle health inequalities in general practice in the most deprived areas of the North East of England.

Background From their Scottish origins in 2009, Deep End GP networks are being established all over the UK and further afield in Ireland and Australia. Formed of primary care practitioners in areas of ...

Background Unpaid labour as a determinant of health is under-researched, especially in low- and middle-income countries where women bear a disproportionate load of unpaid labour. Moreover, the double ...

Objective Asian dust storms (ADS) are long-ranged meteorological phenomena, which are suggested to be associated with several health problems. This study aimed to investigate the risk of stroke ...

Too much data? Too much information? The COVID-19 pandemic has made the case. The WHO coined the term ‘infodemic’ to describe the issue of overabundance of information, including misinformation, ...

Footnotes. Twitter jari.haukka.. Contributors All the authors have made substantial contributions: conception and design (LN, AA, TP and JH), data acquisition and analysis (JH and AA), reporting and ...

Background Air pollution from traffic has been associated with cardiorespiratory diseases in children and adults, but there is little information on its potential neurotoxic effects. This study aimed ...

Exponential growth is difficult for people to grasp. But that is what has happened to sales of Albert Camus’s The Plague, first published in 1947. According to Jacqueline Rose, it is ‘an upsurge ...

Background In the UK, overall stroke mortality has declined. A similar trend has been seen in coronary heart disease, although recent reports suggest this decline might be levelling off in middle-aged ...