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The reform study protocol: a cohort randomised controlled trial of a multifaceted podiatry intervention for the prevention of falls in older people
(BMJ, 2014-12-01)
Introduction: Falls and fall-related injuries are a serious cause of morbidity and cost to society. Foot problems and inappropriate footwear may increase the risk of falls; therefore podiatric interventions may play a role ...
Fgf receptor genes and breast cancer susceptibility: results from the breast cancer association consortium
(Springer Nature, 2014-02-18)
Background: Breast cancer is one of the most common malignancies in women. Genome-wide association studies have identified FGFR2 as a breast cancer susceptibility gene. Common variation in other fibroblast growth factor ...
The role of pain-related anxiety in adolescents' disability and social impairment: alspac data
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2014-11-07)
BackgroundAnxiety, in particular pain-related anxiety, plays an important role in explaining the severity of pain complaints and pain-related disability in both adults and children with chronic pain. The fear-avoidance ...
Antithrombotic therapy after acute ischemic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation
(Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2014-11-06)
Background and Purpose-For patients with atrial fibrillation and ischemic stroke (IS), current guidelines recommend oral anticoagulation (OAC) alone for secondary prevention of IS. In a large prospective cohort of patients ...
Targeted resequencing of the micrornaome and 3′utrome reveals functional germline dna variants with altered prevalence in epithelial ovarian cancer
(Springer Nature, 2014-06-09)
Ovarian cancer is a major cause of cancer deaths, yet there have been few known genetic risk factors identified, the best known of which are disruptions in protein coding sequences (BRCA1 and 2). Recent findings indicate ...
Concordance between dsm-iv and dsm-5 criteria for delirium diagnosis in a pooled database of 768 prospectively evaluated patients using the delirium rating scale-revised-98
(Springer Nature, 2014-09-30)
Background: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual fifth edition (DSM-5) provides new criteria for delirium diagnosis. We examined delirium diagnosis using these new criteria compared with the Diagnostic and Statistical ...
Prevalence and predictors of bedrail use in an acute hospital
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2014-07-10)
Objective: to determine the prevalence and predictors of bedrail use in an acute hospital.
Design and setting: overnight survey in a University teaching hospital.
Subjects: Three-hundred and twenty-seven beds and patients ...
Common non-synonymous snps associated with breast cancer susceptibility: findings from the breast cancer association consortium
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2014-06-18)
Candidate variant association studies have been largely unsuccessful in identifying common breast cancer susceptibility variants, although most studies have been underpowered to detect associations of a realistic magnitude. ...
Sodium intake and renal outcomes: a systematic review
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2014-02-07)
BACKGROUND
Sodium intake is an important determinant of blood pressure; therefore, reduction of intake may be an attractive population-based target for chronic kidney disease (CKD) prevention. Most guidelines recommend ...