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Aerobic exercise training improves hepatic and muscle insulin sensitivity, but reduces splanchnic glucose uptake in obese humans with type 2 diabetes
(Nutrition & Diabetes, 2019-09-02)
Background: Aerobic exercise training is known to have beneficial effects on whole-body glucose metabolism in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D). The responses of the liver to such training are less well understood. The ...
Optimism may moderate screening mammogram frequency in Medicare A longitudinal study
(Medicine, 2019-06)
Higher trait optimism and/or lower cynical hostility are associated with healthier behaviors and lower risk of morbidity and mortality, yet their association with health care utilization has been understudied. Whether these ...
Enteral Autonomy and Days Off Parenteral Support With Teduglutide Treatment for Short Bowel Syndrome in the STEPS Trials
(Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 2020-05)
Background Teduglutide response, in terms of parenteral support (PS) volume reduction, is associated with specific disease characteristics among adults with short bowel syndrome-associated intestinal failure (SBS-IF). ...
Clinical, microbiologic, and immunologic determinants of mortality in hospitalized patients with HIV-associated tuberculosis: A prospective cohort study
(PLOS Medicine, 2019-07)
Background
In high-burden settings, case fatality rates are reported to be between 11% and 32% in hospitalized patients with HIV-associated tuberculosis, yet the underlying causes of mortality remain poorly characterized. ...
A taxonomy of impacts on clinical and translational research from community stakeholder engagement
(Health Expectations, 2019-08)
Background Community engagement is increasingly recognized as a valuable tool in clinical and translational research; however, the impact of engagement is not fully understood. No standard nomenclature yet exists to clearly ...
Interventions to prevent iatrogenic anemia: a Laboratory Medicine Best Practices systematic review
(Critical Care, 2019-08-09)
Background As many as 90% of patients develop anemia by their third day in an intensive care unit (ICU). We evaluated the efficacy of interventions to reduce phlebotomy-related blood loss on the volume of blood lost, ...
Effects of Helicobacter pylori treatment and vitamin and garlic supplementation on gastric cancer incidence and mortality: follow-up of a randomized intervention trial
(BMJ-British Medical Journal, 2019-09-11)
OBJECTIVE
To assess the effects of Helicobacter pylori treatment, vitamin supplementation, and garlic supplementation in the prevention of gastric cancer.
DESIGN
Blinded randomized placebo controlled trial.
S ...
Contribution of the polymorphism rs1800469 of transforming growth factor beta in the development of myocardial infarction: meta-analysis of 5460 cases and 8413 controls (MOOSE-compliant article)
(Medicine, 2019-06)
Studies investigating the association between transforming growth factor (TGF-beta-509C/T, rs1800469) promoter polymorphism and myocardial infarction (MI) risk reported inconsistent results. The aim of our study was to ...
Associations between maternal social capital and infant birth weight in three developing countries: a cross-sectional multilevel analysis of Young Lives data
(BMJ Open, 2019-10)
Objective To explore how three indicators of social capital (ie, group membership, social support and cognitive social capital and specific types within each type) are associated with infant birth weight.
Study design ...
Study protocol to develop a patient-reported outcome measuring disability associated with unilateral vocal fold paralysis: a mixed-methods approach with the CoPE collaborative
(BMJ Open, 2019-10)
Introduction Patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures are increasingly developed with multisite, representative patient populations so that they can serve as a primary endpoint in clinical trials and longitudinal studies. ...