Tall height and obesity associated w higher risk of aggressive prostate cancer

Background The relationship between body size and prostate cancer risk, and in particular risk by tumour characteristics, is not clear because most studies have not differentiated between high-grade or advanced stage tumours, but rather have assessed risk with a combined category … | Continue reading


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Screen-based sedentary activities and incidence of coronary heart disease

Background Whether the associations of time spent in screen-based sedentary activities with CHD vary by genetic susceptibility is currently unknown. The objective of this study was to examine the interplay of genetic susceptibility to CHD and two prevalent types of screen-based s … | Continue reading


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What is Asia? An interview with Yehuda Shoenfeld

In this Q&A, we talk to Professor Yehuda Shoenfeld about Autoimmune Syndrome Induced by Adjuvants (ASIA) and discuss his recommendations regarding further research in the field. | Continue reading


@bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com | 2 years ago

Meat consumption and risk of 25 conditions: outcome-wide analyses of 475K people

Background There is limited prospective evidence on the association between meat consumption and many common, non-cancerous health outcomes. We examined associations of meat intake with risk of 25 common conditions (other than cancer). Methods We used data from 474,985 middle-age … | Continue reading


@bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com | 3 years ago

Parental income as a marker for socioeconomic position during childhood

Links between parental socioeconomic position during childhood and subsequent risks of developing mental disorders have rarely been examined across the diagnostic spectrum. We conducted a comprehensive analysis of parental income level, including income mobility, during childhood … | Continue reading


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Key challenges for delivering clinical impact with artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) research in healthcare is accelerating rapidly, with potential applications being demonstrated across various domains of medicine. However, there are currently limited examples of such techniques being successfully deployed into clinical practice. Thi … | Continue reading


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