Introduction Congenital malformations (CMs) are the leading cause of infant mortality. Still, the aetiology remains unknown in 70% of cases. The most accepted hypothesis is that hereditary and ...

Objectives Same-sex marriage legalisation improves mental health among sexual and gender minority (SGM) people. In Japan, where same-sex marriage is not legalised, some municipalities have introduced ...

Background Hearing loss (HL) imposes a substantial burden on families and society and is the largest modifiable risk factor ...

Background Research has yielded contradictory results regarding differences in physical fitness and cardiometabolic risk ...

Objectives To explore priorities, barriers to and experiences of palliative and end-of-life care from the perspectives of people living with HIV. Design Cross-sectional online survey conducted in the ...

Introduction Adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are a vulnerable population disproportionately affected by mental health disorders due to the combined burden of chronic ...

Objective To review the association between hypertension and frailty in observational studies. Design A systematic review of the PubMed, Web of Science and Embase databases was performed. A ...

Introduction Research and mental health services agree that more youth co-production in service design and delivery is needed, but there is little consensus on how to do it well. This study is trying ...

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Objectives To determine the relationship between the reduction in salt intake that occurred in England, and blood pressure (BP), as well as mortality from stroke and ischaemic heart disease (IHD).

Background Trust is a forward-looking covenant between the patient and the doctor where the patient optimistically accepts his/her vulnerability. Trust is known to improve the clinical outcomes.