Background Age cohort differences in haemoglobin concentrations and associations with physical and cognitive performance among populations of lower income and middle-income countries have not ...

For patients with heart failure and reduced or mildly reduced left ventricular ejection fraction, iron deficiency is common and associated with more severe symptoms, worse quality of life and an ...

Objective To assess whether a faecal immunochemical test (FIT) could be used to select patients with suspected colorectal cancer (CRC) symptoms for urgent investigation. Design Multicentre, ...

Background The carbon footprint of end-to-end healthcare deliveries by the National Health Service in England totalled 25.0 megatons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO 2 e) in 2019. Optimal and ...

Background Recent cardiovascular risk equations from the USA and United Kingdom use routinely collected electronic medical records (EMRs), while current equations used in Australia (AusCVDRisk) have ...

Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a disease of progressive lung scarring. There is a known association between diabetes mellitus (DM) and IPF, but it is unclear whether a causal ...

Alastair D Hay, professor of primary care, Centre for Academic Primary Care, Bristol Medical School: Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol The relationship between the NHS and private ...

aPopulation Health and Immunity Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia bMethods and Implementation Support for Clinical and Health research Hub, ...

Introduction Reference intervals and reference curves provide clinicians with a point of reference when evaluating patients’ laboratory test results. In practical applications, the 2.5th and 97.5th ...

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a disease of public health importance globally with an increasing burden of undiagnosed pre-diabetes and diabetes in low- and middle-income countries, Nigeria in ...