1 NDORMS (Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology, and Musculoskeletal Sciences), Kadoorie Centre, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK 2 NDORMS (Nuffield Department of ...

Objectives Depression and depressive symptoms are common mental disorders that have a considerable effect on patients’ health-related quality of life and satisfaction with medical care, but the ...

Introduction The coronary artery calcium (CAC) scan serves as a crucial tool in assessing the risk of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with hyperlipidaemia, particularly when there is ambiguity ...

Objective This longitudinal study aimed to document shifts in specialty preferences, career pathways and intended practice locations among medical students following the implementation of structured ...

Objectives To examine the length and dispersion level of lifespan for the subnational populations in China, identify the urban–rural gap and sex differences, and analyse the contribution made by ...

Objective To produce an expert consensus hierarchy of harm to self and others from legal and illegal substance use. Design Structured questionnaire with nine scored categories of harm for 19 different ...

Objectives The relationship between the volume of medical procedures conducted in hospitals and the resulting health outcomes has been described for various surgical and non-surgical medical ...

Objective To clarify the effects of smoking on the disposition of two commonly used antipsychotics, olanzapine and clozapine, and to create standards to adjust the doses of these drugs in clinical ...

Objectives Explore trainee doctors’ experiences of postgraduate training and perceptions of fairness in relation to ethnicity and country of primary medical qualification. Design Qualitative ...

Background Obesity is a major public health issue in China and around the world. While acupuncture is often used in clinical practice, there is a lack of conclusive evidence for its weight-loss effect ...

Original research: Relationship between psychosocial problems and satisfaction with GP communication in German primary care practices: a structural equation model based on the cross-sectional GPCare-1 ...

Objective A growing body of evidence points to a role for herpesviruses in the development of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and a ...