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Objective To investigate whether supplementing older adults with monthly doses of vitamin D alters the incidence of major cardiovascular events. Design Randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial of monthly vitamin D (the D-Health Trial). Computer generated permuted block randomisation was used to allocate treatments. Setting Australia from 2014 to 2020. Participants 21 315 participants aged 60-84 years at enrolment. Exclusion criteria were self-reported hypercalcaemia, hyperparathyroid...

In Ethiopia, pesticides are widely used in vegetable production. However, if used incorrectly they may harm consumers of vegetables contaminated with pesticide residues, as well as producers handling the pesticides and lead to ecological damage. We performed a cross-sectional survey to assess pesticide residues level in vegetables produced in central and eastern Ethiopia. A total of 232 vegetable samples (91 tomatoes, 106 cabbages and 35 Swiss chard) were collected from fields and retail markets...

Climate change is already exposing species to dangerous temperatures driving widespread population and geographical contractions. However, little is known about how these risks of thermal exposure will expand across species’ existing geographical ranges over time as climate change continues. Here, using geographical data for approximately 36,000 marine and terrestrial species and climate projections to 2100, we show that the area of each species’ geographical range at risk of thermal...

This randomized clinical trial assesses the efficacy and safety of a repeated low-level red-light intervention in preventing incident myopia among children in C

This study used a population-based individual patient data set that included diagnoses of COVID-19 to determine whether there was a temporal association between

This population epidemiology study examines associations between phases of nonpharmaceutical public health interventions (social distancing, centralized quarant

These 2 randomized clinical trials compare the efficacy and safety of renin-angiotensin system (RAS) modulation using 2 investigational RAS agents, TXA-127 vs p

Using data from over 16 million people in the United States, Angela Y Chang and colleagues explore how multimorbidity, when considering 63 different conditions, influences health care expenditure.

If the title of this article has sparked your interest, then you are probably entertaining the idea of a career as a data scientist..........

A substantial proportion of families of privately insured children with sickle cell anemia pay more than $100 for essential stroke screenings, a high-value service.