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In an observational cohort study, Hongjiang Wu and colleagues analyse data from more than 1.5 million people Hong Kong between 2002 and 2018 and compare age- and sex-specific rates of all-cause and cause-specific hospital bed-day rates in those with and without type 2 diabetes.
This epidemiological assessment uses the GLOBOCAN database to evaluate the numbers of new cases and deaths due to cutaneous melanoma globally and by world regio
This work serves as a step toward better understanding the implications of remote critical care intervention by evaluating levels of tele–intensive care unit decision-making authority.
Objectives To synthesise research investigating data and code sharing in medicine and health to establish an accurate representation of the prevalence of sharing, how this frequency has changed over time, and what factors influence availability. Design Systematic review with meta-analysis of individual participant data. Data sources Ovid Medline, Ovid Embase, and the preprint servers medRxiv, bioRxiv, and MetaArXiv were searched from inception to 1 July 2021. Forward citation searches were also performed on 30 August 2022. Review methods Meta-research studies that investigated data or code sha...
Aflatoxins (AFT) identified as a Group 1 human carcinogen naturally contaminate various types of food and could increase the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) through dietary intake. Chongqing municipality is located in Southwest China with subtropical monsoon climate which is conducive to AFT contamination in crops. However, the burden of HCC caused by the dietary exposure of the population in Chongqing to AFT has not been quantified. We estimated the burden of HCC in terms of Disability Adjusted Life Year (DALY) using FDA-iRISK software. Dietary exposure to AFT in three food categories ...