Background The prevalence of congenital heart defects (CHD) in Down syndrome (DS) varies considerably across studies (from 16% to 84%). This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of CHD in people ...

Background While social support is associated with better cognitive health among cancer-free individuals, this relationship is understudied among cancer survivors. We investigated whether overall ...

Background Preterm birth (PTB) and small-for-gestational-age (SGA) disproportionately affect women who are Black or Asian. Structural racism produces health inequalities. Identifying latent ...

Public health problems are complex; investigating them requires a framework that both accounts for multiple interactions among individuals and their intermediate and broader environment and also ...

Correspondence to Dr Shanti Narayanasamy, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA; shanti.narayanasamy{at}duke.edu Diagnostics for COVID-19 have ...

STUDY OBJECTIVE--To investigate the numbers and characteristics of patients with ophthalmological accidents and emergencies presenting to hospitals. DESIGN--Prospective survey over eight weeks.

Current epidemiological and statistical theory about research methods and how to elicit causation from epidemiological studies is strongly influenced by counterfactual-manipulative thinking. However, ...

2 Department of Psychology, Norwegian Inland University of Applied Sciences, HHS Elverum, Norway Correspondence to Leif W Rydstedt, Department of Psychology, Norwegian Inland University of Applied ...

1 Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Nara Medical University School of Medicine, Nara, Japan 2 Department of Nursing, Tenri Health Care University, Nara, Japan 3 Department of ...

2 MRC Centre for Causal Analyses in Translational Epidemiology, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK Correspondence to Dr Laura D Howe, MRC Centre for Causal Analyses in Translational Epidemiology, ...

Background Epidemiological studies on green space and health have relied almost exclusively on cross-sectional designs, restricting understanding on how this relationship could vary across the ...

Correspondence to Dr Timo-Kolja Pförtner, Faculty of Human Sciences and Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical Sociology, Health Services Research, and Rehabilitation Science (IMVR), University of ...