Methods A systematic literature search was undertaken across five databases: MEDLINE, PsychINFO, Embase, CINAHL and Scopus. They were searched from inception to November 2022. Qualitative studies of ...

Methods This review was conducted according to PRISMA guidelines. We searched six databases in July 2023: AMED, Embase, Medline, Psychinfo, Scopus and Web of Science. Quantitative and qualitative ...

Ezzati M, Horwitz MEM, Thomas DSK, et al.Altitude, life expectancy and mortality from ischaemic heart disease, stroke, COPD and cancers: national population-based analysis of US counties.

Background The link between housing and health is well established and long-standing, however much of the evidence relies on self-reported health measures. While these are useful, the availability of ...

Background Frustrated with the onslaught of articles reporting fascination with results that appear paradoxical but are merely due to selection bias, we studied the apparent effect of obesity on ...

Too much data? Too much information? The COVID-19 pandemic has made the case. The WHO coined the term ‘infodemic’ to describe the issue of overabundance of information, including misinformation, ...

Footnotes. Twitter jari.haukka.. Contributors All the authors have made substantial contributions: conception and design (LN, AA, TP and JH), data acquisition and analysis (JH and AA), reporting and ...

Background The combined effect of resting heart rate (RHR) and physical activity (PA) on ischaemic heart disease (IHD) has never been assessed. The objective of this study was to assess the ...

Background Negative associations between neighbourhood socioeconomic disadvantage and health are well documented. However, ...

Background Childhood socioeconomic position (SEP) is robustly associated with cognitive function later in life. However, it is unclear whether this reflects a direct relationship, or an indirect ...

Study objective: The concept of social capital has influenced mental health policies of nations and international organisations despite its limited evidence base. This papers aims to systematically ...

Background Social prescribing (SP) enables healthcare professionals to link patients with non-medical interventions available in the community to address underlying socioeconomic and behavioural ...