Published in Nature Communications
The role of children in the spread of COVID-19 is not fully understood, and the circumstances under which schools should be opened are therefore debated. Here, the authors demonstrate protocols by which schools in France can be safely opened without overwhelming the healthcare system.
Published in Journal of anesthesia
With the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), medical providers should take care to prevent the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in hospitals including super-spreading. Understanding super-spreading would be useful to reduce future transmission. Some publications have shown clusters of SARS-CoV-2 such as at choir practi...
Published in Rheumatology (Oxford, England)
To describe the illness perceptions of patients with RA over the first year of MTX treatment, and the association between illness perceptions and outcomes. Data came from the Rheumatoid Arthritis Medication Study (RAMS), a UK multicentre cohort study of RA patients starting MTX for the first time. Patients were assessed at baseline, and at 6 and 12...
Published in Public health nutrition
Population reductions in sodium intake could prevent hypertension, and current guidelines recommend that clinicians advise patients to reduce intake. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of taking action and receiving advice from a health professional to reduce sodium intake in 10 US jurisdictions, including the first-ever data in New York s...
Published in Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control
BackgroundDrug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB), including rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB) and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB, or RR-TB with additional isoniazid resistance), presents challenges to TB control. In Uganda, the GeneXpert test provides point-of-care testing for TB and rifampicin resistance. Patients identified with RR...
Published in Parasites & Vectors
BackgroundMalaria remains a serious public health problem in Cameroon. Implementation of control interventions requires prior knowledge of the local epidemiological situation. Here we report the results of epidemiological and entomological surveys carried out in Tibati, Adamawa Region, Cameroon, an area where malaria transmission is seasonal, 6 yea...
Published in BMC Geriatrics
BackgroundSmell, taste and trigeminal disorders likely have a substantial impact on human daily life. However, data regarding the prevalence of these disorders in Norway are scarce. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of smell, taste, trigeminal disorders and associated factors in a 65-year-old population in Oslo, Norway.Methods...
Introduction: Emergency department (ED) attendances fell across the UK after the ‘lockdown’ introduced on 23rd March 2020 to limit the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We hypothesised that reductions would vary by patient age and disease type. We examined pre- and in-lockdown ED attendances for two COVID-19 unrelated diagnoses: one li...
Published in Current Cardiology Reports
Purpose of reviewIn this review, we synthesise recent research on the association between loneliness and cardiovascular disease (CVD). We present evidence for mechanisms underlying this association and propose directions for future research.Recent findingsLoneliness is related to increased risk of early mortality and CVD comparable to other well-es...
Published in Cardiovascular Diabetology
BackgroundWomen with type 2 diabetes are disproportionally affected by macrovascular complications; we here investigated whether this is also the case for microvascular complications and retinal microvascular measures.MethodsIn a population-based cohort study of individuals aged 40–75 years (n = 3410; 49% women, 29% type 2 diabetes (oversampled by ...
