Understanding the consequences of education inequality on cardiovascular disease: mendelian randomisation study.
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Includes MRC, ESRC, Wellcome Trust and NIHR.
Diagnostic and prognostic significance of cardiovascular magnetic resonance native myocardial T1 mapping in patients wit...
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This work was supported by NIHR grant NIHR-RP-R3–12-027, MRC grant MR/M008894/1 and the Wellcome Trust 205188/Z/16/Z.
A Survey on Voiding Complaints in Women Presenting at a Pelvic Care Center
Published in Current Urology
Introduction: This article reports the prevalence of self-reported voiding complaints and the relationship with other pelvic floor and bladder dysfunctions (PFD). Materials and Methods: Women with a variety of PFDs were referred to the pelvic care center. A standardised questionnaire on 6 PFDs was used. Frequencies of patient characteristics, PFDs ...
Brain gene expression in a novel mouse model of postpartum mood disorder
Published in Translational Neuroscience
Background Steroid sulfatase (STS) cleaves sulfate groups from steroid hormones; its expression/activity increases in late pregnancy and into the postpartum period. STS-deficient human and mouse mothers display elevated psychopathology and abnormal behaviour respectively; in mice, these effects can be partially normalised by antipsychotic (ziprasid...
Access to reproductive health services among the female floating population of childbearing age: a cross-sectional study...
Published in BMC Health Services Research
BackgroundThe floating population serves an important role in economic and social development. However, little is known about the floating population’s reproductive health (RH) services, especially in low- and middle-income countries. This study aimed to assess the use of reproductive health services in the female floating population in China, whic...
Relaxin inhibits patellar tendon healing in rats: a histological and biochemical evaluation
...Published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
BackgroundFemale patients are more likely to have tendon injuries than males, especially those who has a higher concentration of relaxin. Previous studies have demonstrated that relaxin attenuates extracellular matrix (ECM) formation. However, the mechanism of relaxin on tendon repair remains unclear. We hypothesize that relaxin inhibits tendon hea...
Quality of dietary fat and genetic risk of type 2 diabetes: individual participant data meta-analysis.
The EPIC-InterAct study received funding from the European Union (Integrated Project LSHM-CT-2006-037197 in the Framework Programme 6 of the European Community). We thank all EPIC participants and staff for their contribution to the study. We thank Nicola Kerrison (MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK) for managing the data...
Epidemiology of infertility and characteristics of infertile couples requesting assisted reproduction in a low-resource ...
Published in Fertility Research and Practice
BackgroundInfertility is a big health problem worldwide. Few data exist on infertility in Sudan.MethodsA descriptive study was conducted to assess the pattern and the causes of infertility among couples (800) attending the University of Khartoum Fertility Centre, Saad Abualila Teaching Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan. The data on the socio-demographic ...
A commonly occurring genetic variant within the NPLOC4-TSPAN10-PDE6G gene cluster is associated with the risk of strabis...
The risk of perinatal death at term.
Preventing stillbirth has been increasingly recognised as an issue in obstetric care over recent years. Death of a normally formed baby at term is a particular focus as the loss could often have been prevented had the baby been known to be at risk. Reporting nationally collected data from the Netherlands, Eskes et al (BJOG 2019) observed 768 stillb...
