IntroductionPhysical activity (PA) promotes significant physical and psychosocial benefits for breast cancer survivors. While evidence exists regarding recommendations for the frequency, duration and intensity of exercise that optimise PA benefits for cancer survivors, the role of the environment in achieving optimal outcomes has yet to be determin...
BackgroundWe report the first case of Purtscher-like retinopathy in a patient with 17q12 deletion-associated maturity-onset diabetes of the young.Case presentationA 19-year-old diabetic Hispanic male with history of cataracts and toe amputations presented with sudden onset of painless bilateral vision loss for 1 week with no associated trauma. Visu...
ObjectivesTo examine how sales of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) products varied among pharmacies in Kenya using administrative data, leveraging natural variation in the COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying policy restrictions between 2019 and 2021.Design and settingEcological study of pharmacies in Kenya.Participants761 pharmacies using the Ma...
Study objectivesSleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is common in patients with congestive heart failure and has important implications regarding symptoms and prognosis. However, the burden of SDB on those with heart failure has not been well characterized in developing countries, including Mozambique in sub-Saharan Africa. Diagnosing SDB in individual...
The Last Gift is an observational HIV cure-related research study conducted with people with HIV at the end of life (EOL) at the University of California San Diego. Participants agree to voluntarily donate blood and other biospecimens while living and their bodies for a rapid research autopsy postmortem to better understand HIV reservoir dynamics t...
ObjectiveFor large, integrated healthcare delivery systems, coordinating patient care across delivery systems with providers external to the system presents challenges. We explored the domains and requirements for care coordination by professionals across healthcare systems and developed an agenda for research, practice and policy.DesignThe modifie...
ObjectivesWe aim to quantify shifts in hospitalisation and mortality and how those were related to the first three phases of the epidemic and individuals' demographics and health profile among those with a positive test for SARS-CoV-2 treated at the Mexican Social Security Institute's facilities from March 2020 to October 2021.DesignRetrospective o...
For the first comparison, we weighed predicted hospitalisations prevented by one booster dose of BNT162b2 with vaccine-associated SAEs from the manufacturer's randomised trial (3/5055).3 We found that the rate of expected SAEs would outweigh the benefits of the booster against hospitalisation by at least 18-fold. Lam and Nichols suggest that this w...
BackgroundSerious illness conversations may lead to care consistent with patients' goals near the end of life. The emergency department could serve as an important time and location for these conversations.AimTo determine the feasibility of an emergency department-based, brief motivational interview to stimulate serious illness conversations among ...
