Articles
Volume 9 (2011) - June 2011
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Research article
Claudio Borghi, Eugenio R Cosentino, Elisa R Rinaldi, Cristina Brandolini, Maria C Rimondi, Maddalena Veronesi, Arrigo FG Cicero, Ada Dormi, Antonio Pirodda BMC Medicine 2011, 9:80 (29 June 2011) Tinnitus is a complex ear disorder affecting microcirculation, and preliminary data indicates that it may have prognostic value for identifying poorly controlled congestive heart failure (CHF) in the elderly population, alongside other determinants.
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Commentary
Network meta-analysis-highly attractive but more methodological research is needed Tianjing Li, Milo A Puhan, Swaroop S Vedula, Sonal Singh, Kay Dickersin, The Ad Hoc Network Meta-analysis Methods Meeting Working Group BMC Medicine 2011, 9:79 (27 June 2011) Li et al comment on a meeting regarding network meta-analysis, a type of meta-analysis used in systematic reviews in which multiple treatments are compared, and discuss the methodological challenges and research opportunities in this field.
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Robert W Yeh, Malini Chandra, Charles E McCulloch, Alan S Go BMC Medicine 2011, 9:78 (24 June 2011) The benefit of drug-eluting stents for patients with coronary artery disease compared to bare metal ones is the result of bias in observational studies as randomized controlled trials show no difference in mortality outcome regardless of the type of stent used.
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Problematic internet usage in US college students: a pilot study Dimitri A Christakis, Megan M Moreno, Lauren Jelenchick, Mon T Myaing, Chuan Zhou BMC Medicine 2011, 9:77 (22 June 2011) Problematic internet usage is prevalent among US college students, suggesting that colleges should consider preventative measures including awareness campaigns and, as internet usage starts at a young age, pediatricians should also assess this as part of preventative practice.
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Nasser M Al-Daghri, Omar S Al-Attas, Majed S Alokail, Khalid M Alkharfy, Mansour Yousef, Shaun Sabico, George P Chrousos BMC Medicine 2011, 9:76 (20 June 2011) A decade-long epidemiological follow-up study on the prevalence of major chronic, non-communicable diseases in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia finds an alarming rise in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes, hypertension and coronary artery disease.
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Corina Schuster, Roger Hilfiker, Oliver Amft, Anne Scheidhauer, Brian Andrews, Jenny Butler, Udo Kischka, Thierry Ettlin BMC Medicine 2011, 9:75 (17 June 2011) Mental practice of a physical task can improve skill in areas such as education, medicine, music and sports, and characteristics of successful motor imagery training sessions across disciplines are similar despite differences in the physical tasks themselves.
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George A Kelley, Kristi S Kelley, Susan Roberts, William Haskell BMC Medicine 2011, 9:74 (15 June 2011) Aerobic exercise in combination with a prudent diet, low in saturated fats, improves certain lipid and lipoprotein concentrations including total cholesterol, triglycerides and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) but has no effect on high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C).
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Daniela Vollenweider, Cynthia M Boyd, Milo A Puhan BMC Medicine 2011, 9:73 (13 June 2011) There is a high prevalence of potential biases within the design and analysis of clinical trials, which may threaten trial interpretation and therefore the safety and efficacy of clinical decision making.
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Minireview
Advances in understanding and treating ADHD Kevin M Antshel, Teresa M Hargrave, Mihai Simonescu, Prashant Kaul, Kaitlin Hendricks, Stephen V Faraone BMC Medicine 2011, 9:72 (10 June 2011) Antshel and colleagues review the advances over the past decade in the understanding and treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), which comprise both tailored stimulant formulations and cognitive behavioral interventions.
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FTO gene polymorphisms and obesity risk: a meta-analysis Sihua Peng, Yimin Zhu, Fangying Xu, Xiaobin Ren, Xiaobo Li, Maode Lai BMC Medicine 2011, 9:71 (8 June 2011) Polymorphisms of the fat mass and obesity associated gene (FTO), which is already known to increase the risk for obesity in Europeans and Caucasians, may also be a risk factor in other ethnicities.
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Review
The role of lifestyle changes in the management of chronic liver disease Valerio Nobili, Christine Carter-Kent, Ariel E Feldstein BMC Medicine 2011, 9:70 (6 June 2011) Ariel Feldstein and colleagues review chronic liver conditions that can be directly affected by obesity, also discussing the lifestyle interventions that lead to better physical outcome for these conditions.
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Masa-Aki Shibata, Munekazu Iinuma, Junji Morimoto, Hitomi Kurose, Kanako Akamatsu, Yasushi Okuno, Yukihiro Akao, Yoshinori Otsuki BMC Medicine 2011, 9:69 (3 June 2011) Alpha-mangostin, an extract from the mangosteen fruit, demonstrates antitumor growth and antimetastatic activities by decreasing Akt phosphorylation levels in a mouse model of breast cancer and therefore may have clinical applications.
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Jianying Zhang, Tiffany Pan, Hee-Jeong Im, Freddie H Fu, James HC Wang BMC Medicine 2011, 9:68 (2 June 2011) Two knee ligaments often injured in athletes are known to have different healing capabilities and these are now shown to possess different stem cell populations with varying regeneration capacity – shedding light on the potential mechanism for the disparity.
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Jolien Aalbers, Kirsty K O'Brien, Wai-Sun Chan, Gavin A Falk, Conor Teljeur, Borislav D Dimitrov, Tom Fahey BMC Medicine 2011, 9:67 (1 June 2011) The Centor Score, which predicts streptococcal pharyngitis in adults with sore throat, is found to be well-calibrated for estimating probability of infection, and may enhance appropriate antibiotic prescriptions.
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