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Reductions in HIV/STI Incidence and Sharing of Injection Equipment among Female Sex Workers Who Inject Drugs: Results from a Randomized Controlled Tri... 14 Jun 2013 | 02:00 am
by Steffanie A. Strathdee, Daniela Abramovitz, Remedios Lozada, Gustavo Martinez, Maria Gudelia Rangel, Alicia Vera, Hugo Staines, Carlos Magis-Rodriguez, Thomas L. Patterson Background We evaluated...
Evaluation of a Theory-Informed Implementation Intervention for the Management of Acute Low Back Pain in General Medical Practice: The IMPLEMENT Clust... 14 Jun 2013 | 02:00 am
by Simon D. French, Joanne E. McKenzie, Denise A. O'Connor, Jeremy M. Grimshaw, Duncan Mortimer, Jill J. Francis, Susan Michie, Neil Spike, Peter Schattner, Peter Kent, Rachelle Buchbinder, Matthew J....
Mass Treatment with Azithromycin for Trachoma: When Is One Round Enough? Results from the PRET Trial in The Gambia 14 Jun 2013 | 02:00 am
by Emma M. Harding-Esch, Ansumana Sillah, Tansy Edwards, Sarah E. Burr, John D. Hart, Hassan Joof, Mass Laye, Pateh Makalo, Ahmed Manjang, Sandra Molina, Isatou Sarr-Sissoho, Thomas C. Quinn, Tom Liet...
Effectiveness of Home-Based Cupping Massage Compared to Progressive Muscle Relaxation in Patients with Chronic Neck Pain—A Randomized Controlled Trial 8 Jun 2013 | 02:00 am
by Romy Lauche, Svitlana Materdey, Holger Cramer, Heidemarie Haller, Rainer Stange, Gustav Dobos, Thomas Rampp Chronic neck pain is a major public health problem with very few evidence-based compleme...
The Safety and Immunogenicity of Trivalent Inactivated Influenza Vaccination: A Study of Maternal-Cord Blood Pairs in Taiwan 7 Jun 2013 | 02:00 am
by Shin-Yu Lin, En-Tzu Wu, Chia-Hui Lin, Ming-Kwang Shyu, Chien-Nan Lee Background There are little data about adverse effects and immunogenicity of flu vaccine in Asian pregnant women. Methods Th...
Anthropometric Differences between HIV-Infected Individuals Prior to Antiretroviral Treatment and the General Population from 1998–2007: The AIDS Clin... 4 Jun 2013 | 02:00 am
by Benjamin E. Atkinson, Supriya Krishnan, Gary Cox, Todd Hulgan, Ann C. Collier Objective To assess differences in body circumferences and body mass index (BMI, kg/m2) between antiretroviral treatm...
Two-Year Results of an Open-Label Randomized Comparison of Everolimus-Eluting Stents and Sirolimus-Eluting Stents 4 Jun 2013 | 02:00 am
by Matthijs A. Velders, Sjoerd H. Hofma, Jan Brouwer, Cees Jan de Vries, Michel Queré, Adrianus J. van Boven Background Second generation drug-eluting stents were developed to improve the safety and...
The Stroke Oxygen Pilot Study: A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effects of Routine Oxygen Supplementation Early after Acute Stroke—Effect on Key O... 4 Jun 2013 | 02:00 am
by Khalid Ali, Anushka Warusevitane, Frank Lally, Julius Sim, Sheila Sills, Sarah Pountain, Tracy Nevatte, Martin Allen, Christine Roffe Introduction Post-stroke hypoxia is common, and may adversely...
Comparative Efficacy of Seven Psychotherapeutic Interventions for Patients with Depression: A Network Meta-Analysis 29 May 2013 | 02:00 am
by Jürgen Barth, Thomas Munder, Heike Gerger, Eveline Nüesch, Sven Trelle, Hansjörg Znoj, Peter Jüni, Pim Cuijpers Background Previous meta-analyses comparing the efficacy of psychotherapeutic inter...
Are Treatments More Effective than Placebos? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 16 May 2013 | 02:00 am
by Jeremy Howick, Claire Friedemann, Maria Tsakok, Robert Watson, Teresa Tsakok, Jennifer Thomas, Rafael Perera, Susannah Fleming, Carl Heneghan Background Placebos are widely used in clinical pract...
