| | Dear Dr Wirawan,
We are pleased to share with you our December content update, featuring journal news, top articles and our most recent table of contents. Featured Article A systematic review and meta-analysis reveal that increasing nut consumption by a handful (28 grams) is associated with lower risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer. Significant reductions were seen also for all-cause mortality and mortality from cancer, respiratory disease, diabetes, and infections.
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| Published today in BMC Medicine, a new meta-analysis examines the evidence on the association between magnesium intake and the risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and all-cause mortality. Using data from more than a million people across nine countries it is the largest study of its kind to date. Here lead author Dr. Fudi Wang tells us more. |
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| In a recent study published in BMC Medicine, we set out to explore the way that decisions are made surrounding infection management. We report a study to map the decision making process of medical physicians in secondary care for acute infection management and investigate factors which may hinder or facilitate the effective use of antibiotics. |
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Research | Adult-onset Still's disease: evaluation of prognostic tools and validation of the systemic score by analysis of 100 cases from three centers | | Piero Ruscitti, Paola Cipriani, Francesco Masedu, Daniela Iacono, Francesco Ciccia, Vasiliki Liakouli, Giuliana Guggino, Francesco Carubbi, Onorina Berardicurti, Paola Di Benedetto, Marco Valenti, Giovanni Triolo… | | BMC Medicine 2016 14:194 |
| Nut consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer, all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies | | Dagfinn Aune, NaNa Keum, Edward Giovannucci, Lars T. Fadnes, Paolo Boffetta, Darren C. Greenwood, Serena Tonstad, Lars J. Vatten, Elio Riboli and Teresa Norat | | BMC Medicine 2016 14:207 |
| Dietary magnesium intake and the risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and all-cause mortality: a dose–response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies | | Xuexian Fang, Kai Wang, Dan Han, Xuyan He, Jiayu Wei, Lu Zhao, Mustapha Umar Imam, Zhiguang Ping, Yusheng Li, Yuming Xu, Junxia Min and Fudi Wang | | BMC Medicine 2016 14:210 |
| Metabolic profiling of pregnancy: cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence | | Qin Wang, Peter Würtz, Kirsi Auro, Ville-Petteri Mäkinen, Antti J. Kangas, Pasi Soininen, Mika Tiainen, Tuulia Tynkkynen, Jari Jokelainen, Kristiina Santalahti, Marko Salmi, Stefan Blankenberg, Tanja Zeller, Jorma Viikari… | | BMC Medicine 2016 14:205 |
| Short Physical Performance Battery and all-cause mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis | | Rita PavasiniEmail author, Jack Guralnik, Justin C. Brown, Mauro di Bari, Matteo Cesari, Francesco Landi, Bert Vaes, Delphine Legrand, Joe Verghese, Cuiling Wang, Sari Stenholm, Luigi Ferrucci, Jennifer C. Lai, Anna Arnau… | | BMC Medicine 2016 14:215 |
| Comparative safety and effectiveness of serotonin receptor antagonists in patients undergoing chemotherapy: a systematic review and network meta-analysis | | Andrea C. Tricco, Erik Blondal, Areti Angeliki Veroniki, Charlene Soobiah, Afshin Vafaei, John Ivory, Lisa Strifler, Roberta Cardoso, Emily Reynen, Vera Nincic, Huda Ashoor, Joanne Ho, Carmen Ng, Christy Johnson, Erin Lillie… | | BMC Medicine 2016 14:216 |
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