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BMC Medicine is pleased to share with you our January content update, featuring journal news, top articles and our most recent table of contents.
Featured Article The lifetime and 12-month prevalence of eating disorders (ED) and potential risk factors were assessed in a study cohort of 5,320 UK women. The prevalence of ED in women in their 40s and 50s was greater than expected, at 3.6%, and only a minor fraction had sought help or received treatment. Childhood life events and interpersonal sensitivity were associated with all EDs.
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| A new study looks at the placebo effect and how it can be utilized to improve the long-term outcome in heart surgery patients. In this blog the authors of the study discuss their findings and explore how patient expectations are a major mechanism that causes the placebo effect. |
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| The Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) is an established tool used to assess the physical performance of a patient's lower extremities. A meta-analysis looks at whether a patient's SPPB score can be used a predictor for all cause mortality. Here, lead author of the study, Rita Pavasini, tells us more. |
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| In order to provide the most effective treatment for low back pain and to treat those most in need, screening instruments can be used to best allocate care; however there is uncertainty over their prognostic performance. A new systematic review looks to assess how accurately screening instruments can classify those with an episode of low back pain who will have a poor outcome. Here author, Emma Karran, tells us more. |
Table of Contents Commentary
Editorial
Minireview
| Translational models for vascular cognitive impairment: a review including larger species | | Atticus H. Hainsworth, Stuart M. Allan, Johannes Boltze, Catriona Cunningham, Chad Farris, Elizabeth Head, Masafumi Ihara, Jeremy D. Isaacs, Raj N. Kalaria, Saskia A. M. J. Lesnik Oberstein, Mark B. Moss, Björn Nitzsche… | | BMC Medicine 2017 15:16 |
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Research
| Characteristics and knowledge synthesis approach for 456 network meta-analyses: a scoping review | | Wasifa Zarin, Areti Angeliki Veroniki, Vera Nincic, Afshin Vafaei, Emily Reynen, Sanober S. Motiwala, Jesmin Antony, Shannon M. Sullivan, Patricia Rios, Caitlin Daly, Joycelyne Ewusie, Maria Petropoulou… | | BMC Medicine 2017 15:3 |
| Plasma proteome and metabolome characterization of an experimental human thyrotoxicosis model | | Maik Pietzner, Beatrice Engelmann, Tim Kacprowski, Janine Golchert, Anna-Luise Dirk, Elke Hammer, K. Alexander Iwen, Matthias Nauck, Henri Wallaschofski, Dagmar Führer, Thomas F. Münte, Nele Friedrich, Uwe Völker… | | BMC Medicine 2017 15:6 |
| A randomised controlled trial of dietary improvement for adults with major depression (the 'SMILES' trial) | | Felice N. Jacka, Adrienne O'Neil, Rachelle Opie, Catherine Itsiopoulos, Sue Cotton, Mohammedreza Mohebbi, David Castle, Sarah Dash, Cathrine Mihalopoulos, Mary Lou Chatterton, Laima Brazionis, Olivia M. Dean… | | BMC Medicine 2017 15:23 |
Review | Post-stroke dementia – a comprehensive review | | Milija D. Mijajlović, Aleksandra Pavlović, Michael Brainin, Wolf-Dieter Heiss, Terence J. Quinn, Hege B. Ihle-Hansen, Dirk M. Hermann, Einor Ben Assayag, Edo Richard, Alexander Thiel, Efrat Kliper, Yong-Il Shin… | | BMC Medicine 2017 15:11 |
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