Significant gender disparities are present in academic medicine. Women physicians are paid less than their male peers, take longer to…
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Malaria and risk of lymphoid neoplasms and other cancer: a nationwide population-based cohort study
Malaria is associated with Burkitt lymphoma among children in Sub-Saharan Africa. No longitudinal studies have assessed the long-term risk of…
Natriuretic peptides for the detection of diastolic dysfunction and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction—a systematic review and meta-analysis
An overview of the diagnostic performance of natriuretic peptides (NPs) for the detection of diastolic dysfunction (DD) and heart failure…
High rate of symptomless COVID-19 infection among grocery store workers
Grocery store employees are likely to be at heightened risk of COVID-19 infection, with those in customer-facing roles 5 times…
Alcohol use disorders
Alcohol use is associated with a significant variety of harms to both the individual and society. Screening for alcohol use…
Perinatal psychiatry
Perinatal psychiatric disorders are common and can result in significant suffering for women and their families: suicide is a leading…
Pharmacological management of depressive disorders
This article outlines current guidelines for the pharmacological treatment of depression, with an update based on recently published information. For…
Ten principles of good psychiatric prescribing
Psychopharmacology is not the sole province of psychiatrists. General practitioners (GPs) should be familiar with the management of common psychiatric…
General principles of psychological therapies
Psychological therapies have been significantly developing in terms of theory and evidence over the past 30 years. They can be…