Skeletal muscle atrophy occurs in many chronic diseases and disuse conditions. Its severity
reduces patient recovery, independence and quality of life. The discovery of two muscle-…

Safe and reliable venous access is mandatory in modern health care, but central venous
catheters ( CVCs ) are associated with significant morbidity and mortality, This paper describes …

The most commonly abused drugs, alcohol and nicotine, are likely also the most costly drugs
in terms of health and societal costs. A large body of evidence from epidemiological studies …

Background : The burden of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remains unclear in many regions
of the world. Objectives : The GBD (Global Burden of Disease) 2015 study integrated data …

Importance Limited information exists about the epidemiology, recognition, management,
and outcomes of patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Objectives To …

Importance The literature focuses on mortality among children younger than 5 years.
Comparable information on nonfatal health outcomes among these children and the fatal and …

Process-specific training can improve performance on untrained tasks, but the magnitude of
gain is variable and often there is no transfer at all. We demonstrate transfer to a 3-back test …

Plastics constitute a large material group with a global annual production that has doubled
in 15 years (245 million tonnes in 2008). Plastics are present everywhere in society and the …

Importance Comprehensive and timely monitoring of disease burden in all age groups,
including children and adolescents, is essential for improving population health. Objective To …

Background The incremental usefulness of adding multiple biomarkers from different
disease pathways for predicting the risk of death from cardiovascular causes has not, to our …