COVID-19 has imposed a very substantial direct threat to the physical health of those
infected, although the corollary impact on mental health may be even more burdensome …

Rationale Certifications for medical cannabis are generally restricted to a small number of
specific medical conditions, yet patients frequently report symptoms of pain, anxiety, and …

Sleep dysregulation is a feature of dementia but it remains unclear whether sleep duration
prior to old age is associated with dementia incidence. Using data from 7959 participants of …

Background: Early detection of coronary atherosclerosis using coronary computed
tomography angiography (CCTA), in addition to coronary artery calcification (CAC) scoring …

Importance Trends in type 2 diabetes show an increase in prevalence along with younger
age of onset. While vascular complications of early-onset type 2 diabetes are known, the …

Objective To compare established associations between risk factors and mortality in UK
Biobank, a study with an exceptionally low rate of response to its baseline survey, against …

Machine learning methods, combined with large electronic health databases, could enable
a personalised approach to medicine through improved diagnosis and prediction of …

The UK Biobank cohort is a population-based cohort of 500,000 participants recruited in the
United Kingdom (UK) between 2006 and 2010. Approximately 9.2 million individuals aged …

An innovative and accessible guide to doing social research in the digital age. In just the
past several years, we have witnessed the birth and rapid spread of social media, mobile …

Abstract Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) are increasingly popular in the social
sciences, not only in medicine. We argue that the lay public, and sometimes researchers, put …