Background Data on patients with COVID-19 who have cancer are lacking. Here we characterise
the outcomes of a cohort of patients with cancer and COVID-19 and identify potential …

The dynamics of friction have been studied for hundreds of years, yet many aspects of these
everyday processes are not understood. One such aspect is the onset of frictional motion (…

Low back pain (LBP) is a common and disabling disorder in western society. The management
of LBP comprises a range of different intervention strategies including surgery, drug …

Background Patients with cancer may be at high risk of adverse outcomes from severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. We analyzed a cohort of …

Exercise therapy is the most widely used type of conservative treatment for low back pain.
Systematic reviews have shown that exercise therapy is effective for chronic but not for acute …

Background and Purpose— Cervical artery dissection (CAD) is a recognized cause of
ischemic stroke among young and middle-aged individuals. The pathogenesis of dissections is …

Background Obesity has been linked to increased mortality in several cancer types; however,
the relation between obesity and survival outcomes in metastatic melanoma is unknown. …

Bioinspired soft machines made of highly deformable materials are enabling a variety of
innovative applications, yet their locomotion typically requires several actuators that are …

Importance COVID-19 is a life-threatening illness for many patients. Prior studies have
established hematologic cancers as a risk factor associated with particularly poor outcomes from …

The effectiveness of surgery in patients with sciatica due to lumbar disc herniations is not
without dispute. The goal of this study was to assess the effects of surgery versus conservative …