Background The medical, societal, and economic impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pandemic has unknown effects on overall population mortality. Previous models …

Background Small studies suggest peanut oral immunotherapy (OIT) might be effective in the
treatment of peanut allergy. We aimed to establish the efficacy of OIT for the desensitisation …

Objectives To estimate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer care services and
overall (direct and indirect) excess deaths in people with cancer. Methods We employed near …

Background Cancer and multiple non-cancer conditions are considered by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as high risk conditions in the COVID-19 emergency. …

Aims Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) increase mortality risk from coronavirus infection (COVID-19).
There are also concerns that the pandemic has affected supply and demand of …

… High white blood cells within the reference range (8.65-10.05 × 10 9 /L) was associated
with significantly increased mortality compared with the middle quintile (6.25-7.25 × 10 9 /…

Early graft loss (EGL) after kidney transplantation is a catastrophic outcome that is assumed
to be more likely after the use of kidneys from suboptimal donors. We therefore examined its …

Ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI) that develops after liver implantation may prejudice long‐term
graft survival, but it remains poorly understood. Here we correlate the severity of IRIs that …

Background Targeted obesity prevention policies would benefit from the identification of
population groups with the highest risk of weight gain. The relative importance of adult age, sex, …

Importance Differences in the organization and financing of health systems may produce more
or less equitable outcomes for advantaged vs disadvantaged populations. We compared …