07/25/2024
Editorial
Breaking our daily “ultra-processed” bread
In this Editorial, Giles Yeo discusses if it is possible that the “ultra-processed” food concept could be doing more harm than good.
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October 15, 2024
Manufactured meals: The challenges of ultraprocessed foods
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10/15/2024
Perspective
Ultraprocessed food (UPF), health, and mechanistic uncertainty: What should we be advising the public to do about UPFs?
Eric Robinson and Alexandra M. Johnstone discuss why current mechanistic uncertainty on ultraprocessed foods and health acts as a major challenge to providing informed dietary guidelines and public advice on UPF.
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10/09/2024
Research Article
Cost-effectiveness of a patient-reported outcome-based remote monitoring and alert intervention for early detection of critical recovery after joint replacement: A randomised controlled trial
Lukas Schöner and team assess the cost-effectiveness of a patient-reported outcome measure-based monitoring and alert intervention for early detection of critical recovery paths following hip and knee replacement.
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09/27/2024
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09/26/2024
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Levels and functionality of Pacific Islanders’ hybrid humoral immune response to BNT162b2 vaccination and delta/omicron infection: A cohort study in New Caledonia
Catherine Camille Inizan and colleagues evaluate the hybrid humoral immune response to COVID-19 infection and vaccination across a variety of Pacific Islander communities and present data on a poorly-studied population.
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09/24/2024
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Shuo Wang and colleagues apply machine learning to develop proteomic aging clocks from 5000 proteins sampled from participants at mid- and late-life and explore the impact of lifestyle factors and medical conditions on biological aging and the association with mortality.
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09/16/2024
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The incidence of postoperative periprosthetic femoral fracture following total hip replacement: An analysis of UK National Joint Registry and Hospital Episodes statistics data
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HIV, malnutrition, and noncommunicable disease epidemics among tuberculosis-affected households in east and southern Africa: A cross-sectional analysis of the ERASE-TB cohort
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Antimicrobial Resistance: Addressing a Global Threat to Humanity
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Global incidence in hospital-associated infections resistant to antibiotics: An analysis of point prevalence surveys from 99 countries
Ruchita Balasubramanian and colleagues, estimate the incidence of hospital-associated infections resistant to antibiotics in 195 countries using point prevalence survey data.
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Patterns of antibiotic use, pathogens, and prediction of mortality in hospitalized neonates and young infants with sepsis: A global neonatal sepsis observational cohort study (NeoOBS)
James Neal Russell and colleagues explore antibiotic use and mortality prediction in hospitalised neonates and infants with sepsis.
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Antimicrobial resistance: Strengthening surveillance for public health action
Silvia Bertagnolio, Amitabh Bipin Suthar, Olga Tosas and Kitty Van Weezenbeek discuss surveillance of antimicrobial resistance, the existing limitations and the implications this has on accurate determination of incidence.
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Implications of reducing antibiotic treatment duration for antimicrobial resistance in hospital settings: A modelling study and meta-analysis
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