7 Union Hospital, Tong-ji Medical College, Hua-zhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, Wuhan, China 8 Affiliated Hospital of Guiyang Medical College, Guiyang, China 9 Second ...

Background The aims of this study were (1) to estimate 10-year trends in disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) by area-level social disadvantage and (2) to examine how incidence, recovery and ...

4 Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, King’s College London School of Social Science and Public Policy, London, UK Correspondence to M Schuring, Department of Public Health, Erasmus ...

Background The association between resting heart rate (RHR) trajectory patterns based on multiple measurements and the risk ...

Background Many studies have found an increased risk of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) among those with diabetes mellitus (DM). However, evidence on whether the association is bidirectional remains ...

Background The association between socioeconomic disadvantage (low education and/or income) and head and neck cancer is well established, with smoking and alcohol consumption explaining up to ...

Correspondence to Dr Emily Long, MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G3 7HR, UK; emily.long{at}glasgow.ac.uk This essay examines key aspects of social ...

Background There is increasing pressure to tackle the wider social determinants of health through the implementation of appropriate interventions. However, turning these demands for better evidence ...

2 University of Queensland, School of Population Health and Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute 3 University of Queensland, School of Population Health and University of Washington, ...

Background Previous study revealed that social isolation and loneliness are associated with incident type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, the long-term effects of social isolation and loneliness ...

1 Health Promotion Research Centre, School of Health Sciences, NUI Galway, Ireland 2 Children’s Studies, School of Languages, NUI Galway, Ireland Correspondence to Mary Callaghan, Health Promotion ...

Background Bone loss is a major public health concern with large proportions of older women experiencing osteoporotic fractures. Previous research has established a relationship between psychosocial ...