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Developing the evidence base for cancer chemoprevention: Use of meta-analysis
(2011)
Meta-analysis is a quantitative approach for systematically combining the results of previous studies in order to arrive at conclusions about the body of research. It answers a specific research question, includes an ...
Developing Measures of Pathways that May Link Macro Social/Structural Changes with HIV Epidemiology
(2016)
Macro-social/structural events (“big events”) such as wars, disasters, and large-scale changes in policies can affect HIV transmission by making risk behaviors more or less likely or by changing risk contexts. The purpose ...
HIV/AIDS: Recent advances in antiretroviral agents
(2009)
Despite the considerable progress in antiretroviral therapy, the eradication of HIV-1 remains unfeasible. Therefore, novel agents are under investigation. The aim of this review is to summarize the conventional compounds, ...
The effect of homocysteine on the clinical outcomes of ventilated patients with severe sepsis
(2010)
Background. There is considerable evidence that elevated plasma homocysteine levels are associated with a prothrombotic milieu, whereas activation of the coagulation cascade is an important component of the pathogenesis ...
Metabolic syndrome and its components as predictors of all-cause mortality and coronary heart disease in type 2 diabetic patients
(2007)
Background: There is no consistent evidence regarding the prognostic value of metabolic syndrome (MS) in predicting all-cause mortality and coronary heart disease (CHD) risk among type 2 diabetic patients. We sought to ...
HBV-DNA levels predict overall mortality in HIV/HBV coinfected individuals
(2016)
The coinfection of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been associated with increased death rates. However, the relevant research has mostly relied on serologic HBV testing [HBV surface antigen ...
HIV epidemiology in Greece
(2008)
Greece has experienced early the effect of HIV/AIDS on morbidity and mortality. The era of highly active antiretroviral therapy has alleviated many of the consequences of the epidemic, however, HIV infection remains an ...
Condom effectiveness in reducing heterosexual HIV transmission: a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies on HIV serodiscordant couples
(2016)
Objective: This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to reassess the effectiveness of condoms in reducing heterosexual transmission of HIV. Methods: Medline, Scopus, and the ISI Web of Science databases were searched ...
Can statin therapy reduce the risk of melanoma? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
(2010)
A growing body of literature suggests that statins may have a chemopreventive potential against melanoma through pleiotropic anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, and antiangiogenesis mechanisms. Our aim was to examine this ...
Human immunodeficiency virus in injecting drug users in Europe following a reported increase of cases in Greece and Romania, 2011
(2011)
Greece and Romania reported an increased number of HIV cases among injecting drug users (IDUs) during 2011. Most European countries reported no changes in the rate of newly diagnosed cases of HIV or HIV prevalence in IDUs; ...