Patterns of benzodiazepine prescription among older adults in Switzerland: a cross-sectional analysis of claims data (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to examine the prevalence and determinants of benzodiazepine prescription among older adults in Switzerland, and analyse association with hospitalisation and costs. DESIGN:
Rabies (Publications)
The inevitably fatal outcome of rabies makes it one of the most well-known and feared zoonoses. But rabies is still a neglected zoonotic disease (NZD), despite being one of the oldest diseases known.
Assessing the quality of cause of death data in six high-income countries: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Japan and Switzerland (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: To assess the policy utility of national cause of death (COD) data of six high-income countries with highly developed health information systems. METHODS: National COD data sets from Austr
Adverse cardiovascular effects of traffic noise with a focus on nighttime noise and the new WHO noise guidelines (Publications)
Exposure to traffic noise is associated with stress and sleep disturbances. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently concluded that road traffic noise increases the risk for ischemic heart disease
Burden of injuries in Vietnam: emerging trends from a decade of economic achievement (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Vietnam has been one of the fastest-growing world economies in the past decade. The burden of injuries can be affected by economic growth given the increased exposure to causes of injury a
Informed consent procedure in a double blind randomized anthelminthic trial on Pemba Island, Tanzania: do pamphlet and information session increase... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In clinical research, obtaining informed consent from participants is an ethical and legal requirement. Conveying the information concerning the study can be done using multiple methods ye
Association of adult lung function with accelerated biological aging (Publications)
Lung function, strongly associated with morbidity and mortality, decreases with age. This study examines whether poor adult lung function is associated with age accelerations (AAs). DNA methylation (D
Clinical study on the melarsoprol-related encephalopathic syndrome: risk factors and HLA association (Publications)
Melarsoprol administration for the treatment of late-stage human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is associated with the development of an unpredictable and badly characterized encephalopathic syndrome (
Malaria: «Einstein» und die Spritze der Hoffnung (Publications)
In Afrika läuft die weltweit erste Impfkampagne gegen Malaria. In Ghana, Malawi und Kenia werden bis 2022 gegen zwei Millionen Kleinkinder mit dem Vakzin «RTS’S» geimpft. «Einstein» hat die Entwicklun