Physical activity is inversely associated with multimorbidity in elderly men: results from the KORA-Age Augsburg Study (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: Physical activity is suggested to play a key role in the prevention of several chronic diseases. However, data on the association between physical activity and multimorbidity are lacking. M
Community-directed treatment of onchocerciasis with ivermectin in Takum, Nigeria (Publications)
A study to identify factors within the community that can ensure sustainable community-directed treatment (ComDT) with ivermectin compared the effectiveness of programme-designed (PD) and community- d
Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome in Switzerland: a comparison of a survey and official statistics (Publications)
A survey in all neonatal intensive care units in Switzerland showed that most children with a birth weight below 2000 g (identified in the birth statistics) are hospitalised in those units. Also compa
Breast cancer screening: should it be introduced and how? (Publications)
This brief discussion of the papers by Gastrin and Paccaud is looking at differences in the results of different study types. Introducing screening means changing unsystematic to systematic screening:
Comparison of SYBR Green I-, PicoGreen-, and [H-3]-hypoxanthine-based assays for in vitro antimalarial screening of plants from Nigerian ethnomedicine (Publications)
The standard method for in vitro antimalarial drug screening is based on the isotopic assay which is expensive and utilizes radioactive materials with limited availability, safety, and disposal proble
The transcription factor Rfx3 regulates {beta}-cell differentiation, function and glucokinase expression (Publications)
AbstractObjectives: Pancreatic islets of perinatal mice lacking the transcription factor Rfx3 exhibit a marked reduction in insulin-producing beta-cells. The objective of this work was to unravel the