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Frequency and predictors of estimated HIV transmissions and bacterial STI acquisition among HIV-positive patients in HIV care across three continents
(International AIDS Society, 2016)Introduction: Successful global treatment as prevention (TasP) requires identifying HIV-positive individuals at high risk for transmitting HIV, and having impact via potential infections averted. This study estimated the ... -
Frequency, Type, and Volume of Leisure-time Physical Activity and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Young Women
(American Heart Association, 2016)BACKGROUND: The inverse association between physical activity and coronary heart disease (CHD) risk has primarily been shown in studies of middle-aged and older adults. Evidence for the benefits of frequency, type, and ... -
Frequent Intra-Subtype Recombination among HIV-1 Circulating in Tanzania
(Public Library of Science, 2013)The study estimated the prevalence of HIV-1 intra-subtype recombinant variants among female bar and hotel workers in Tanzania. While intra-subtype recombination occurs in HIV-1, it is generally underestimated. HIV-1 env ... -
Frequent nut consumption and risk of coronary heart disease in women: prospective cohort study
(1998)Objective To examine the relation between nut consumption and risk of coronary heart disease in a cohort of women from the Nurses' Health Study.Design Prospective cohort studySetting Nurses' Health Study.Subjects 86 016 ... -
Frequent utilization of the emergency department for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(BioMed Central, 2014)Background: Little is known about patients who frequently visit the emergency department (ED) for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD). We aimed to quantify the proportion and characteristics ... -
FRESCo: finding regions of excess synonymous constraint in diverse viruses
(BioMed Central, 2015)Background: The increasing availability of sequence data for many viruses provides power to detect regions under unusual evolutionary constraint at a high resolution. One approach leverages the synonymous substitution rate ... -
Fresh Start, a postpartum weight loss intervention for diverse low-income women: design and methods for a randomized clinical trial
(BioMed Central, 2016)Background: Overweight and obesity are prevalent among young women and are greater among minority and low-income women. The postpartum period is critical in women’s weight trajectories as many women do not lose their ... -
Fried food consumption, genetic risk, and body mass index: gene-diet interaction analysis in three US cohort studies
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2014)Objective: To examine the interactions between genetic predisposition and consumption of fried food in relation to body mass index (BMI) and obesity. Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: Health professionals in the ... -
Fried-food consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease: a prospective study in 2 cohorts of US women and men
(Oxford University Press, 2014)Background: Through the processes of oxidation, polymerization, and hydrogenation, the cooking method of frying modifies both foods and their frying medium. However, it remains unknown whether the frequent consumption of ... -
From cell biology to the microbiome: An intentional infinite loop
(The Rockefeller University Press, 2015)Cell biology is the study of the structure and function of the unit or units of living organisms. Enabled by current and evolving technologies, cell biologists today are embracing new scientific challenges that span many ... -
From Epidemic Meningitis Vaccines for Africa to the Meningitis Vaccine Project
(Oxford University Press, 2015)Background. Polysaccharide vaccines had been used to control African meningitis epidemics for >30 years but with little or modest success, largely because of logistical problems in the implementation of reactive vaccination ... -
From Ideals to Tools: Applying Human Rights to Maternal Health
(Public Library of Science, 2013)Alicia Yamin argues that applying human rights frameworks and approaches to maternal health offers strategies and tools to address the root causes of maternal morbidity and mortality within and beyond health systems, in ... -
From scaling up to sustainability in HIV: potential lessons for moving forward
(BioMed Central, 2013)Background: In 30 years of experience in responding to the HIV epidemic, critical decisions and program characteristics for successful scale-up have been studied. Now leaders face a new challenge: sustaining large-scale ... -
From the Affordable Care Act to Affordable Care
(American Medical Association (AMA), 2015)Health reform is a process, not a destination. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) will not be the last word in health policy any more than were Medicare and Medicaid. The ACA focused primarily on extending insurance coverage. ... -
From Wealth to Health: Modelling the Distribution of Income Per Capita at the Sub-National Level Using Night-Time Light Imagery
(BioMed Central, 2005)Background: Sub-national figures providing information about the wealth of the population are useful in defining the spatial distribution of both economic activity and poverty within any given country. Furthermore, since ... -
Fructose, glycemic load, and quantity and quality of carbohydrate in relation to plasma C-peptide concentrations in US women
(Oxford University Press, 2004)Background: Circulating C-peptide concentrations are associated with insulin resistance and the development of type 2 diabetes. However, associations between fructose and the quantity and quality of total carbohydrate ... -
Fruit and vegetable consumption and mortality from all causes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer: systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2014)Objective: To examine and quantify the potential dose-response relation between fruit and vegetable consumption and risk of all cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality. Data sources Medline, Embase, and the Cochrane ... -
Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and the Incidence of Hypertension in Three Prospective Cohort Studies
(American Heart Association, 2016)Increased fruit and vegetable intake lowers blood pressure in short-term interventional studies. However, data on the association of long-term intake of fruits and vegetables with hypertension risk are scarce. We prospectively ... -
Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Incidence of Bladder Cancer in a Male Prospective Cohort
(Oxford University Press, 1999)