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Aspirin Dose and Duration of Use and Risk of Colorectal Cancer in Men
(BMC, 2008)Background: & Aims: Long-term data on the risk of colorectal cancer according to dose, duration, and consistency of aspirin therapy are limited. Methods: We conducted a prospective study of 47,363 male health professionals ... -
Aspirin for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials and Subgroup Analysis by Sex and Diabetes Status
(Public Library of Science, 2014)Objective: To evaluate the benefits and harms of aspirin for the primary prevention of CVD and determine whether the effects vary by sex and diabetes status. Methods: We searched Medline, Embase, and Cochrane databases for ... -
Aspirin intake and breast cancer survival – a nation-wide study using prospectively recorded data in Sweden
(BioMed Central, 2014)Background: Aspirin (ASA) use has been associated with improved breast cancer survival in several prospective studies. Methods: We conducted a nested case–control study of ASA use after a breast cancer diagnosis among women ... -
Aspirin Intake and Survival After Breast Cancer
(American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2010)Purpose: nimal and in vitro studies suggest that aspirin may inhibit breast cancer metastasis. We studied whether aspirin use among women with breast cancer decreased their risk of death from breast cancer.MethodsThis was ... -
Aspirin use after a prostate cancer diagnosis and cancer survival in a prospective cohort
(American Association for Cancer Research, 2012)Experimental and clinical data suggest that aspirin and other nonsteroidal inflammatory drugs may delay the progression of prostate cancer through inhibition of the COX pathway and its effects on cellular proliferation, ... -
Aspirin Use and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation in the Physicians' Health Study
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2014)Background: Inflammatory processes have been associated with an increased risk of atrial fibrillation (AF), potentially allowing for preventive therapy by anti‐inflammatory agents such as aspirin. However, the effect of ... -
Aspirin Use and Risk of Colorectal Cancer According to BRAF Mutation Status
(American Medical Association, 2013)Importance Aspirin use reduces the risk of colorectal carcinoma. Experimental evidence implicates a role of RAF kinases in up-regulation of prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2 (PTGS2, cyclooxygenase 2), suggesting that ... -
Aspirin Use, 8q24 Single Nucleotide Polymorphism rs6983267, and Colorectal Cancer According to CTNNB1 Alterations
(Oxford University Press, 2013)Regular aspirin use reduces the risk for colorectal cancer (CRC), possibly through inhibition of WNT/cadherin-associated protein 1 (CTNNB1 or -catenin) signaling. The single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs6983267 on ... -
Aspirin Use, Body Mass Index, Physical Activity, Plasma C-Peptide, and Colon Cancer Risk in US Health Professionals
(Oxford University Press, 2011)Aspirin use decreases colon cancer risk, but this association may vary among population subgroups. The aspirin-colon cancer association was evaluated according to body mass index and physical activity in 1,701 incident ... -
Assessing and adjusting for differences between HIV prevalence estimates derived from national population-based surveys and antenatal care surveillance, with applications for Spectrum 2013
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2014)Objective(s): To assess differences between HIV prevalence estimates derived from national population surveys and antenatal care (ANC) surveillance sites and to improve the calibration of ANC-derived estimates in Spectrum ... -
Assessing and Responding to Palliative Care Needs in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa: Results from a Model Intervention and Situation Analysis in Malawi
(Public Library of Science, 2014)Introduction: Palliative care is rarely accessible in rural sub-Saharan Africa. Partners In Health and the Malawi government established the Neno Palliative Care Program (NPCP) to provide palliative care in rural Neno ... -
Assessing Biases in the Evaluation of Classification Assays for HIV Infection Recency
(Public Library of Science, 2015)Identifying recent HIV infection cases has important public health and clinical implications. It is essential for estimating incidence rates to monitor epidemic trends and evaluate the effectiveness of interventions. ... -
Assessing care providers’ perceptions and beliefs about physical activity in infants and toddlers: baseline findings from the Baby NAP SACC study
(BioMed Central, 2015)Background: As children now spend increasing amounts of time in out-of-home care, care providers play an important role in promoting positive health behaviors. Little is currently known about providers’ perceptions and ... -
Assessing Children’s Dietary Pesticide Exposure: Direct Measurement of Pesticide Residues in 24-Hr Duplicate Food Samples
(National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2010)Background: The data presented here are a response to calls for more direct measurements of pesticide residues in foods consumed by children and provide an opportunity to compare direct measures of pesticide residues in ... -
Assessing disability weights based on the responses of 30,660 people from four European countries
(BioMed Central, 2015)Background: In calculations of burden of disease using disability-adjusted life years, disability weights are needed to quantify health losses relating to non-fatal outcomes, expressed as years lived with disability. In ... -
Assessing Early Access to Care and Child Survival during a Health System Strengthening Intervention in Mali: A Repeated Cross Sectional Survey
(Public Library of Science, 2013)Background: In 2012, 6.6 million children under age five died worldwide, most from diseases with known means of prevention and treatment. A delivery gap persists between well-validated methods for child survival and ... -
Assessing equity of healthcare utilization in rural China: results from nationally representative surveys from 1993 to 2008
(BioMed Central, 2013)Background: The phenomenon of inequitable healthcare utilization in rural China interests policymakers and researchers; however, the inequity has not been actually measured to present the magnitude and trend using nationally ... -
Assessing global dietary habits: a comparison of national estimates from the FAO and the Global Dietary Database1234
(American Society for Nutrition, 2015)Background: Accurate data on dietary habits are crucial for understanding impacts on disease and informing policy priorities. Nation-specific food balance sheets from the United Nations FAO provided the only available ... -
Assessing Health and Economic Outcomes of Interventions to Reduce Pregnancy-Related Mortality in Nigeria
(BioMed Central, 2012)Background: Women in Nigeria face some of the highest maternal mortality risks in the world. We explore the benefits and cost-effectiveness of individual and integrated packages of interventions to prevent pregnancy-related ... -
Assessing healthcare providers' knowledge and practices relating to insecticide-treated nets and the prevention of malaria in Ghana, Laos, Senegal and Tanzania
(Springer Science + Business Media, 2011)Background: Research evidence is not always being disseminated to healthcare providers who need it to inform their clinical practice. This can result in the provision of ineffective services and an inefficient use of ...