Faculty of Medicine and Health: Recent submissions
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Value of routine monitoring of bone mineral density after starting bisphosphonate treatment: secondary analysis of trial data.
Published 2009To assess the value of monitoring response to bisphosphonate treatment by means of measuring bone mineral density. In this paper we investigate the effects of alendronate on bone density at the individual level. We compare ...Open AccessArticle -
Prevalence of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer in Autopsy Studies Over Six Decades: A Meta-Analysis.
Published 2016Differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) incidence has been reported to have increased three- to 15-fold in the past few decades. It is unclear whether this represents overdiagnosis or a true increase in incidence. Therefore, ...Open AccessArticle -
Prevalence of incidental prostate cancer: A systematic review of autopsy studies
Published 2015Prostate cancer screening may detect nonprogressive cancers, leading to overdiagnosis and overtreatment. The potential for overdiagnosis can be assessed from the reservoir of prostate cancer in autopsy studies that report ...Open AccessArticle -
Depression Following Major Life Transitions in Women: A Review and Theory
Published 2020Depression can occur due to common major life transitions, such as giving birth, menopause, retirement, empty-nest transition, and midlife crisis. Although some of these transitions are perceived as positive (e.g., giving ...Article -
The neuropsychological profiles of young psychosis patients with and without current cannabis use
Published 2019Introduction: Evidence suggests that patients with psychosis who have a history of cannabis use, but currently abstain, demonstrate superior cognitive performance than patients who have never used cannabis. The present ...Article