Background Frailty is associated with older age and multimorbidity (two or more long-term
conditions); however, little is known about its prevalence or effects on mortality in younger …

Background Understanding of the role of ethnicity and socioeconomic position in the risk of
developing SARS-CoV-2 infection is limited. We investigated this in the UK Biobank study. …

Background Multimorbidity is associated with higher mortality, but the relationship with
cancer and cardiovascular mortality is unclear. The influence of demographics and type of …

This paper seeks to give an overview of the role of clinical empathy in therapy and in the
physician-patient relationship. Researchers have offered definitions of empathy in the clinical …

Background Alcohol consumption is a leading contributor to death and disability worldwide,
but previous research has not examined the effects of different patterns of alcohol …

Aims To examine the number and type of co-morbid long-term health conditions (LTCs) and
their associations with all-cause mortality in an atrial fibrillation (AF) population. Methods …

Objective This study aims: (1) to describe the pattern and extent of multimorbidity and
polypharmacy in UK Biobank participants with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and (…

Background There is emerging interest in multimorbidity in type 2 diabetes (T2D), which can
be either concordant (T2D related) or discordant (unrelated), as a way of understanding the …

Objective To examine the association between depression and clinical outcomes in heart
failure (HF) in a community cohort. Patients and Methods HF patients in Minnesota, United …

Background: Child maltreatment is associated with long-term conditions (LTCs) in adulthood.
Its relationship to multimorbidity (≥2 LTCs) is less clear. We explore the relationship …