Background Although tuberculosis (TB) is relatively rare in the UK, its diagnosis is important
because diagnostic delays can result in worse outcomes for patients and expose others to …

Background Systemic glucocorticoids are recommended for use in chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations; however, there is increased harm associated with …

We report the existence of a ‘placental clock’, which is active from an early stage in human
pregnancy and determines the length of gestation and the timing of parturition and delivery. …

Regulatory B cells (Bregs) suppress and reduce autoimmune pathology. However, given
the variety of Breg subsets, the role of Bregs in the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes is still …

Objectives: To determine whether awareness of the moderate physical activity message and
prevalence of participation changed among Australian adults between 1997 and 1999, and …

The inversion of experimental temperature-dependent recombination rate data, to obtain
microcanonical rate constants, is discussed and applied to methyl radical recombination. It is …

Importance Soy consumption has been suggested to reduce risk or recurrence of prostate
cancer, but this has not been tested in a randomized trial with prostate cancer as the end point…

… Although some of these mechanisms can explain why some islet autografts fail to achieve
insulin independence, it is difficult to explain the gradual deterioration in C-peptide levels …

In humans, the length of gestation and the onset of parturition have been linked to the
exponential production of placental CRH and a late gestational decline in maternal plasma CRH-…

Aims To ascertain the effects of improvements in diabetic foot services over 18 years on
incidence of diabetic foot ulceration. We also compared survival time from first ulcer …