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  • Glycemic Control and Effects of Canagliflozin in Reducing Albuminuria and eGFR: A Post Hoc Analysis of the CREDENCE Trial

    Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

    March 31, 2023

    Clinical Trials
    Nephrology

    Hoek S van der, Jongs N, Oshima M, Neuen BL, Stevens J, Perkovic V, Levin A, Mahaffey KW, Pollock C, Greene T, Wheeler DC, Jardine MJ, Heerspink HJL

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  • Mapping EQ5D utilities from forced vital capacity and diffusing capacity in fibrotic interstitial lung disease

    Wong AW, Sun H, Cox IA, Fisher JH, Khalil N, Johannson KA, Marcoux V, Assayag D, Manganas H, Kolb M, Palmer AJ, Graaff B de, Walters EH, Hopkins P, Zappala C, Goh NS, Moodley Y, Navaratnam V, Corte TJ, Ryerson CJ, Zhang W

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  • Antidepressant use in low- middle- and high-income countries: a World Mental Health Surveys report

    Kazdin AE, Wu C-S, Hwang I, Puac-Polanco V, Sampson NA, Al-Hamzawi A, Alonso J, Andrade LH, Benjet C, Caldas-de-Almeida J-M, Girolamo G de, Jonge P de, Florescu S, Gureje O, Haro JM, Harris MG, Karam EG, Karam G, Kovess-Masfety V, Lee S, McGrath JJ, Navarro-Mateu F, Nishi D, Oladeji BD, Posada-Villa J, Stein DJ, Üstün TB, Vigo DV, Zarkov Z, Zaslavsky AM, Kessler RC, Atwoli L, Altwaijri Y, Borges G, Bromet EJ, Bunting B, Kiejna A, Scott KM, Have M ten.

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  • Evaluating the psychosocial status of BC children and youth during the COVID-19 pandemic: A MyHEARTSMAP cross-sectional study

    Woodward ML, Hossain A, Chun A, Liu C, Kilyk K, Bone JN, Meckler G, Black T, Stewart SE, Samji H, Barbic S, Doan Q

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  • Utilization of telehealth in paediatric genome-wide sequencing: Health services implementation issues in the CAUSES Study

    Elliott AM, Dragojlovic N, Campbell T, Adam S, du Souich C, Fryer M, Lehman A, Karnebeek C van, Lynd LD, Friedman JM

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  • What Is a School Farm? Results of a Scoping Review

    Int J Environ Res Public Health

    March 30, 2023

    Public Health
    Youth & Young Adults

    Blair SA, Edwards G, Yu K, Jovel E, Powell LJ, Renwick K, Conklin AI.

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  • Cannabis use preferences in women with myofascial pelvic pain: A cross-sectional study

    Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol X

    March 30, 2023

    Chronic Conditions

    Yang EC, Koenig NA, Gong M, Brotto LA, Barr AM, Lee T, Yong PJ, Geoffrion R

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  • A Survey Study to Examine Willingness to Travel for Transplantation and Consider Commercial Transplantation Among a Multiethnic Cohort of Canadians

    Kidney Int Rep

    February 8, 2023

    Nephrology
    Organ Transplant
    Patient Preferences

    Gill J, Clark S, Gill G, Gill J, Richardson C

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  • Adding nuance to dietary prescriptions: does sodium reduction benefit people already losing weight?

    J Hum Hypertens

    March 17, 2023

    Eating Disorders & Nutrition
    Editorial
    Hypertension

    Delgado-Ron JA, López-Jaramillo P, Karim ME

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  • Estimated cost-effectiveness of point-of-care testing in community pharmacies versus self-testing and standard laboratory testing for HIV

    Mital S, Kelly D, Hughes C, Nosyk B, Thavorn K, Nguyen HV

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  • Role of precision medicine in obstructive sleep apnoea

    BMJ Med

    January 5, 2023

    Public Health
    Sleep & Health

    Liu Y, Ghafoor AA, Hajipour M, Ayas N

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  • Evaluation of transcutaneous near-infrared spectroscopy for early detection of cardiac arrest in an animal model

    Raschdorf K, Mohseni A, Hogle K, Cheung A, So K, Manouchehri N, Khalili M, Lingawi S, Grunau B, Kuo C, Christenson J, Shadgan B

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