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  • National strategy on the integration of sleep and circadian rhythms into public health research and policies: Report from the Canadian Sleep and Circadian Network

    Sleep Health

    August 10, 2022

    Public Health
    Sleep & Health

    Chaput JP, Gariépy G, Pendharkar SR, Ayas NT, Samuels C, Vallières A, Davidson JR, Morin CM, Simonelli G, Bourguinat C, Gruber R, Petit D, Narang I, Viau V, Carrier J

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  • Highlighting the need for investment and innovation in ART retention interventions

    Nosyk B, Humphrey L

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  • Measuring, Analyzing, and Presenting Work Productivity Loss in Randomized Controlled Trials: A Scoping Review

    Value Health

    August 9, 2022

    Clinical Trials
    Work & Productivity

    Zhang W, Tocher P, L’Heureux J, Sou J, Sun H

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  • The social and economic impacts of cervical cancer on women and children in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review

    Int J Gynaecol Obstet

    August 13, 2022

    Cancer
    Global Health
    Health Economics

    Dau H, Trawin J, Nakisige C, Payne BA, Vidler M, Singer J, Orem J, Smith L, Ogilvie G

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  • Developmental evaluation during the COVID-19 pandemic: Practice-based learnings from projects in British Columbia, Canada

    Iyamu I, Berger M, Fernando S, Snow ME, Salmon A

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  • Eligibility for Noninvasive Testing Based on the 2021 American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Guideline for the Evaluation and Diagnosis of Stable Chest Pain: Implications From the PROMISE Trial

    Fordyce CB, Hill CL, Foldyna B, Douglas PS; on behalf of the PROMISE Investigators

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  • Female sex and prognosis following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: does lack of statistical significance equal clinically insignificant?

    Choi JI, Fordyce CB

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  • Are higher antibody levels against seasonal human coronaviruses associated with a more robust humoral immune response after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination?

    Front Immunol

    August 1, 2022

    COVID-19
    Editorial
    Vaccines

    Asamoah-Boaheng M, Grunau B, Karim ME, Jassem AN, Bolster J, Marquez AC, Scheuermeyer FX, Goldfarb DM

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  • Opium tincture versus methadone for opioid agonist treatment: A randomized controlled trial

    Nikoo M, Kianpoor K, Nikoo N, Javidanbardan S, Kazemi A, Choi F, Vogel M, Gholami A, Tavakoli S, Wong JSH, Moazen-Zadeh E, Givaki R, Jazani M, Mohammadian F, Moghaddam NM, Schütz C, Jang K, Akhondzadeh S, Krausz M

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  • Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on HCV care cascade in Rwanda: Ecological study from July 2019 to June 2021

    Makuza JD, Jeong D, Soe P, Bartlett S, García HAV, Binka M, Adu P, Dushimiyimana D, Dushimiyimana V, Maliza C, Nisingizwe MP, Rwibasira G, Tuyishime A, Janjua NZ

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  • The Impact of 51 Risk Factors on Life Expectancy in Canada: Findings from a New Risk Prediction Model Based on Data from the Global Burden of Disease Study

    Int J Environ Res Public Health

    July 23, 2022

    Environmental Health
    Modelling & Risk Prediction
    Public Health

    Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Shams B, Li LC, Xie H, Feehan LM, Esdaile JM

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  • Global and regional projections of the economic burden of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias from 2019 to 2050: A value of statistical life approach

    Nandi A, Counts N, Chen S, Seligman B, Tortorice D, Vigo D, Bloom DE

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