High glucose alters cardiomyocyte contacts and inhibits myofibrillar formation (Publications)
CONTEXT: The frequency of diabetes-related heart failure along with the prevalence of diabetes is increasing. Diabetic cardiomyopathy is considered to be a distinct disease in the absence of discernib
High prevalence of symptomatic acute HIV infection in an outpatient ward in southern Mozambique: identification and follow-up (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of acute HIV infection (AHI) within the HIV-seronegative adult population presenting with reported fever in a district hospital in southern Mozambique and evalu
Long-term associations of outdoor air pollution with mortality in Great Britain (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Recent studies have indicated long-term effects on mortality of particulate and sulphur dioxide (SO(2)) pollution, but uncertainties remain over the size of any effects, potential latency
Inequality, green spaces, and pregnant women: roles of ethnicity and individual and neighbourhood socioeconomic status (Publications)
Evidence of the impact of green spaces on pregnancy outcomes is limited with no report on how this impact might vary by ethnicity. We investigated the association between residential surrounding green
A geographical model of radio-frequency power density around mobile phone masts (Publications)
Public concern about possible health effects of EMF radiation from mobile phone masts has led to an increase of epidemiological studies and health risk assessments which, in turn, require adequate met
Exposure to aircraft and road traffic noise and associations with heart disease and stroke in six European countries: a cross-sectional study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Although a number of studies have found an association between aircraft noise and hypertension, there is a lack of evidence on associations with other cardiovascular disease. For road traf
