Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, primarily affecting low- and middle income countries and individuals with limited-resources within fractured health care systems. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 ...

In their study, Badawi et al. conducted a systematic review of the available literature to determine the risk of tuberculosis at different body weights. This study tries to summarize the growing body of evidence that relates ...

The prevalence of non-communicable diseases is increasing worldwide, which coincides with the persistence of infectious diseases including tuberculosis. These can synergistically affect individual and population health. ...

Aims: To examine cross-national patterns of 12-month substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and minimally adequate treatment (MAT), and associations with mental disorder comorbidity. Design: Cross-sectional, representative ...

Background: There is relative little information about the prevalence and risk factors of co-morbid anxiety and depression in later life. These disorders are often associated with worse response to treatment than either ...

Hypertension is the most frequence chronic noncomunicable disease (NCD) occurring in early propoductive stage of life and the main risk factor for attributable mortality, years of life lost and years lost for incapacity ...

Depression is one of the most common comorbidities of many chronic medical diseases including cancer and cardiovascular, metabolic, inflammatory and neurological disorders. Indeed, the prevalence of depression in these ...

The importance of co-morbid diabetes and depression is gaining increased attention. Quantifying the socio-economic and clinical impacts of co-morbidity is important given the high costs of these diseases. This review ...

Aims: To assess the prognostic accuracy of comorbidity-adjusted National Early Warning Score in suspected Coronavirus disease 2019 patients transferred from nursing homes by the Emergency Department. Design: Multicentre ...