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This cis-mendelian randomization study aims to determine if variations in genetically predicted blood manganese are associated with risk of squamous cell carcinomas of the oral cavity, oropharynx, hyp...

Weak instruments are a well known limitation for valid causal inference in Mendelian randomization studies. In the single exposure setting, weak instrument bias can be mitigated by selecting genetic i...

Author summary Most of the genetic variants associated with complex traits are located outside genes, limiting functional interpretation. Genetic colocalisation helps identify candidate causal genes b...

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Multistate models were developed to model survival data where several midpoints and endpoints are of interest; and they have been particular successful in modeling dynamics of cancer. As in any stati....

Alcohol misuse is a key target of public health strategies aimed at reducing cardiovascular risk. The effect of excessive alcohol consumption on blood pressure may vary systematically with individuals...

Many congratulations to Research Associate at the BSU, Nikita Mozgunov, who has been awarded an NIHR Development and Skills Enhancement (DSE) Award.

Phylodynamics is used to estimate epidemic dynamics from phylogenetic trees or genomic sequences of pathogens, but the likelihood calculations needed can be challenging for complex models. We present ...

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Psychological trauma, such as witnessing an untimely or gruesome death, commonly provokes intrusive memories that might persist for days to years with…

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Research published in the journal BMC Medicine demonstrates a link between greater alcohol consumption and higher risk of some cancer types.

Background Alcohol consumption has been linked to cancer risk. Evidence is strongest for seven cancer types: breast, colorectum, oesophagus, liver, mouth, pharynx, and larynx. However, evidence suppor...

Largescale population-based biobanks with medical record data are becoming increasingly popular as a data source for studying very rare conditions, like Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH), a condit...

Many Mendelian randomization (MR) papers have been conducted only in people of European ancestry, limiting transportability of results to the global population. Expanding MR to diverse ancestry groups...

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