Objectives: Hearing impairment is common in the middle-aged population but remains largely undiagnosed and untreated. The knowledge about to what extent and how hearing impairment matters for health is currently lacking. Thus, we aimed to comprehensively ...

Background: Prior research provides suggestive evidence on an association between stress-related disorders and mortality. No previous study has however addressed the role of familial confounding on such association. Methods: We conducted a nationwide ...

Background: An increased susceptibility to COVID-19 has been suggested for individuals with neurodegenerative diseases, but data are scarce from longitudinal studies. Methods: In this community-based cohort study, we included 96,275 participants of the ...

Background: Due to the drastic surge of COVID-19 patients, many countries are considering or already graduating health professional students early to aid professional resources. We aimed to assess outbreak-related psychological distress and symptoms ...

Introduction: Stress related disorders (SRDs, i.e., psychiatric disorders induced by significant life stressors) increase vulnerability to health problems. Whether SRDs associate with risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) ...