ADDRESSING COMMON SOURCES OF BIAS IN STUDIES OF NEW-ONSET TYPE 2 DIABETES FOLLOWING COVID THAT USE ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD DATA

Addressing common sources of bias in studies of new-onset type 2 diabetes following COVID that use electronic health record data

Observational studies based on cohorts built from electronic health records (EHR) form the backbone of our Tracker Bottle current understanding of the risk of new-onset diabetes following COVID.EHR-based research is a powerful tool for medical research but is subject to multiple sources of bias.In this viewpoint, we define key sources of bias that

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Metaphors are physical and abstract: ERPs to metaphorically modified nouns resemble ERPs to abstract language

Metaphorical expressions very often involve words referring to physical entities and experiences.Yet, figures of speech such as metaphors are not intended to be understood literally, word-by-word.We used event-related brain potentials (ERPs) to determine whether metaphorical expressions are processed more like physical or more like abstract express

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Markers of erectile dysfunction

With the development and marketing of oral pharmacotherapy that is both noninvasive and successful in treating erectile dysfunction (ED), the quest to identify markers of organic ED lost ground.Indeed, the multi-factorial nature of ED may have led many researchers to conclude that searching for a universal marker of ED was futile.However, the ERECT

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