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First large-scale peer-reviewed study of real-world effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccine by Israel’s Clalit Research Institute published in The New England Journal of Medicine

Thursday, February 25, 2021 Major study, conducted in collaboration with researchers from Harvard University, examined data on 600,000 vaccinated individuals in Israel, along with 600,000 matched unvaccinated controls.Two doses of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine…

Publication: BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine in a Nationwide Mass Vaccination Setting

BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine in a Nationwide Mass Vaccination Setting The New England Journal of Medicine 2021 [Online ahead of print] Noa Dagan, M.D., Noam Barda, M.D., Eldad Kepten, Ph.D., Oren Miron, M.A., Shay Perchik, M.A., Mark…

Publication: Pre-Diabetes Increases Stroke Risk in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation

Pre-Diabetes Increases Stroke Risk in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation JACC, 2021. 77(7): pp. 875–884. Kezerle L, Avgil Tsadok M, Akriv A, Berliner Senderey A, Bachrach A, Leventer-Roberts M, Haim M. Abstract…

Publication: Incidence of lung cancer following pneumonia in smokers: a population-based study.

Incidence of lung cancer following pneumonia in smokers: a population-based study. Shepshelovich D, Barda N, Goldvaser H, Dagan N, Zer A, Diker-Cohen T, Balicer R, Gafter-Gvili A. QJM, 2021. [Online ahead of…

Publication: Prediction of Childhood obesity from nationwide health records

Prediction of Childhood obesity from nationwide health records The Journal of Pediatrics, 2021 Hagai Rossman, Smadar Shilo, Shiri Barbash-Hazan, Nitzan Shalom Artzi, Eran Hadar, Ran D Balicer, Becca Feldman, Arnon Wiznitzer, Eran…

Publication: All-Cause Mortality of Patients With and Without Diabetes Following Bariatric Surgery: Comparison to Non-surgical Matched Patients.

All-Cause Mortality of Patients With and Without Diabetes Following Bariatric Surgery: Comparison to Non-surgical Matched Patients. Obesity Surgery, 2021. 31(2): pp. 755-762 Dicker D, Greenland P, Leibowitz M, Hoshen, Berliner Senderey A,…

Publication: Elective caesarean section and bronchiolitis hospitalization: A retrospective cohort study.

Elective caesarean section and bronchiolitis hospitalization: A retrospective cohort study. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, 2021. 32(2): pp. 280-287. Douglas LC, Leventer-Roberts M, Levinkron O, Wilson KM. Abstract Background: We sought to evaluate whether…

Publication: Health Service Utilization Patterns among Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: A Population-Based Study.

Health Service Utilization Patterns among Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: A Population-Based Study. Journal of the American Heart Association, 2021. 10(2): p. e018037. Benderly M, Buber J, Kalter-Leibovici O, Blieden L, Dadashev…

Publication: Guideline deviation and its association with specific chronic diseases among patients with multimorbidity: a cross-sectional cohort study in a care management setting.

Guideline deviation and its association with specific chronic diseases among patients with multimorbidity: a cross-sectional cohort study in a care management setting. BMJ Open, 2021. 11(1): p. e040961. Cohen-Stavi CJ, Giveon S,…

Publication: Body Mass Index Trajectories among People with Obesity and Association with Mortality: Evidence from a Large Israeli Database.

Body Mass Index Trajectories among People with Obesity and Association with Mortality: Evidence from a Large Israeli Database. Obesity Science and Practice, 2021. [Online ahead of print] Reges O, Dicker D, Lundegaard…