Dr Harri Hemila
Helsingin Yliopisto
Research Fellow, Medicine And Medical Sciences
Finland
My co-authors include
Dr Gal Dubnov-Raz
Jeremy Howick
My Publications
Many continuous variables should be analyzed using the relative scale: a case study of ...
Systematic Reviews
November 2019
Meta-analysis on vitamin C and the common cold in children may be misleading
European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
August 2019
Random-Effects Assumption in Meta-analyses
JAMA
July 2019
Vitamin C Can Shorten the Length of Stay in the ICU: A Meta-Analysis
Nutrients
March 2019
Errors in a meta-analysis on vitamin C and post-operative atrial fibrillation
International Journal of Surgery
March 2019
Effect of β-Carotene Supplementation on the Risk of Pneumonia Is Heterogeneous in Males...
Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology
October 2018
Letter: Comparison of different vitamin E forms is confounded by heterogeneity in vitam...
Nutrition Reviews
July 2018
Vitamin C in Clinical Therapeutics
Clinical Therapeutics
October 2017
Zinc for preventing and treating the common cold
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
September 2017
Erroneus calculation of sample size in a vitamin C and atrial fibrillation trial
Journal of Cardiology
June 2017
Duration of the common cold and similar continuous outcomes should be analyzed on the r...
BMC Medical Research Methodology
May 2017
Zinc lozenges and the common cold: a meta-analysis comparing zinc acetate and zinc gluc...
JRSM Open
May 2017
Vitamins E and C May Differ in Their Effect on Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury
American Journal of Kidney Diseases
May 2017
Vitamin E May Protect Against Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
April 2017
Vitamin C and Infections
Nutrients
March 2017
Publication bias in meta-analysis of ascorbic acid for postoperative atrial fibrillation
American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy
March 2017
Vitamin C for preventing atrial fibrillation in high risk patients: a systematic review...
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
February 2017
Zinc lozenges may triple the recovery rate of common cold patients
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
January 2017
Vitamin E and the risk of pneumonia: using the I 2 statistic to quantify...
British Journal Of Nutrition
October 2016
Many continuous variables such as the duration of the common cold should be analyzed us...
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
October 2016
Vitamin E administration may decrease the incidence of pneumonia in elderly males
Clinical Interventions in Aging
October 2016
Zinc acetate lozenges may shorten common cold duration by 3 days
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
July 2016
Vitamin C for treating atrial fibrillation
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
June 2016
Thomas Chalmers, vitamin C and the common cold
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
February 2016
Zinc lozenges and vitamin C for the common cold are not examples of placebo effect in a...
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
December 2015
Common Cold Treatment Using Zinc
JAMA
August 2015
Impure placebo is a useless concept
Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics
July 2015
Exercise, Antioxidants, and the Risk for Pneumonia
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
March 2015
Zinc acetate lozenges may shorten common cold-associated nasal discharge by 34% and cou...
BMC Family Practice
February 2015
Vitamin D Supplementation and Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Adolescent Swimmers...
Pediatric Exercise Science
February 2015
Vitamin C for treating atrial fibrillation
January 2015
The effect of vitamin C on bronchoconstriction and respiratory symptoms caused by exerc...
Allergy Asthma & Clinical Immunology
November 2014
Vitamin C and asthma
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
November 2014
Clinical use of placebo treatments may undermine the trust of patients: a response to G...
Journal of Medical Ethics
June 2014
Vitamin and Mineral Supplements in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and...
Annals of Internal Medicine
May 2014
Can CAM treatments be evidence-based?
Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies
May 2014
Does Exercise Prevent the Common Cold?
Korean Journal of Family Medicine
January 2014
The Effect of Vitamin E on Mortality Is Not Uniform across the Population
Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology
January 2014
Vitamin C Should Be Tested against Exercise-induced Bronchoconstriction
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
December 2013
Vitamin C and common cold-induced asthma: a systematic review and statistical analysis
Allergy Asthma & Clinical Immunology
November 2013
Vitamin C for preventing and treating tetanus
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
November 2013
Meta-Regression Analyses, Meta-Analyses, and Trial Sequential Analyses of the Effects o...
PLoS ONE
September 2013
Vitamin C for preventing and treating pneumonia
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
August 2013
Vitamin supplements and mortality in older people
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
July 2013
Vitamin C may alleviate exercise-induced bronchoconstriction: a meta-analysis
BMJ Open
June 2013
Placebo Use in the United Kingdom: Results from a National Survey of Primary Care Pract...
PLoS ONE
March 2013
Vitamin C for preventing and treating the common cold
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
January 2013
Zinc lozenges may shorten common cold duration
Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine
June 2012
Zinc for the treatment of the common cold: a systematic review and meta-analysis of ran...
Canadian Medical Association Journal
May 2012
Erratum to: Vitamin C and asthma in children: modification of the effect by age, exposu...
Clinical and Translational Allergy
March 2012
Antioxidant supplements for prevention of mortality in healthy participants and patient...
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
March 2012
Maternal use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors during pregnancy and neonatal b...
Early Human Development
March 2012
Neuraminidase inhibitors for preventing and treating influenza in healthy adults and ch...
January 2012
Vitamin C and Community-acquired Pneumonia
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
September 2011
Vitamin C and asthma in children: modification of the effect by age, exposure to dampne...
Clinical and Translational Allergy
August 2011
Zinc Lozenges Shorten Colds
The Open Respiratory Medicine Journal
June 2011
The Effect of Vitamin C on the Common Cold
Journal of Pharmacy Practice
April 2011
Zinc for the common cold
February 2011
Subgroup analysis of large trials can guide further research: a case study of vitamin E...
Clinical Epidemiology
February 2011
Vitamin E may affect the life expectancy of men, depending on dietary vitamin C intake ...
Age and Ageing
January 2011
Rabies, Still Neglected after 125 Years of Vaccination
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
November 2010
Randomised trials on vitamin C
British Journal Of Nutrition
October 2010
The effect of β-carotene on common cold incidence is modified by age and smoking: ...
Nutrition and Dietary Supplements
October 2010
The effect of vitamin C on upper respiratory infections in adolescent swimmers: a rando...
European Journal of Pediatrics
August 2010
There is no alternative medicine
Journal of Medical Humanities
June 2010
CONSORT 2010 Explanation and Elaboration: updated guidelines for reporting parallel gro...
BMJ
March 2010
Vitamin C and the treatment of tetanus
Annals of African Medicine
January 2010
Vitamin C for the common cold should not be rejected on the basis of old and erroneous ...
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
October 2009
Vitamin D Level, Respiratory Tract Infections, and Controlled Trials
Archives of Internal Medicine
August 2009
Vitamin E is likely to affect mortality even at low doses
Clinical Trials
August 2009
Predicting the incidence of human campylobacteriosis in Finland with time series analysis
Apmis
August 2009
Modification of the Effect of Vitamin E Supplementation on the Mortality of Male Smoker...
American Journal of Epidemiology
March 2009
Letter to the Editor
Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
February 2009
Vitamin C supplementation for asthma
January 2009
Vitamins and minerals
January 2009
Vitamin C and exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in athletes
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
January 2009
Evidence-based medicine and the role of antioxidants in physically stressed people
Nutrition Reviews
January 2009
Vitamin E supplementation and pneumonia risk in males who initiated smoking at an early...
Nutrition Journal
November 2008
Vitamin E supplementation may transiently increase tuberculosis risk in males who smoke...
British Journal Of Nutrition
October 2008
Cochrane review: Vitamin C for preventing and treating the common cold
Evidence-Based Child Health A Cochrane Review Journal
September 2008
Commentaries on ‘Vitamin C for preventing and treating the common cold’ with responses ...
Evidence-Based Child Health A Cochrane Review Journal
September 2008
Assessment of the importance of double-blinding should be based on systematic reviews: ...
Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
July 2008
Vitamin E supplementation may transiently increase tuberculosis risk in males who smoke...
British Journal Of Nutrition
June 2008
Vitamin C for preventing and treating tetanus
April 2008
Vitamin C and sex differences in respiratory tract infections
Respiratory Medicine
April 2008
THE AUTHOR REPLIES
American Journal of Epidemiology
January 2008
Exercise, Vitamins and Respiratory Tract Infections
The American Journal of Medicine
December 2007
Vitamin C may affect lung infections
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
November 2007
Vitamin C may affect lung infections
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
November 2007
VITAMIN E SUPPLEMENTATION AND RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS IN OLDER PEOPLE
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
August 2007
Antioxidant Supplements and Mortality
JAMA
July 2007
Vitamin C for preventing and treating tetanus
July 2007
Vitamin C for preventing and treating the common cold
July 2007
Vitamin C and exercise-induced immunodepression
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
April 2007
RE: "BIAS IN CLINICAL INTERVENTION RESEARCH"
American Journal of Epidemiology
March 2007
Conclusions about intervention effects should not be based on surrogate end points
Free Radical Biology and Medicine
February 2007
Vitamin C for preventing and treating pneumonia
January 2007
Small trials focusing on surrogate end points may be uninformative
European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology
January 2007
Letter to the Editor
Nutrition Reviews
October 2006
The Effect of Vitamin E on Common Cold Incidence Is Modified by Age, Smoking and Reside...
Journal of the American College of Nutrition
August 2006
Physical Activity and the Risk of Pneumonia in Male Smokers Administered Vitamin E and ...
International Journal of Sports Medicine
April 2006
Analysis of clinical data with breached blindness by Shein-Chung Chow and Jun Shao,Stat...
Statistics in Medicine
January 2006
The Protective Effect of Vitamins A and C on Endotoxin-Induced Oxidative Renal Tissue D...
The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine
January 2006
Vitamin C for preventing and treating pneumonia
October 2005
Authors' Reply
PLoS Medicine
September 2005
Echinacea, Vitamin C, the Common Cold, and Blinding
Clinical Infectious Diseases
September 2005
Assessment of blinding may be inappropriate after the trial
Contemporary Clinical Trials
August 2005
High-Dosage Vitamin E Supplementation and All-Cause Mortality
Annals of Internal Medicine
July 2005
Vitamin C for Preventing and Treating the Common Cold
PLoS Medicine
June 2005
Vitamin E and Respiratory Tract Infections in Elderly Persons
JAMA
December 2004
Vitamin C Supplementation and Respiratory Infections: a Systematic Review
Military Medicine
November 2004
Vitamin C for preventing and treating the common cold
October 2004
Vitamin E and Beta-Carotene Supplementation and Hospital-Treated Pneumonia Incidence in...
CHEST Journal
February 2004
Vitamin C and SARS coronavirus
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
November 2003
Vitamin C, respiratory infections and the immune system
Trends in Immunology
November 2003
Physical Activity and the Common Cold in Men Administered Vitamin E and ??-Carotene
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
November 2003
Vitamin C, Vitamin E, and Beta-Carotene in Relation to Common Cold Incidence in Male Sm...
Epidemiology
January 2002
Vitamin C and Other Compounds in Vitamin C Rich Food in Relation to Risk of Tuberculosi...
American Journal of Epidemiology
September 1999
Vitamin C supplementation and common cold symptoms: factors affecting the magnitude of ...
Medical Hypotheses
February 1999
Vitamin C and Infectious Diseases
January 1998
Nutrition Discussion Forum
British Journal Of Nutrition
November 1997
Vitamin C intake and susceptibility to pneumonia
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
September 1997
Blood donation, body iron stores, and risk of myocardial infarction
BMJ
June 1997
Vitamin C intake and susceptibility to the common cold
British Journal Of Nutrition
January 1997
Vitamin C supplementation and common cold symptoms: Problems with inaccurate reviews
Nutrition
November 1996
To the dissent by Thomas Chalmers
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
October 1996
Vitamin C, the placebo effect, and the common cold: A case study of how preconceptions ...
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
October 1996
Vitamin C and Common Cold Incidence: A Review of Studies with Subjects Under Heavy Phys...
International Journal of Sports Medicine
July 1996
Vitamin C and the common cold: a retrospective analysis of Chalmers' review.
Journal of the American College of Nutrition
April 1995
THE GOOD AND HARM OF VITAMIN C
Nutrition Today
March 1994
Does Vitamin C Alleviate the Symptoms of the Common Cold? - A Review of Current Evidence
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
January 1994
Hormone-sensitive lipase is closely related to several bacterial proteins, and distantl...
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism
January 1994
Cloning and sequencing of a gene encoding acidophilic amylase from Bacillus acidocaldarius
Journal of General Microbiology
October 1993
Vitamin C, cholesterol, and the nutritional recommendations
The American Journal of Cardiology
February 1993
Improving the production of E. coli β-lactamase in Bacillus subtilis: the effect of glu...
Journal of Biotechnology
November 1992
Sequence encoding ribosomal protein L33 of Lactococcus lactis
Gene
September 1992
VITAMIN C, NEUTROPHILS AND THE SYMPTOMS OF THE COMMON COLD
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
September 1992
Expression of the Erwinia carotovora polygalacturonase-encoding gene in Bacillus subtil...
Gene
July 1992
Vitamin C and the common cold
British Journal Of Nutrition
January 1992
Vitamin C and plasma cholesterol
Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition
January 1992
Lipoamide dehydrogenase of Staphylococcus aureus: nucleotide sequence and sequence anal...
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression
December 1991
Vitamin C and lowering of blood pressure: need for intervention trials?
Journal of Hypertension
November 1991
Nucleotide sequence of a Lactococcus lactis gene cluster encoding adenylate kinase, ini...
Journal of General Microbiology
November 1991
Production of heterologous proteins in Bacillus subtilis: the effect of the joint betwe...
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
October 1991
Nucleotide sequence of thesecYgene fromLactococcus lactisand identification of conserve...
FEBS Letters
August 1991
Sequence of a PAL-related lipoprotein fromBacillus subtilis
FEMS Microbiology Letters
July 1991
Sequence of a PAL-related lipoprotein from Bacillus subtilis
FEMS Microbiology Letters
July 1991
Production of pectin methylesterase from Erwinia chrysanthemi B374 in Bacillus subtilis
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
April 1991
Is there a biochemical basis for ‘nutrient need’?
Trends in Food Science & Technology
January 1991
The secretory S complex in Bacillus subtilis is identified as pyruvate dehydrogenase
Research in Microbiology
January 1991
Secretory S complex of Bacillus subtilis: sequence analysis and identity to pyruvate de...
Journal of Bacteriology
January 1990
Production of diphtheria toxin CRM228 in B. subtilis
FEMS Microbiology Letters
November 1989
Production of diphtheria toxin CRM228 inB. subtilis
FEMS Microbiology Letters
November 1989
A re-evaluation of nutritional goals -not just deficiency counts
Medical Hypotheses
May 1986
Retinoids Activate Superoxide Production by Polymorphonuclear Leucocytes
Scandinavian Journal of Immunology
March 1985
Activated polymorphonuclear leucocytes consume vitamin C
FEBS Letters
December 1984
Nutritional need versus optimal intake
Medical Hypotheses
June 1984
