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Psoriasis is a chronic recurrent inflammatory disease that may limit physical and psychosocial functioning as well as decrease the quality of life of the sick. Until recently, psoriasis has been considered a disease that...

ABSTRACT Background and Aims Informal caregiving has increased over recent decades. Caregivers may face an increased risk of accidental falls because of care tasks or their consequences, such as fatigue. However, this as...

ABSTRACT Background and Aims Hypertension (HTN) is a major non‐communicable disease and a leading risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality globally. In Bangladesh, regional disparities in HTN prevalence a...

Abstract Objectives To investigate risk factors for early childhood caries (ECC) among 1–2-year-old children in Beijing and to assess the effect modification of baseline caries experience on the associations between ot...

Abstract Background Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors (PARPis) are the standard of care for primary ovarian cancer (OC), yet adverse events (AEs) frequently necessitate dose modifications. The prognostic impact of ...

Background/Aims: Few studies have reported the effect of magnesium status on the endothelial dysfunction–related risk for the development of MASLD and liver fibrosis. The current study aimed to explore the association ...

Objectives Smoking is recognised as one of the strongest environmental risk factors for the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Cigarette smoke increases protein post-translational modifications (PTMs), including c...

Background and aims Meat-borne Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) remains a leading global foodborne pathogen harbouring novel enterotoxin genes (NEGs) encoding superantigenic toxins with conditionally enhanced pathogenic...

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) management mainly revolves around general lifestyle modifications that almost always include weight loss, an approach that fails to reflect the biological and ethnic diversity of the cond...

Disordered urbanization and deforestation are the main activities proposed as causal factors of re-emergence of American cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis. The purpose of this work was to investig...

Abstract Background Cardiac fibrosis is a pivotal pathological process driving adverse cardiac remodeling and a defining feature of end-stage heart disease. Nicotine, a principal constituent of tobacco products, is now r...

Abstract The decrease in the ability to enjoy can be considered a risk factor or marker of mental disorders. Therefore, it can be useful to have a scale to quantify gaudiebility in children and adolescents. The objective...

Abstract Introduction Tobacco is one of the biggest public health problems and a major risk factor for various non-communicable diseases (NCDs). An important aspect of tobacco control strategy could include modifications...

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by persistent deficits in social communication and interaction, alongside restricted, repetitive, and stereotyped patterns of behavior and int...

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), the continuously advancing and frequently lethal idiopathic interstitial pneumonia, is pathologically characterized by abnormal deposition of extracellular matrix constituents, leadin...

High fructose consumption has been associated to deleterious metabolic conditions. In the kidney, high fructose causes renal alterations that contribute to the development of chronic kidney disease. Evidence suggests tha...

Truc Tam Vu,1,2 Thai Duc Hoang,1 Hanh The Nguyen2 1Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitations, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; 2Department of Spinal Surgery B, Hospi...

OBJETIVO: avaliar a freqüência e fatores associados à endometriose de cicatriz cirúrgica. MÉTODOS: foi realizado estudo observacional, tipo coorte retrospectivo, a partir da revisão de prontuários de pacientes do ...

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a risk factor for chronic kidney disease and death. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has become a serious public health problem because of its associated morbidity, mortality, and health care cos...

Educational content is typically designed for a broad audience, often failing to address the specific needs, contexts, and backgrounds of individual learners. While certain educational campaigns (e.g., public health outr...

ABSTRACT The present study aimed to determine the unique values of the entrepreneurial potential of clinical veterinarians and to evaluate this potential by using a reliable and valid measurement tool. The study material...

The global burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is rapidly increasing with a projection of becoming the 5th most common cause of years of life lost globally by 2040. Aggravatingly, CKD is a major cause of catastrophic ...

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence of mild renal dysfunction and its association with insulin resistance (IR), metabolic syndrome (MS) or its components among Turkish adults. METHODS: Serum creatinine concent...

Background: This study explores patterns of readmissions to a trauma service in the United Kingdom (UK), where expansion of the national trauma database to include all levels of trauma unit has been underway since early ...