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Association between new Life’s Essential 8 and the risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in patients with hypertension: a cohort study | BMC Public Health

2024-06-28 10:23 PM

Study population The NHANES is an ongoing, nationally representative study in the United States that tracks participants biennially since 1999, accumulating data on the health and nutritional conditions of non-institutionalized US citizens. The protocol of the NHANES study received approval from the Research Ethics Review Committee of the National Centers for Health Statistics (NCHS), and …

The longitudinal associations between ambient air pollution exposure and dementia in the UK: results from the cognitive function and ageing study II and Wales | BMC Public Health

2024-05-04 09:40 AM

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why a vaccine campaign is unlikley to stop it

2024-03-01 11:21 PM

A dose of the Qdenga vaccine against dengue is given to a young recipient in Brazil.Credit: Buda Mendes/Getty An explosive rise in dengue cases in Brazil has health authorities on edge. In the first two months of 2024, the country registered more than one million cases of the mosquito-borne disease. That’s a record for this …

Physical activity during pregnancy and the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis | BMC Public Health

2024-02-23 10:42 PM

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Why a cheap, effective treatment for diarrhoea is underused

2024-02-09 06:00 AM

A salty-sweet solution is a cheap and effective way to prevent children’s death from diarrheal diseases. Yet doctors did not always recommend them.Credit: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty “The gap between knowing the right thing and doing the right thing is a persistent problem,” says David Levine, a health economist at the University of California, Berkeley. That gap …

New research highlights regional variations in COPD prevalence according to diagnostic criteria

2024-01-30 09:02 PM

In a recent study published in BMC Public Health, a group of researchers estimated the global and regional prevalence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in individuals aged 40 and above, using spirometry and comparing two diagnostic criteria: fixed ratio (FR) and lower limit of normal (LLN). Study: Estimating the global prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary …

Global surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in food animals using priority drugs maps

2024-01-26 01:46 PM

This analysis is structured in five steps (Fig. 5a–e): (a) collection and extraction of epidemiological information from point prevalence surveys (PPS); (b) mapping distribution of resistance prevalence using three machine learning models; (c) ensembling predictions using Gaussian process stacked generalization; (d) mapping priority antimicrobials for surveillance; and (e) estimating prediction uncertainty of maps generated in steps …

Obsessive-compulsive disorder and risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality

2024-01-26 06:34 AM

1. Individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) had a higher risk of mortality, particularly due to unnatural cases. Evidence rating level: 2 (Good) Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric disorder that is usually chronic and associated with a great deal of anxiety, often resulting in poor quality of life. Researchers aimed to assess the risk of …

Redirecting antibody responses from egg-adapted epitopes following repeat vaccination with recombinant or cell culture-based versus egg-based influenza vaccines

2024-01-04 02:16 PM

Influenza vaccines and vaccine viruses used during the 2018−2019 and 2019−2020 study seasons This study was a randomized, open-label trial conducted in the United States during the Northern Hemisphere 2018−2019 (Year 1, n = 723) and 2019−2020 (Year 2, n = 684) influenza seasons (Fig. 1). In year 1, HCP were randomized to receive one of four influenza vaccines: ccIIV4 …

Is Migraine Really a Female Disorder?

2023-12-12 05:56 PM

BARCELONA, Spain — Migraine is widely considered a predominantly female disorder. Its frequency, duration, and severity tend to be higher in women, and women are also more likely than men to receive a migraine diagnosis. However, gender expectations, differences in the likelihood of self-reporting, and problems with how migraine is classified make it difficult to …