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Physical activity and risk of testicular cancer: a systematic review

BMC Cancer, 2018
Background Physical activity has been implicated as a risk factor in the development of testicular cancer (TC), but the relationship remains controversial. This systematic review pooled available evidence regarding this association. Methods Using Boolean
Stephanie Huang, Virginia Signal, Diana Sarfati, Caroline Shaw, James Stanley, Katherine McGlynn, Jason Gurney   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Challenges for co-morbid chronic illness care and policy in Australia: a qualitative study [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: In response to the escalating burden of chronic illness in Australia, recent health policies have emphasised the promotion of patient self-management and better preventive care.
Dugdale, Paul, Glasgow, Nicholas, Jeon, Yun-Hee, Jowsey, Tanisha, Kljakovic, Marjan, Usherwood, Tim   +5 more
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Food insecurity is associated with multiple chronic conditions and physical health status among older US adults

Preventive medicine reports, 2020
In the past two decades, food insecurity has increased by 45% among older adults but its relationship to health outcomes has not been extensively studied.
C. Leung, J. Kullgren, P. Malani, Dianne C. Singer, M. Kirch, E. Solway, J. Wolfson   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Health Information and Monitoring of Sexually Transmitted Infections (SIM study): a single-center, parallel, three-arm randomized controlled trial protocol for enhancing adherence to syphilis treatment and follow-up

Trials, 2022
Background Syphilis has recently resurfaced as a significant public health problem. Since the 2000s, isolated syphilis outbreaks have increasingly occurred in North America, Europe, and Australia; in Brazil, there have been progressive increases in both ...
Eliana M. Wendland, Vanessa M. de Oliveira, Luana Giongo Pedrotti, Flavia M. A. Souza, Gerson F. M. Pereira, Antonio Gerbase   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Risk factors for incidence and persistence of disability in chronic major depression and alcohol use disorders: longitudinal analyses of a population-based study [PDF]

, 2014
BackgroundMajor depression and alcohol use disorders are risk factors for incidence of disability. However, it is still unclear whether a chronic course of these health conditions is also prospectively associated with incidence of disability.
Ayuso-Mateos, J., Caballero, F., Cabello, M., Chatterji, S., Cieza, A.   +4 more
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The global burden of multiple chronic conditions: A narrative review

Preventive medicine reports, 2018
Globally, approximately one in three of all adults suffer from multiple chronic conditions (MCCs). This review provides a comprehensive overview of the resulting epidemiological, economic and patient burden.
C. Hajat, Emma Stein
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Heatwaves, medications, and heat-related hospitalization in older Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions

PLoS ONE, 2020
Background Heatwaves kill more people than floods, tornadoes, and earthquakes combined and disproportionally affect older persons and those with chronic conditions. Commonly used medications for chronic conditions, e.g., diuretics, antipsychotics disrupt
J. B. Layton, Wenhong Li, Jiacan Yuan, Joshua P. Gilman, Joshua P. Gilman, D. Horton, S. Setoguchi   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Association between empirically derived dietary patterns with blood lipids, fasting blood glucose and blood pressure in adults - the India migration study

Nutrition Journal, 2018
Background Dietary patterns (DPs) in India are heterogenous. To date, data on association of indigenous DPs in India with risk factors of nutrition-related noncommunicable diseases (cardiovascular disease and diabetes), leading causes of premature death ...
Krithiga Shridhar, Ambika Satija, Preet K. Dhillon, Sutapa Agrawal, Ruby Gupta, Liza Bowen, Sanjay Kinra, A. V. Bharathi, D. Prabhakaran, K. Srinath Reddy, Shah Ebrahim, for the Indian Migration Study group   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chronic conditions in adolescents

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 2017
The health problems related to the nervous system are on rise in young infants leading to high mortality amongst this age group. A chronic medical condition (CC) is present in this age group to the tune of 10-20%. We searched the electronic database PubMed for pre-clinical as well as clinical controlled trials reporting variable chronic conditions ...
Jin, Mingwei, An, Qi, Wang, Lei
openaire   +3 more sources

Is the onset of disabling chronic conditions in later childhood associated with exposure to social disadvantage in earlier childhood? A prospective cohort study using the ONS Longitudinal Study for England and Wales [PDF]

, 2013
Background: The aetiology of disabling chronic conditions in childhood in high income countries is not fully understood, particularly the association with socio-economic status (SES).
Blackburn, Clare, Read, Janet, Spencer, Nick   +2 more
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