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A health dialogue intervention reduces cardiovascular risk factor levels: a population based randomised controlled trial in Swedish primary care setting with 1-year follow-up

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background The total number of cardiovascular (CVD) deaths accounted for almost a third of all deaths globally in 2013. Population based randomised controlled trials, managed within primary care, on CVD risk factor interventions are scarce.
Mats Hellstrand, Bo Simonsson, Sevek Engström, Kent W. Nilsson, Anu Molarius   +4 more
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Self-rated health and associated factors among the oldest-old: results from a cross-sectional study in Sweden

Archives of Public Health, 2020
Background Very few population-based studies have investigated self-rated health and related factors in the increasing age group 85 years or older.
Bo Simonsson, Anu Molarius
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Detection of a balanced translocation carrier through trophectoderm biopsy analysis: a case report

Molecular Cytogenetics, 2019
Background Balanced translocation carriers are burdened with fertility issues due to improper chromosome segregation in gametes, resulting in either implantation failure, miscarriage or birth of a child with chromosomal disorders. At the same time, these
Olga Tšuiko, Tuuli Dmitrijeva, Katrin Kask, Pille Tammur, Neeme Tõnisson, Andres Salumets, Tatjana Jatsenko   +6 more
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Oral health-related quality of life in 4–16-year-olds with and without juvenile idiopathic arthritis

BMC Oral Health, 2022
Background Few studies have investigated oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in young individuals with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Aims were to investigate whether OHRQoL differs between children and adolescents with JIA compared to ...
Elisabeth G. Gil, Marit S. Skeie, Josefine Halbig, Birgitta Jönsson, Stein Atle Lie, Marite Rygg, Johannes Fischer, Annika Rosén, Athanasia Bletsa, Keijo Luukko, Xie-Qi Shi, Paula Frid, Lena Cetrelli, Karin Tylleskär, Karen Rosendahl, Anne N. Åstrøm   +15 more
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25-hydroxyvitamin D3 generates immunomodulatory plasticity in human periodontal ligament-derived mesenchymal stromal cells that is inflammatory context-dependent

Frontiers in Immunology, 2023
IntroductionHuman periodontal ligament-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (hPDL-MSCs) exhibit a tight bi-directional interaction with CD4+ T lymphocytes. The hPDL-MSCs’ immunomodulatory abilities are drastically enhanced by pro-inflammatory cytokines via ...
Christian Behm, Alice Blufstein, Alice Blufstein, Johannes Gahn, Andreas Moritz, Xiaohui Rausch-Fan, Xiaohui Rausch-Fan, Oleh Andrukhov   +7 more
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In someone else's shoes, are all wearers the same? Empathy in multi-ethnic Asian medical students

Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences, 2022
الملخص: أهداف البحث: هناك اهتمام كبير للتأكد من النمط الفعلي لاكتساب مهارات التعاطف ولكن هذا الجانب لا يزال غير مستكشف إلى حد كبير في طلاب الطب الآسيويين.
Siaw-Cheok Liew, MBChB, Darlina H. Fadil Azim, MHSc   +1 more
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Ambient bright light treatment improved proxy-rated sleep but not sleep measured by actigraphy in nursing home patients with dementia: a placebo-controlled randomised trial

BMC Geriatrics, 2021
Background Up to 70% of nursing home patients with dementia suffer from sleep problems. Light is the main zeitgeber to the circadian system and thus has a fundamental impact on sleep-wake behaviour.
Gunnhild J. Hjetland, Eirin Kolberg, Ståle Pallesen, Eirunn Thun, Inger Hilde Nordhus, Bjørn Bjorvatn, Elisabeth Flo-Groeneboom   +6 more
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Apolipoprotein M modulates erythrocyte efflux and tubular reabsorption of sphingosine-1-phosphate

Journal of Lipid Research, 2014
Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) mediates several cytoprotective functions of HDL. apoM acts as a S1P binding protein in HDL. Erythrocytes are the major source of S1P in plasma. After glomerular filtration, apoM is endocytosed in the proximal renal tubules.
Iryna Sutter, Rebekka Park, Alaa Othman, Lucia Rohrer, Thorsten Hornemann, Markus Stoffel, Olivier Devuyst, Arnold von Eckardstein   +7 more
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Clinical Practice Competence and its Associated Factors Among Midwifery and Nursing Students at Dire Dawa Health Sciences Colleges, East Ethiopia, 2020

Advances in Medical Education and Practice, 2021
Mickiale Hailu,1 Mengstu Welday,2 Abera Haftu,2 Daniel Tadesse,1 Taddese Weldeamanel,1 Bezabih Amsalu,1 Alemu Guta,1 Nigus Kassie,1 Alekaw Sema,1 Aminu Mohammed,1 Neil Abdurashid,1 Yonatan Solomon,1 Feyso Bati,1 Meklit Girma,2 Yitagesu Sintayehu,1 ...
Hailu M, Welday M, Haftu A, Tadesse D, Weldeamanel T, Amsalu B, Guta A, Kassie N, Sema A, Mohammed A, Abdurashid N, Solomon Y, Bati F, Girma M, Sintayehu Y, Belay Y, Sewmehon A   +16 more
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Alternating between active and passive facilitator roles in simulated scenarios: a qualitative study of nursing students’ perceptions

Advances in Simulation, 2022
Background High-fidelity simulation refers to realistic interactivity between students and an advanced simulator. During simulated scenarios, the facilitator often needs to provide guidance to the active students to bridge the gap between their ...
Hilde Solli, Thor Arne Haukedal, Sissel Iren Eikeland Husebø, Inger Åse Reierson   +3 more
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