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Unhealthy Dietary Habits and Obesity: The Major Risk Factors Beyond Non-Communicable Diseases in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022
There are 22 countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) expanding from Morocco in the west to Pakistan and Afghanistan in the east, containing a population of 725,721 million in 2020.
A. Al-Jawaldeh, Marwa M S Abbass
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Impact of Mediterranean Diet on Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases and Longevity

Nutrients, 2021
The average life expectancy of the world population has increased remarkably in the past 150 years and it is still increasing. A long life is a dream of humans since the beginning of time but also a dream is to live it in good physical and mental ...
L. Dominguez, G. Di Bella, N. Veronese, M. Barbagallo   +3 more
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Determining the risk-factors for molecular clustering of drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) epidemic is driven mainly by the effect of ongoing transmission. In high-burden settings such as South Africa (SA), considerable demographic and geographic heterogeneity in DR-TB transmission exists. Thus, a
Halima Said, Elizabeth Kachingwe, Yasmin Gardee, Zaheda Bhyat, John Ratabane, Linda Erasmus, Tiisetso Lebaka, Minty van der Meulen, Thabisile Gwala, Shaheed Omar, Farzana Ismail, Nazir Ismail   +11 more
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Role of High-Sensitivity C-reactive Protein (Hs-CRP) in Non-communicable Diseases: A Review

Cureus, 2022
Non-communicable diseases like cardiovascular diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, and cancer are very common causes of death worldwide.
Tanvi Banait, Anil Wanjari, Vedika Danade, Shashank Banait, J. Jain   +4 more
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Use of a digital contact tracing system in Singapore to mitigate COVID-19 spread

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Contact tracing has been essential to reducing spread of COVID-19. Singapore leveraged technology to assist with contact tracing efforts using a Bluetooth-based app and token platform called ‘TraceTogether’.
Bryan W. K. Chow, Yi Ding Lim, Richard C. H. Poh, Amy Ko, Guo Hao Hong, Steffen W. L. Zou, Joshua Cheah, Shaowei Ho, Vernon J. M. Lee, Marc Z. J. Ho   +9 more
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The effect of digital health intervention in promoting healthy behavior: A systematic scoping review on strategies to prevent non-communicable diseases. [PDF]

Dialogues Health
Shaluhiyah Z, Qatrannada SA, Kusumawati A, Miah MS.   +3 more
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Non-Communicable Diseases: The Invisible Epidemic

Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2022
Historically, communicable diseases, such as HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, malaria, poliomyelitis, tuberculosis, influenza and, more recently, the coronavirus disease 2019, have been at the center of global health concerns and initiatives, as they are ...
D. Piovani, G. Nikolopoulos, S. Bonovas
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Overview of the Composition of Whole Grains’ Phenolic Acids and Dietary Fibre and Their Effect on Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
Chronic non-communicable diseases are the major cause of death globally. Whole grains are recommended in dietary guidelines worldwide due to increasing evidence that their consumption can improve health beyond just providing energy and nutrients ...
Jabir Khan, M. Khan, Yulin Ma, Yantong Meng, Aroosa Mushtaq, Q. Shen, Yong Xue   +6 more
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Using generalized structured additive regression models to determine factors associated with and clusters for COVID-19 hospital deaths in South Africa

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background The first case of COVID-19 in South Africa was reported in March 2020 and the country has since recorded over 3.6 million laboratory-confirmed cases and 100 000 deaths as of March 2022. Transmission and infection of SARS-CoV-2 virus and deaths
Innocent Maposa, Richard Welch, Lovelyn Ozougwu, Tracy Arendse, Caroline Mudara, Lucille Blumberg, Waasila Jassat   +6 more
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Psychoemotional risk factors for non-communicable diseases in outpatient practice. Guidelines for internists

CARDIOVASCULAR THERAPY AND PREVENTION, 2022
Methodological guidelines "Psychoemotional risk factors in outpatient practice" were developed as a practical document for primary care physicians in order to expand and improve knowledge, as well as provide care to the adult population within the ...
O. Drapkina, V. N. Shishkova, M. Kotova
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