BMC Geriatrics, 2021 Introduction The retina shares similar anatomical and physiological features with the brain and subtle variations in retinal microvascular parameters (RMPs) may reflect similar vascular variation in the brain.
R. A. O’Neill +7 more
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Leveraging Epidemiology to Improve Risk Assessment. [PDF]
, 2011 The field of environmental public health is at an important crossroad. Our current biomonitoring efforts document widespread exposure to a host of chemicals for which toxicity information is lacking.
Burke, Thomas A +5 more
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Obesity and the food environment: income and ethnicity differences among people with diabetes: the Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE). [PDF]
, 2013 ObjectiveIt is unknown whether any association between neighborhood food environment and obesity varies according to individual income and/or race/ethnicity.
Adler, Nancy +8 more
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Memory and Resting‐State Connectivity in Acute Transient Global Amnesia: A Case–Control fMRI Study
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background and Objectives Transient global amnesia (TGA) is a striking model of isolated amnesia. While hippocampal lesions are well described, the network‐level mechanisms and the precise neuropsychological profile remain debated. Our objective was thus to characterize functional and neuropsychological correlates of acute TGA and their ...
Elias El Otmani +10 more
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The Scientific World Journal, 2014 We systematically examined the evidence of declining sperm counts and the hypothesis that an increased exposure to environmental pollutants is responsible for such decline.
Marcello Cocuzza, Sandro C. Esteves
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Association between depressive symptoms and social support in a nationally representative sample of older adults (ELSI-Brasil) [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of PsychiatryObjective: To investigate the association between depressive symptoms and social support among a representative sample of the Brazilian population aged 50 years or older.
Beatriz Oliveira Carvalho +3 more
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Advancing our Understanding of Heat Wave Criteria and Associated Health Impacts to Improve Heat Wave Alerts in Developing Country Settings. [PDF]
, 2019 Health effects of heat waves with high baseline temperatures in areas such as India remain a critical research gap. In these regions, extreme temperatures may affect the underlying population's adaptive capacity; heat wave alerts should be optimized to ...
Azhar, Gulrez Shah +6 more
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonists (GLP‐1 RAs) have demonstrated significant weight‐reducing effects and may offer benefits in idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH); however, recent concerns about the risk of non‐arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) have emerged.
Faisal A. Al‐Harbi +9 more
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Association between bacterial vaginosis and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
, 2012 Objective: Bacterial vaginosis (BV), the most common vaginal disorder among women of reproductive age, has been suggested as co-factor in the development of cervical cancer.
De Sutter, Philippe +6 more
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Overrepresentation of Injection Drug Use Route of Infection Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus Long-term Nonprogressors: A Nationwide, Retrospective Cohort Study in China, 1989-2016. [PDF]
, 2019 BackgroundWhy some persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (PLWH) progress quickly and others remain "healthy" for a decade or more without treatment remains a fundamental question of HIV pathology.
Brookmeyer, Ron +11 more
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