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Global, regional, and national burden of high body-mass index-related cancers and associated preventable life expectancy loss from 1990 to 2021

open access: yesFrontiers in Nutrition
BackgroundA high Body Mass Index (BMI) is a key modifiable risk factor for cancer incidence. Therefore, it is essential to monitor the evolving trends and impact of cancer linked to high BMI and to formulate suitable strategies to address this issue ...
Ling Huang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disability and Disability-Adjusted Life Years: Not the Same [PDF]

open access: yesPublic Health Reports®, 2009
Scott D, Grosse   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Malaria and the traveller [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Malaria has reached epidemic proportions. About 40% of the world’s population live in malarious areas. It is estimated that 400 million people are infected by malaria each year and of these, 1-3 million die, mostly children under five years of age.
Tonna, Antonella, Tonna, Ivan
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Addressing Economic Insecurities Can Improve Patient‐Reported Outcomes in Lupus

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Economic insecurities, such as food, housing, transportation, and financial challenges, are modifiable risk factors and influence patient‐reported outcomes (PROs) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We examined the following: (1) associations between economic insecurities and PROs, and (2) the impact of screening and addressing economic ...
Jay Patel   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Incidence, Mortality, and Burden of Hepatitis B and C and Geographical Distribution in Iran during 2008-2015

open access: yesIranian Journal of Public Health, 2019
Background: This study aimed at estimating the incidence, mortality, and burden of Hepatitis B (HBV) and Hepatitis C (HCV) viruses and their trends from 2008 to 2015.
Ghobad MORADI   +8 more
doaj  

Potential Impacts of Iron Biofortification in India [PDF]

open access: yes
Iron deficiency is a widespread nutritional problem in developing countries, causing impaired physical activity and cognitive development, as well as maternal mortality.
Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.   +5 more
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Does Long‐Term Lower Extremity Strength Training in Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis and Varus Alignment Reduce Knee Joint Loading During Gait?

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We examined whether 18 months of strength training in individuals with knee varus alignment and medial tibiofemoral osteoarthritis (OA) reduced knee joint loads during walking compared to an attention control group. Methods This study was a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial that compared the effects of strength training to a ...
Stephen P. Messier   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Live Long, Live Well: Quantifying the Health of Heterogenous Populations [PDF]

open access: yes
Various health-, quality-, and disability-adjusted life year or life expectancy (HALY, QALY, DALY; HALE, QALE, DALE) measures have become gold standards for defining outcomes in technology evaluation, population health monitoring, and other evaluative ...
John Mullahy
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Formal and informal social care in people with Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal diseases: a cross‐sectional multicentre survey

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Introduction Rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases(RMDs) are leading causes of physical disability, necessitating support with activities of daily living(ADLs). This study describes social care received by patients with RMDs in two disperate regions of England: Salford(urban) and Norfolk(rural).
Mehreen Somro   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cumulative Social Disadvantage and Disease Activity in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry Study

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Social determinants of health (SDOH) contribute to juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) disparities, but most studies have assessed SDOH independently rather than cumulatively across individual, family, and neighborhood levels. Using a socioecological framework, we investigated the relationship among cumulative social disadvantage ...
William Daniel Soulsby   +448 more
wiley   +1 more source

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