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Measures of disease activity in glaucoma
Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2022 Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness globally which significantly affects the quality of life and has a substantial economic impact. Effective detective methods are necessary to identify glaucoma as early as possible. Regular eye examinations are important for detecting the disease early and preventing deterioration of vision and ...
Yue Wu +6 more
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Referrals and Management Strategies for Pediatric Obesity—DocStyles Survey 2017
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2018 Background: Childhood obesity care management options can be delivered in community-, clinic-, and hospital-settings. The referral practices of clinicians to these various settings have not previously been characterized beyond the local level. This study
Omoye E. Imoisili +7 more
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BMC Public Health, 2023 Introduction Addressing nutrition disparities and preventing obesity require multi-level interventions, including policies that address the nutrition environment and other social determinants of health.
Taylor Vasquez +5 more
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The skeletal maturity of Australian children aged 10–13 years in 2016
Annals of Human Biology, 2021 Skeletal maturity can be used as a biological indicator of the tempo of growth in children and adolescents. We present a description of skeletal maturity from a cohort of white Australian children and describe variation in skeletal maturity based on ...
Rachel L. Duckham +4 more
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Systematic review on quantifying pedestrian injury when evaluating changes to the built environment
Preventive Medicine Reports, 2022 Modifying the built environment to make communities more walkable remains one strategy to promote physical activity. These modifications may have the added benefit of reducing the risk of pedestrian injury; however, there is a gap in the physical ...
Keshia M. Pollack Porter +4 more
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State Legislative Support for Parks
Environmental Health Insights, 2010 Background Parks are important venues that can encourage population-level physical activity, and policy legislation can facilitate or discourage physical activity and other park uses, depending on the type and level of support.
Judy Kruger, Tina Lankford, Tom schmid
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Endocrine Connections, 2022 A single exercise session can affect appetite-regulating hormone s and suppress appetite. The effects of short, regular physical activity breaks across th e day on appetite are unclear.
Benjamin D Maylor +3 more
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Parkinson's disease and CYP1A2 activity [PDF]
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2000 Aims MPTP, a neurotoxin which induces parkinsonism is partially metabolized by the enzyme CYP1A2. Smoking appears to protect against Parkinson's disease (PD) and cigarette smoke induces CYP1A2 activity. Thus, we investigated the hypothesis that idiopathic PD is associated with lower CYP1A2 activity using caffeine as a probe ...
J T, Forsyth +5 more
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Inflammasome activation in neurodegenerative diseases
Essays in Biochemistry, 2021 Abstract Approximately ten million people are diagnosed with dementia annually since they experience difficulties with memory and thinking skills. Since neurodegenerative diseases are diagnosed late, most of them are difficult to treat.
Kishore Aravind Ravichandran +1 more
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Preventive Medicine Reports, 2017 The ability to make healthy choices is influenced by where one lives, works, shops, and plays. Locally enacted policies and standards can influence these surroundings but little is known about the prevalence of such policies and standards that support ...
Latetia V Moore +4 more
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