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Neuropsychiatric Burden in Huntington’s Disease [PDF]

Brain Sciences, 2017
Huntington’s disease is a disorder that results in motor, cognitive, and psychiatric problems. The symptoms often take different forms and the presence of disturbances of the psychic sphere reduces patients’ autonomy and quality of life, also impacting patients’ social life.
R. A. Paoli, A. Botturi, A. Ciammola, V. Silani, C. Prunas, C. Lucchiari, E. Zugno, E. Caletti   +7 more
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Type 1 diabetes [PDF]

, 2018
Type 1 diabetes is a chronic autoimmune disease characterised by insulin deficiency and resultant hyperglycaemia. Knowledge of type 1 diabetes has rapidly increased over the past 25 years, resulting in a broad understanding about many aspects of the ...
DiMeglio, Linda A., Evans-Molina, Carmella, Oram, Richard A.   +2 more
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Estimating the changing burden of disease attributable to low levels of physical activity in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012

South African Medical Journal, 2022
Background. Physical activity is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular outcomes, certain cancers and diabetes. The previous South African Comparative Risk Assessment (SACRA1) study assessed the attributable burden of low physical activity for ...
I Neethling, E V Lambert, A Cois, R A Roomaney, O F Awotiwon, R Pacella, D Bradshaw, V Pillay-van Wyk   +7 more
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Estimating the changing burden of disease attributable to high body mass index in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012

South African Medical Journal, 2022
Background. A high body mass index (BMI) is associated with several cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and chronic kidney disease, cancers, and other selected health conditions. Objectives.
D Bradshaw, J D Joubert, N Abdelatief, A Cois, E B Turawa, O F Awotiwon, R A Roomaney, I Neethling, R Pacella, V Pillay van-Wyk   +9 more
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Estimating the burden of rheumatoid arthritis in Africa:A systematic analysis [PDF]

, 2012
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has an estimated worldwide prevalence of 1%. It is one of the leading causes of chronic morbidity in the developed world, but little is known about the disease burden in Africa. RA is often seen as a minor health problem and has
Abdel-Nasser, Abdel-Nasser, Adebajo, Arnett, Beaglehole, Beaglehole, Beighton, Bennett, Brighton, Campbell, Chopra, Darmawan, Goodall, Harpham, Kalla, Kellgren, Lawrence, Masi, McGill, McGill, Meyers, Meyers, Mijiyawa, Mody, Mody, Moolenburgh, Muller, Ropes, Silman, Solomon, Solomon, Symmons, Truswell   +32 more
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Estimating the changing burden of disease attributable to unsafe water and lack of sanitation and hygiene in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012

South African Medical Journal, 2022
Background. The incidence of diarrhoeal disease is closely linked to socioeconomic and environmental factors, household practices and access to health services.
N Nannan, I Neethling, A Cois, R Laubscher, E B Turawa, R Pacella, D Bradshaw, V Pillay-van Wyk   +7 more
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Burden of obesity in the Eastern Mediterranean region : findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study [PDF]

, 2017
Objectives We used the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2015 study results to explore the burden of high body mass index (BMI) in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR). Methods We estimated the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children (
Gill, Paramjit, HASH(0x55aa09ab8718), Mokdad, Ali H.   +2 more
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Estimating the changing disease burden attributable to raised low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012

South African Medical Journal, 2022
Background. Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is the most important contributor to atherosclerosis, a causal factor for ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and ischaemic stroke.
I Neethling, N Peer, A Cois, B Nojilana, R Pacella, D Bradshaw, V Pillay van-Wyk   +6 more
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Measuring the burden of treatment for chronic disease: implications of a scoping review of the literature [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Although there has been growing research on the burden of treatment, the current state of evidence on measuring this concept is unknown.
Mair, Frances S., McMillan, Sara S., Salehi, Asiyeh, Sav, Adem   +3 more
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Rapid mortality surveillance using a national population register to monitor excess deaths during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in South Africa

Genus, 2021
This paper describes how an up-to-date national population register recording deaths by age and sex, whether deaths were due to natural or unnatural causes, and the offices at which the deaths were recorded can be used to monitor excess death during the ...
Rob E. Dorrington, Tom A. Moultrie, Ria Laubscher, Pam J. Groenewald, Debbie Bradshaw   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source