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Cerebral Amyloid and Hypertension are Independently Associated with White Matter Lesions in Elderly. [PDF]

, 2015
In cognitively normal (CN) elderly individuals, white matter hyperintensities (WMH) are commonly viewed as a marker of cerebral small vessel disease (SVD).
Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, Braskie, Meredith N, Carmichael, Owen T, DeCarli, Charles, Scott, Julia A, Thompson, Paul M, Tosun, Duygu, Weiner, Michael   +7 more
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Estimating the changing disease burden attributable to iron deficiency in South Africa, 2000, 2006 and 2012

South African Medical Journal, 2022
Background. Worldwide, iron deficiency, and consequent iron-deficiency anaemia, remains the most common nutritional disorder. Iron-deficiency anaemia mostly affects young children and women of reproductive age, especially in Asia and Africa.
O F Awotiwon, A Cois, R Pacella, E B Turawa, M A Dhansay, L Stuijvenberg, D Labadarios, R A Roomaney, I Neethling, B Nojilana, N Abdelatif, D Bradshaw, V Pillay-van Wyk   +12 more
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Directing diarrhoeal disease research towards disease-burden reduction [PDF]

, 2009
Despite gains in controlling mortality relating to diarrhoeal disease, the burden of disease remains unacceptably high. To refocus health research to target disease-burden reduction as the goal of research in child health, the Child Health and Nutrition ...
Bhatnagar, Shinjini, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A, Black, Robert E, Fontaine, Olivier, Kosek, Margaret, Lanata, Claudio F, Mahalanabis, Dilip, Rudan, Igor, Salam, Mohammed Abdus, Snyder, John D, Walker, Damian G   +10 more
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Changing trends in the disease burden of non-melanoma skin cancer globally from 1990 to 2019 and its predicted level in 25 years

BMC Cancer, 2022
The disease burden of non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) has become a significant public health threat. We aimed to conduct a comprehensive analysis to mitigate the health hazards of NMSC. This study had three objectives. First, we reported the NMSC-related
Wan Hu, Lanlan Fang, Ruyu Ni, Hengchuan Zhang, Guixia Pan   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Multimorbidity in South Africa: a systematic review of prevalence studies

BMJ Open, 2021
Objectives To review prevalence studies of multimorbidity in South Africa to identify prevalence estimates, common disease clusters and factors associated with multimorbidity.Design Systematic review.Setting South Africa (general community and healthcare
Brian van Wyk, Eunice Bolanle Turawa, Rifqah Abeeda Roomaney   +2 more
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Inequity in the Distribution of Non-Communicable Disease Multimorbidity in Adults in South Africa: An Analysis of Prevalence and Patterns

International Journal of Public Health, 2022
Objectives: The present study examined the prevalence and patterns of non-communicable disease multimorbidity by wealth quintile among adults in South Africa.Methods: The South African National Income Dynamics Study Wave 5 was conducted in 2017 to ...
R. A. Roomaney, R. A. Roomaney, B. van Wyk, A. Cois, A. Cois, V. Pillay-van Wyk   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Conceptual Model: The Impact of Sociodemographic on Coronary Heart Disease [PDF]

, 2020
The paper aims to examine the conceptual model on the impact of sociodemographic towards coronary heart disease. There is still limited study on the association between cost of living particularly the cost of food and housing and its impact on coronary ...
Azim, Zainal Azhar Zainal, Kassim, Aza Azlina Md, Mohamed, Juliza   +2 more
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Disease burden and long-term trends of urinary tract infections: A worldwide report

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
Background Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most common infections worldwide, but little is known about their global scale and long-term trends.
Xiaorong Yang, Hui Chen, Yue Zheng, Sifeng Qu, Hao Wang, Fan Yi   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Careful planning required for the transition to electronic cause of death registration

South African Medical Journal
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N Nannan, P Groenewald , D Bradshaw , R Matzopoulos   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The burden of non communicable diseases in developing countries [PDF]

, 2005
Background: By the dawn of the third millennium, non communicable diseases are sweeping the entire globe, with an increasing trend in developing countries where, the transition imposes more constraints to deal with the double burden of infective and ...
Boutayeb, A, Boutayeb, S
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