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Accelerated Epigenetic Aging in Frontotemporal Dementia Highlights Smoking, Inflammation, and Metabolic Signals

Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Objective Epigenetic clocks are biomarkers of biological aging influenced by lifestyle and systemic factors. Accelerated epigenetic aging has been associated with neurodegeneration, but its relevance in frontotemporal dementia is unclear. We investigated biological aging in frontotemporal dementia using the GrimAge2 epigenetic clock, a DNA methylation ...
Daphne Nijland, Sven J. van der Lee, Eska Marye de Haan, Naren Ramesh, Sterre C.M. de Boer, Everard G.B. Vijverberg, Henne Holstege, Yolande A.L. Pijnenburg, Roel A. Ophoff, Lianne M. Reus   +9 more
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E-cigarettes banned in health service facilities.

, 2014
The Health Service Executive is to ban the use of electronic cigarettes in all health service facilities from the beginning of next month. The move follows a review of their safety and the impact of e-cigarettes on its smoke-free campus policy ...

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Fairness perceptions in marketing strategy and across the marketing mix: An integrative review and call to action

Consumer Psychology Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Fairness is a foundational and highly consequential construct in marketing, shaping purchase intentions, brand attitudes, complaints, boycotts, and word‐of‐mouth. Yet extant consumer research has largely concentrated on price fairness, leaving fairness across the rest of marketing strategy and the marketing mix comparatively underexplored ...
Elizabeth M. S. Friedman, Franklin Shaddy   +1 more
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E-cigarettes : an emerging public health challenge [PDF]

Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, are an emerging challenge for public health. These devices are part of a growing landscape of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) that includes many different types of products, such as vape pens and e ...

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The Association Between Systemic Inflammation as Measured by Calprotectin and Autoantibody Load in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Objective Plasma calprotectin is a marker of neutrophil activity. Its relation to the clinical phenotype and autoantibodies in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is only partly understood. We therefore aimed to investigate the association between calprotectin and the clinical parameters C‐reactive protein (CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), anti–cyclic
Caroline Grönwall, Linda Mathsson Alm, Helga Westerlind, Isabel Gehring, Nasim Ghasemzadeh, Niels Steen Krogh, Siri Lillegraven, Espen Haavardsholm, Martina Johannesson, Tore K. Kvien, Johan Rönnelid, Tue Wenzel Kragstrup, Bente Glintborg, Merete Lund Hetland, Hilde Berner Hammer, Danish Rheumatologic Biobank Study Group, Swedish Rheumatology Quality Register Biobank Study Group, Oliver Hendricks, Estrid Høgdall, Dorte Vendelbo Jensen, Heidi Lausten Munk, Jens Kristian Pedersen, Torkell Ellingsen, Anne Gitte Loft, Ellen‐Margrethe Hauge, Salome Kristensen, Lene Dreyer, Asta Linauskas, Søren Jacobsen, Carl Turesson, Solbritt Rantapää Dahlqvist, Lena Björkman, Alf Kastbom, Eva Baecklund, Johan Askling   +34 more
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Opinions and practices regarding electronic cigarette use among Romanian high school students

Gaceta Sanitaria, 2016
Objective: The study assessed awareness, opinions, practices regarding electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and factors associated with their use among Romanian high school students.
Lucia Maria Lotrean, Bianca Varga, Monica Popa, Cornel Radu Loghin, Milena Adina Man, Antigona Trofor   +5 more
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Electronic nicotine delivery systems (e-cigarettes) as a smoking cessation aid: A survey among pharmacy staff in Queensland, Australia

, 2019
OBJECTIVES:This study examined views of pharmacy staff regarding the safety of e-cigarettes compared to nicotine replacement therapies (NRTs) and conventional cigarettes, as well as views on their regulation in Australia.
Erku, Daniel A, Gartner, Coral E, Steadman, Kathryn J, Morphett, Kylie, Do, Jennifer Thi   +4 more
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E-cigarettes shaped like USB flash drives : information for parents, educators, and health care providers [PDF]

Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are battery-powered devices that can deliver nicotine and flavorings to the user in the form of an aerosol. E-cigarettes come in many shapes and sizes.CS292347-APublication date from document properties.e-cigarettes ...

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Are e-cigarettes really a healthier alternative to smoking?

E-cigarettes emerged in the early 21st century as a safer health alternative to conventional cigarettes. E-cigarettes use e-liquids based on glycerine and propylene glycol.
Michał Zwoliński, Bartłomiej Kulesza, Katarzyna Zemsta, Przemysław Piskorz, Marta Szuleka, Katarzyna Kamińska-Omasta, Weronika Sobota, Ryszard Tomasiuk   +7 more
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Clozapine:norclozapine ratio as a marker of metabolic risk and therapeutic response and effect of valproate on clozapine levels

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims Clozapine is the most effective antipsychotic in treatment‐resistant schizophrenia. Clozapine causes weight gain and increased diabetes risk. The role of its metabolite norclozapine and clozapine:norclozapine ratio (CLZ/NCLZ) in metabolic effects has been debated.
Susanna Maria Rask, Miina Lamminmäki, Olli Kampman, Mari Hämäläinen, Eeva Moilanen, Niko Seppälä, Anssi Solismaa   +6 more
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