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Status epilepticus: Updates on mechanisms and treatments

open access: yesEpilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Status epilepticus (SE) consists of prolonged, self‐sustaining seizures and is a common neurological emergency that causes respiratory compromise and neuronal injury. Without prompt treatment, the seizures can become resistant to benzodiazepines, leading to the progressive evolution of established, refractory, and super‐refractory SE.
Suchitra Joshi, Jaideep Kapur
wiley   +1 more source

Hormone replacement therapy and cardioprotection. A new dawn? A statement of the \u27Gruppo di studio sulle malattie cardiovascolari nella donna\u27 of the societ? italiana di cardiologia on hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal women [PDF]

open access: yes
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in women in western countries. Despite preventive strategies, in the past decades, the incidence of cardiovascular events has shown a decline in men but a rise in women, matching the growth of the ...
Andreassi, Maria Grazia   +7 more
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Modeling county level breast cancer survival data using a covariate-adjusted frailty proportional hazards model

open access: yes, 2015
Understanding the factors that explain differences in survival times is an important issue for establishing policies to improve national health systems.
Hanson, Timothy   +3 more
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Living at genetic risk: The patient experience of Lynch syndrome

open access: yesInternational Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
Abstract Lynch syndrome is a germline cancer predisposition syndrome caused by a variant in one of four genes. Lynch syndrome places individuals at significantly higher risk for a range of cancers, especially colorectal and endometrial. Depending on which gene is affected, the risk of ovarian, gastric, small bowel, pancreatic, biliary urothelial, brain,
Nicola Reents   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Age‐specific breast cancer incidence by subtype, TNM stage and screening status in Sweden 2008–2019 estimated with multiple imputation

open access: yesInternational Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
What's New? Breast cancer incidence in women increases with age, but which subtypes contribute the most at different ages remains unclear. Incidence patterns of breast cancer subtypes are typically under‐reported in population‐based studies due to a high proportion of cases lacking subtype information.
Leo Gkekos   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Estrogen exposure and skeletal health: Special populations and considerations

open access: yesJournal of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America
Estrogen is critical for bone health from puberty onwards. Various clinical scenarios in adolescence can impact skeletal exposure to estrogen during this vulnerable time.
Alana Serota, MD, CCFP   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Age at First Pregnancy, Adult Weight Gain and Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Risk: The PROCAS Study (United Kingdom)

open access: yesInternational Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
An early first pregnancy is protective against postmenopausal breast cancer. However, pregnancy is also a key contributor to weight gain, and adult weight gain increases postmenopausal breast cancer risk. This prospective cohort study quantified the combined effect of adult weight gain and age at first pregnancy on postmenopausal breast cancer risk ...
Lee Malcomson   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Associations of Outdoor Air Pollution With Incidence of Cancers Other Than Lung Cancer in a Large US Prospective Cohort

open access: yesInternational Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
Associations between outdoor air pollution and cancers other than lung cancer remain unclear, particularly in the context of tobacco use. Here, the authors assessed possible links between ambient air pollutant exposure and incidence of 20 non‐lung cancers among adults followed over a 25‐year period in the United States.
W. Ryan Diver   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Achieving and Maintaining Cognitive Vitality With Aging [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
This report contains the summary results of a workshop held at Canyon Ranch Health Resort in Tucson, Arizona. Physicians and scientists shed light on the process of cognitive aging.
Howard Fillit, Robert N. Butler
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