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The effectiveness of interventions to change six health behaviours: a review of reviews [PDF]

, 2010
Background Several World Health Organisation reports over recent years have highlighted the high incidence of chronic diseases such as diabetes, coronary heart disease and cancer.
Harris Fiona M, Platt, S, Harris, Fiona M., Jepson, Ruth, Jepson Ruth G, Harris, F.M., Fiona M Harris, Ruth G Jepson, Harris, Fiona Margaret, Tannahill, Carol, Tannahill Carol, Jepson, R.G., Stephen Platt, Carol Tannahill, Jepson, Ruth G., Platt, Stephen, Tannahill, C., Platt Stephen   +17 more
core   +2 more sources

Evidence‐Informed Multidisciplinary Consensus Guidance for the Psychosocial Care of Adolescents With High‐Risk Cancer: Recommendations From the Italian Association of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Adolescents with high‐risk cancer face complex developmental, psychosocial, and ethical challenges that extend beyond disease‐directed treatment. Although international recommendations exist for communication, psychosocial care, pediatric palliative care, survivorship, and shared decision‐making, these have largely evolved within ...
Johanna M. C. Blom, Dorella Scarponi, Giulia Zucchetti, Teresa Perillo, Maria Montanaro, Elisa Marconi, Chiara Rutigliano, Paolo Colavero, Paola Quarello, Marina Bertolotti, Monica Cellini, Carlo Clerici, Maurizio Mascarin, Francesca Bomben, Andrea Ferrari, the expert workgroup   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bridging the Loneliness Gap: Depression, Connectivity, and Isolation in Pediatric Oncology Patients and Their Peers

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld, Scott H. Maurer, Michelle D. Watkinson, John Nury, Elise Barberis, Molly C. Mack   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Heart rate variability change during a stressful cognitive task in individuals with anxiety and control participants

BMC Psychology, 2021
Background Individuals suffering from an anxiety disorder are characterized by chronically low heart rate variability (HRV) compared to healthy individuals during resting state conditions.
Judith Held, Andreea Vîslă, Christine Wolfer, Nadine Messerli-Bürgy, Christoph Flückiger   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Early Body Mass Index z‐Score Change and Resolution of Severe Malnutrition in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in a Low‐Income Setting: A Prospective Single‐Arm Extension Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in low‐income settings are at risk of severe malnutrition, but optimal nutritional management has not been established. We evaluated an intensified ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) regimen in children with persistent severe malnutrition after initial treatment and assessed whether early ...
Safiya Gambo, Shehu Umar Abdullahi, Hassan Adam Murtala, Halima Kabir, Khadija A. Shamsu, Sari A. Acra, Virginia A. Stallings, Mark Rodeghier, Michael R. DeBaun, Lauren J. Klein   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Commercial Antivenoms Exert Broad Paraspecific Immunological Binding and In Vitro Inhibition of Medically Important Bothrops Pit Viper Venoms

Toxins, 2022
Snakebite envenoming is a life threatening neglected tropical disease that represents a considerable public health concern in the tropics. Viperid snakes of the genus Bothrops are among those of greatest medical importance in Latin America, and they ...
Jaffer Alsolaiss, Nessrin Alomran, Laura Hawkins, Nicholas R. Casewell   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of Radiation Therapy on Physical and Psychosocial Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: A Joint Report From the Children's Oncology Group AYA and Radiation Oncology Committees

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rates of cancer among adolescents and young adults (AYA), age 15–39 years, are increasing. Consequently, radiation oncologists are treating more AYAs who have diagnoses spanning both pediatric and adult practices. Compared to pediatric and older adult patients, AYAs face a unique set of challenges.
Hesham Elhalawani, Rachel K. Peterson, Avani D. Rao, Laurie J. McKenzie, Ahmed Magdy Elmotayam, Leslie Chang, Michael Roth, Susan L. McGovern   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

TEHIP news, issue no. 3 : completing the circle; bringing research into development

, 2000
"A newsletter of the IDRC/MOH Tanzania Essential Health Interventions Project"The knowledge being generated by the Tanzania Essential Health Interventions Project (TEHIP) in research and development interventions has demonstrated the benefits ...
Tanzania Essential Health Interventions Project
core   +1 more source

Air purifiers in classrooms for infection control: a pilot study including a randomized multiple crossover trial to evaluate effectiveness in reducing particulate matter

Trials
Background Air purifiers with high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters aim to reduce particulate matter from the air, including infectious aerosols, potentially lowering airborne disease transmission in classrooms.
Cathinka Halle Julin, Ingeborg Hess Elgersma, Runar Barstad Solberg, Christine Holst, Arnfinn Helleve, Christopher James Rose, Unni Gopinathan, Atle Fretheim, Petter Elstrøm, Sverre B. Holøs   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of Kidney Function on Physiological Assessment of Coronary Circulation

Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine
Background: Diagnosing myocardial ischemia in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients is crucial since coronary artery disease (CAD) forms the predominant cause of mortality in these patients.
Wojciech Zasada, Barbara Zdzierak, Tomasz Rakowski, Beata Bobrowska, Agata Krawczyk-Ożóg, Sławomir Surowiec, Stanisław Bartuś, Andrzej Surdacki, Artur Dziewierz   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source