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The metabolic syndrome adds utility to the prediction of mortality over its components: The Vietnam Experience Study [PDF]
Background\ud The metabolic syndrome increases mortality risk. However, as “non-affected” individuals may still have up to two risk factors, the utility of using three or more components to identify the syndrome, and its predictive advantage over ...
Anna C. Phillips +24 more
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ABSTRACT Introduction Neuroblastoma (NB) with central nervous system (CNS) metastases is rare at diagnosis, but occurs more often during relapse/progression. Patients with CNS metastases face a dismal prognosis, with no standardized curative treatment available.
Vicente Santa‐Maria Lopez +13 more
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Background India is one of the world's largest producers and consumers of tobacco. Smoking is rare among Indian women, but research shows that Indian women's use of smokeless tobacco products is increasing, with negative consequences on reproductive ...
Prashika Kurlikar
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Background To promote institutional delivery, the Government of India, through the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) program, gives monetary reward to all pregnant women who give birth at the government or private health center.
Ratna Patel +4 more
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ABSTRACT Background Despite their increased risk for functional impairment resulting from cancer and its treatments, few adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with a hematological malignancy receive the recommended or therapeutic dose of exercise per week during inpatient hospitalizations.
Jennifer A. Kelleher +8 more
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Wealth differentials and contraceptive choices among women in India: insights from NFHS-5 (2019-21)
Introduction Wealth status plays a crucial role in shaping contraceptive choices among women in India. This study aims to investigate the impact of wealth quintiles on current contraceptive use and identify the factors contributing to differentials in ...
Roni Sikdar, Dhananjay W. Bansod
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Empowering tribal women: a comparative analysis of matrilineal and patrilineal societies in India
Tribal societies are often considered egalitarian, especially in contrast to the hierarchical caste society. However, tribal societies are not homogeneous, as both matrilineal and patrilineal tribes exist in India. This study examines whether matrilineal
Piyasa Mal, Nandita Saikia
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Background High concentrations of NEFA relative to a defined reference or ‘cut‐point’ values before calving can predict the risk of specific or collective periparturient disease events.
Samuel Kia, Mehrdad Mohri, Hesam A Seifi
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Hedging Pure Endowments with Mortality Derivatives [PDF]
In recent years, a market for mortality derivatives began developing as a way to handle systematic mortality risk, which is inherent in life insurance and annuity contracts.
Wang, Ting, Young, Virginia R.
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Age- and sex- specific all-cause mortality risk greatest in metabolic syndrome combinations with elevated blood pressure from 7 U.S. cohorts [PDF]
Background The association between metabolic syndrome (MetS) and all-cause mortality is well established but it is unclear if there are differences in mortality risk among the 32 possible MetS combinations.
Blair, Steven N. +4 more
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