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Medical education and the pursuit of excellence : the quest for the Holy Grail? [PDF]

, 2008
Medical education in Europe is currently facing enormous challenges brought about by the number and the diversity of medical schools that are now within the fold.
Vassallo, Josanne
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Diabetes in Sub Saharan Africa 1999-2011: Epidemiology and Public Health Implications. A Systematic Review. [PDF]

, 2011
Diabetes prevalence is increasing globally, and Sub-Saharan Africa is no exception. With diverse health challenges, health authorities in Sub-Saharan Africa and international donors need robust data on the epidemiology and impact of diabetes in order to ...
Hall, Victoria, Henriksen, Ole, Lohse, Nicolai, Thomsen, Reimar W   +3 more
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Mindfulness interventions reduce blood pressure in patients with non-communicable diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2020
Purpose Mindfulness based interventions (MBIs) are an emerging area of empirical study, not only in positive psychology, but also in clinical health care.
Abbott, Agarwal, American Heart Association, Beaglehole, Blom, Campbell, Casellas Grau, Chiesa, Ettehad, Faraone, Gotink, Gregoski, Grossman, Hartmann, Higgins, Hilton, Hughes, Hughes, Intarakamhang, Kabat-Zinn, Kabat-Zinn, Keng, Kumar, McHugh, Momeni, Nejati, Ng, Palta, Parswani, Pearson, Ponte Marquez, Ram, Rosenzweig, Shi, Solano Lopez, Sutipan, Turakitwanakan, Ukpabi, World Health Organization, Wright   +39 more
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The association between ambient air pollution and the risk of incident nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Hangzhou, China

Scientific Reports
Ambient air pollution exposure was associated with an increased risk of incident cancer, but few previous studies have focused on the associations between ambient air pollution and nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC).
Zesheng Chen, Zongxue Cheng, Yaoyao Wu, Zhecong Yu, Kang Qin, Caixia Jiang, Jue Xu   +6 more
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Spicy food consumption is associated with abdominal obesity among Chinese Han population aged 30–79 years in the Sichuan Basin: a population-based cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Few animal experiments and volunteer-based intervention studies have showed a controversial effect of spicy foods on abdominal obesity. We aimed to examine the association between spicy food frequency, spicy flavor, and abdominal obesity among
Xianxian Yang, Wenge Tang, Deqiang Mao, Xiang Liu, Wen Qian, Yingxue Dai, Liling Chen, Xianbin Ding   +7 more
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Health Seeking Behaviour of Non Communicable Disease in Sulaho Village, Lasusua Sub District, North Kolaka Regency [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Non communicable diseases is a chronic disease that is not spread from person to person. Public knowledge about type of non communicable disease is quite good, but generally they don't understand about effect of non communicable disease risk ...
Handayani, L. (Lestari), Martiyana, C. (Cati)   +1 more
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The UK's Global Health Respiratory Network: Improving respiratory health of the world's poorest through research collaborations. [PDF]

, 2019
Respiratory disorders are responsible for considerable morbidity, health care utilisation, societal costs and approximately one in five deaths worldwide [1-4].
Adab, P, Balharry, D, Barreto, ML, Bauld, L, Campbell, H, Cooper, P, Cruz, A, Davidson, FM, Dodd, P, Enocson, A, Fitch, N, Griffiths, C, Grigg, J, Heyderman, RS, Jordan, R, Katikireddi, SV, Kuo, S, Kwambana-Adams, B, Leyland, AH, Mortimer, K, Mosler, G, Obasi, A, Orme, M, Readshaw, A, Savio, M, Sheikh, A, Siddiqi, K, Sifaki-Pistolla, D, Singh, S, Squire, B, Tsiligianni, I, Williams, S   +31 more
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Nighttime sleep duration and dual management of blood pressure and glycemia in Chinese with comorbid hypertension and diabetes

Scientific Reports
To characterize the associations between nighttime sleep duration and control of blood pressure (BP) and glycemia in individuals with comorbid hypertension and diabetes, we conducted a cross-sectional analysis of 2794 participants aged ≥ 50 years with ...
Binglin Chen, Haifeng Xu, Yan Shi, Minna Cheng, Jia Chen, Xuyan Su, Haiying Tang, Danying Pan, Qinghua Yan   +8 more
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Associations of changes in waist circumference and BMI with variation of fasting blood glucose among middle aged and elderly residents at high cardiovascular risk: a follow-up study in Jiangsu province

Zhongguo gonggong weisheng
Objective To investigate associations of changes in waist circumference (WC) and body mass index (BMI) with the variation of fasting blood glucose among middle aged and elderly residents with high cardiovascular risk.
Xun WU, Yu QIN, Jian SU, Lulu CHEN, Lan CUI, Ran TAO, Jinyi ZHOU   +6 more
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Survei Beberapa Faktor Risiko Penyakit Tidak Menular di Kabupaten Rembang (Studi pada Sukarelawan) [PDF]

, 2015
The prevalence of non-communicable disease in Rembang regency was increase 2,21% (2010), 2,40% (2011), and 2,48% (2012). The prevention of non-communicable disease should be focused on its risk factors. A cross-sectional study was conducted to obtain the
Saraswati, L. D. (Lintang), Septyarini, P. (Putri), Susanto, H. S. (Henry)   +2 more
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