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NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

Pakistan Journal of Medicine and Dentistry
Non Communicable Diseases (NCD’s), the emerging of major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide including developing countries, are estimated to accounts for 50% of total deaths in Pakistan according to WHO country profile of 2014.
Ejaz A Vohra
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Reframing non-communicable diseases [PDF]

The Lancet Global Health, 2017
​Proposer de travailler sur les maladies chroniques non-infectieuses comme "maladies socialement transmises" ("socially transmitted conditions") prolonge un lieu commun partage depuis plusieurs decennies en epidemiologie sur le caractere plurifactoriel de ces maladies. Cela ne doit pas empecher de penser que les maladies infectieuses doivent aussi etre
Cavalin, Catherine, Lescoat, Alain
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Combating non-communicable diseases [PDF]

BMJ, 2005
Non-communicable diseases account for most of the global burden of disease. This share is forecast to grow in the decades ahead, particularly in low income and middle income countries.1 In the countries of eastern Europe, chronic non-communicable diseases among people of working age drive high rates of adult mortality.2,3 This obviously concerns the ...
Marquez, Patricio V., Suhrcke, Marc
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Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Lupus Nephritis: Potential Therapeutic Target

Journal of Immunology Research, 2023
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex autoimmune disease. Approximately one-third to two-thirds of the patients with SLE progress to lupus nephritis (LN). The pathogenesis of SLE and LN has not yet been fully elucidated, and effective treatment
Hui-Yuan Li, Li-Feng Huang, Xiao-Rong Huang, Dan Wu, Xiao-Cui Chen, Ji-Xin Tang, Ning An, Hua-Feng Liu, Chen Yang   +8 more
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Evaluation of Relationship between Serum Liver Enzymes and Hypertension: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on Data from Rafsanjan Cohort Study

International Journal of Hypertension, 2022
Background. Hypertension as a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases is among the leading causes of death worldwide. The relationship between elevated serum levels of liver enzymes and hypertension has been reported in limited studies, and to the ...
Parvin Khalili, Saeedeh Abdollahpoor, Fatemeh Ayoobi, Alireza Vakilian, Hamid Hakimi, Zohreh Rajabi, Zahra Jamali   +6 more
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Positive Association between Hemoglobin Concentration and Blood Pressure in Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on Rafsanjan Cohort Study

International Journal of Hypertension, 2023
Introduction. Identification of factors associated with blood pressure (BP), including hemoglobin, can be used in diagnosing, controlling, and predicting the prognosis of patients.
Gholamreza Bazmandegan, Mitra Abbasifard, Hamid Ostadebrahimi, Mohammadreza Gholamrezapour, Zahra Kamiab   +4 more
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Towards reframing health service delivery in Uganda: the Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases [PDF]

Global Health Action, 2015
Background: The burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is accelerating. Given that the capacity of health systems in LMICs is already strained by the weight of communicable diseases, these countries find ...
Jeremy I. Schwartz, Ashley Dunkle, Ann R. Akiteng, Doreen Birabwa-Male, Richard Kagimu, Charles K. Mondo, Gerald Mutungi, Tracy L. Rabin, Michael Skonieczny, Jamila Sykes, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza   +10 more
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Smoking, alcohol and opioids effect on coronary microcirculation: an update overview

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2021
Smoking, heavy alcohol drinking and drug abuse are detrimental lifestyle factors leading to loss of million years of healthy life annually. One of the major health complications caused by these substances is the development of cardiovascular diseases ...
Zahra Jalali, Morteza Khademalhosseini, Narjes Soltani, Ali Esmaeili Nadimi   +3 more
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Renaming non-communicable diseases [PDF]

The Lancet Global Health, 2017
Guanyang Zou, Kristof Decoster, Barbara McPake, Sophie Witter   +3 more
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Tobacco use and its determinants in the 2015 Kenya WHO STEPS survey

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2015, over 1.1 billion people smoked tobacco, which represents around 15% of the global population. In Africa, around one in five adults smoke tobacco.
Christine Ngaruiya, Hussein Abubakar, Dorcas Kiptui, Ann Kendagor, Melau W Ntakuka, Philip Nyakundi, Gladwell Gathecha   +6 more
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