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Noncommunicable diseases and noncommunicable eye diseases: What is the way forward?

Kerala Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020
As humans conquered indectious communicable diseases, nutritional deficiency as well as conditions responsible for maternal and perinatal mortality and lifespan increased, new problems such as diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular, respiratory, and ...
Meena Chakrabarti
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Noncommunicable diseases and dental diseases

Indian Journal of Dental Research, 2018
S M Balaji
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Epigenetics and Noncommunicable Diseases [PDF]

Epigenomics, 2017
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), primarily cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes, kill more than 38 million people each year, making them by far the leading cause of death in the world [1]. They develop due to an interplay of genetic, lifestyle and environmental factors, but many NCDs are considered preventable ...
Sharp, Gemma C, Relton, Caroline L
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Burden of noncommunicable diseases in Pakistan

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 2022
Background: Cases of noncommunicable (NCD) diseases are increasing in Pakistan. They are responsible for 58% of all deaths and information on the risk factors is lacking. Aims: To determine the prevalence of diabetes, hypertension and abnormal heart rate and their risk factors in a multiethnic, low-income area of Lahore.
Tahseen, Kazmi, Mlf, Nagi, Shama, Razzaq, Shamaila, Hussnain, Noor, Shahid, Unsa, Athar   +5 more
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Correlation of resting heart rate with anthropometric factors and serum biomarkers in a population-based study: Fasa PERSIAN cohort study

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2020
Background There is a positive association between raised resting heart rate (RHR), and all causes of mortality and shorter life expectancy. Several serum biomarkers and some anthropometric factors can affect the resting heart rate.
Yashar Goorakani, Massih Sedigh Rahimabadi, Azizallah Dehghan, Maryam Kazemi, Mahsa Rostami Chijan, Mostafa Bijani, Hadi Raeisi Shahraki, Ali Davoodi, Mojtaba Farjam, Reza Homayounfar   +9 more
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Thyroid function and opium use disorder: a cross-sectional study on the Fasa adults cohort study (FACS), 2017

BMC Endocrine Disorders, 2023
Background Addiction increases the risk of different lifelong disorders. However, there are limited studies evaluating the effects of opioid use disorder (OUD) on thyroid function.
Babak Pezeshki, Hossein Pourmontaseri, Reza Homayounfar, Maryam Talebi Moghaddam, Azizallah Dehghan   +4 more
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Knowledge, attitude, and practice towards face mask use among residents of Greater Chennai Corporation, India, March 2021

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
BackgroundWearing a mask is one of the simplest ways to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Studies reported poor mask compliance in Greater Chennai Corporation, India. Hence, we described the knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding mask use among adults (
Ramya Nagarajan, Polani Rubeshkumar, Murugesan Jagadeesan, Mohankumar Raju, Manikandanesan Sakthivel, Sharan Murali, Muthappan Sendhilkumar, Kumaravel Ilangovan, Dineshkumar Harikrishnan, Vettrichelvan Venkatasamy, Parasuraman Ganeshkumar, Prabhdeep Kaur   +11 more
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A Mitochondrial Perspective on Noncommunicable Diseases

Biomedicines, 2023
Mitochondria are the center of energy metabolism in eukaryotic cells and play a central role in the metabolism of living organisms. Mitochondrial diseases characterized by defects in oxidative phosphorylation are the most common congenital diseases. Meanwhile, mitochondrial dysfunction caused by secondary factors such as non-inherited genetic mutations
Yifan Zheng, Jing Zhang, Xiaohong Zhu, Yuanjuan Wei, Wuli Zhao, Shuyi Si, Yan Li   +6 more
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Anticancer traits of chimeric antigen receptors (CARs)-Natural Killer (NK) cells as novel approaches for melanoma treatment

BMC Cancer, 2022
Owing to non-responsiveness of a high number of patients to the common melanoma therapies, seeking novel approaches seem as an unmet requirement. Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells were initially employed against recurrent or refractory B cell ...
Maryam Bahmanyar, Mohammad Kazem Vakil, Ghaidaa Raheem Lateef Al-Awsi, Seyed Amin Kouhpayeh, Yaser Mansoori, Behnam Mansoori, Ali Moravej, Abdulbaset Mazarzaei, Abdolmajid Ghasemian   +8 more
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What is the NCD service capacity and disruptions due to COVID-19? Results from the WHO non-communicable disease country capacity survey in the Americas region

BMJ Open, 2023
Objective This article presents the Americas regional results of the WHO non-communicable diseases (NCDs) Country Capacity Survey from 2019 to 2021, on NCD service capacity and disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic.Setting Information on public sector ...
Anselm Hennis, Silvana Luciani, Roberta Caixeta, Carolina Chavez, Dolores Ondarsuhu   +4 more
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