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Regional estimates of noncommunicable diseases associated risk factors among adults in India: results from National Noncommunicable Disease Monitoring Survey

BMC Public Health, 2022
This study describes regional differences and determinants on key noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk factors in adults from the National NCD Monitoring Survey (NNMS) across six geographic regions of India.
Thilagavathi Ramamoorthy, Sravya Leburu, V. Kulothungan, P. Mathur   +3 more
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Global challenges in tobacco control

Salud Pública de México, 2017
The last decade has seen unprecedented achievements in global tobacco control. These include the entry into force of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) and 179 states, as well as the European Union, becoming Parties to the Treaty ...
Kerstin Schotte, Alison Commar, Evan Blecher, Vinayak Prasad   +3 more
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Ultraprocessed food and chronic noncommunicable diseases: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of 43 observational studies

Obesity Reviews, 2020
This systematic review and meta‐analysis investigated the association between consumption of ultraprocessed food and noncommunicable disease risk, morbidity and mortality. Forty‐three observational studies were included (N = 891,723): 21 cross‐sectional,
M. Lane, Jessica A Davis, Sally Beattie, C. Gómez-Donoso, A. Loughman, A. O'Neil, F. Jacka, M. Berk, Richard Page, W. Marx, T. Rocks   +10 more
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Noncommunicable Diseases Prevention In Low- and Middle-Income Countries: An Overview of Health in All Policies (HiAP)

Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing, 2021
Noncommunicable disease (NCD) causes about 35 million deaths and accounts for 60% of all deaths, of which 80% is in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC).
N. Ndubuisi
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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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The impact of seven major noncommunicable diseases on direct medical costs, absenteeism, and presenteeism in Gulf Cooperation Council countries

Journal of Medical Economics, 2021
Aims To estimate the current burden of seven major noncommunicable diseases on direct medical costs, absenteeism, and presenteeism in the six countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab ...
E. Finkelstein, J. Malkin, D. Baid, A. Alqunaibet, K. Mahdi, M. Al-Thani, Buthaina Abdulla Bin Belaila, Ebrahim Al Nawakhtha, S. Alqahtani, S. El-Saharty, C. Herbst   +10 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 Methodology for Mapping the Patient Journey for Noncommunicable Diseases in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Journal of Healthcare Leadership, 2021
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are responsible for 71% of all worldwide mortality each year, and have an exceptionally large impact in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Tanaya Bharatan, Ratna Devi, Pai-Hui Huang, A. Javed, B. Jeffers, P. Lansberg, Kaveri Sidhu, K. Subramaniam   +7 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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