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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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Investigating the prevalence of hypertension and its associated risk factors in a population-based study: Fasa PERSIAN COHORT data

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2020
Background A high prevalence rate of hypertension (HTN) and its subsequent serious complications made this disease a major health-treatment concern in many societies.
Mostafa Bijani, Saeed Parvizi, Azizallah Dehghan, Massih Sedigh-Rahimabadi, Mahsa Rostami-chijan, Maryam Kazemi, Mohammad Mehdi Naghizadeh, Alireza Ghaemi, Reza Homayounfar, Mojtaba Farjam   +9 more
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Noncommunicable disease risk factors among the trainee doctors of a tertiary level diabetes hospital in Bangladesh

Lifestyle Medicine, 2021
Background Doctors, despite being the public health leaders, are predisposed to the early development of chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). This study was done to determine the prevalence of risk factors of NCDs among doctors.
Tonima Sultana, Mithila Faruque, Palash Chandra Banik, Sharmin Sultana, Feroz Amin, Mohammad Mostafa Zaman   +5 more
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A systematic review on noncommunicable diseases among working women

Industrial Health, 2021
The increasing involvement of women in the paid-labor market has led to multifactorial exposure towards the development of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).
Idayu Badilla Idris, Noor Atika Azit, Siti Rasidah Abdul Ghani, Sharifah Fazlinda Syed Nor, A. Mohammed Nawi   +4 more
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Essential lipid autacoids rewire mitochondrial energy efficiency in metabolic dysfunction‐associated fatty liver disease

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Increased liver content of DHA‐derived small lipid autacoids (i.e resolvin D1 and maresin 1) associates with enhanced mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation, fatty acid β‐oxidation and bioenergetic metabolic flux. These features provide hepatic protection from steatotic, pro‐inflammatory and fibrogenic insults.
Cristina López‐Vicario, David Sebastián, Mireia Casulleras, Marta Duran‐Güell, Roger Flores‐Costa, Ferran Aguilar, Juan José Lozano, Ingrid W. Zhang, Esther Titos, Jing X. Kang, Antonio Zorzano, Makoto Arita, Joan Clària   +12 more
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Prevalence and determinants of non-communicable diseases risk factors among reproductive-aged women: Findings from a nationwide survey in Bangladesh.

PLoS ONE, 2023
IntroductionKnowing the risk factors like smoking status, overweight/obesity, and hypertension among women of reproductive age could allow the development of an effective strategy for reducing the burden of non-noncommunicable diseases.
Saifur Rahman Chowdhury, Md Nazrul Islam, Tasbeen Akhtar Sheekha, Shirmin Bintay Kader, Ahmed Hossain   +4 more
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Attacking the public health crisis of hepatocellular carcinoma at its roots

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract As the third most common cause of cancer‐related death worldwide with significant mortality rates in the United States, hepatocellular carcinoma has strong association with cirrhosis and chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) with a growing at‐risk population from the rise in chronic liver disease from alcohol use and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
Hannah M. Lee, Steven D. Lidofsky, Tamar H. Taddei, Lisa J. Townshend‐Bulson   +3 more
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Ten years of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: progress in the Americas

Salud Pública de México, 2017
The objective of this article is to analyze the progress made in the Americas in the implementation of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) after its tenth anniversary of entry into force.
Adriana Blanco, Rosa Carolina Sandoval, Leticia Martínez-López, Roberta de Betânia Caixeta   +3 more
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Noncommunicable diseases in the Americas: a review of the Pan American Health Organization’s 25-year program of work

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2023
This article describes progress in tackling noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in the Americas since the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) started its NCD program 25 years ago. Changes in the epidemiology of NCDs, NCD policies, health service capacity,
Silvana Luciani, Leendert Nederveen, Ramon Martinez, Roberta Caixeta, Carolina Chavez, Rosa C. Sandoval, Luciana Severini, Diana Cerón, Adriana B. Gomes, Sehr Malik, Fabio Gomez, Pedro Ordunez, Mauricio Maza, Maristela Monteiro, Anselm Hennis   +14 more
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Nutrition, Microbiota and Noncommunicable Diseases [PDF]

Nutrients, 2020
The advent of new sequencing technologies has inspired the foundation of novel research to ascertain the connections between the microbial communities that reside in our gut and some physiological and pathological conditions [...]
openaire   +3 more sources