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Associations of Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity with Frailty Over Five Years of Follow‐up

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective To evaluate whether rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity is associated with frailty both in cross‐section and longitudinally. Methods Participants within the Veterans Affairs Rheumatoid Arthritis registry enrolled from 2003 to 2022 were included. The exposure was RA disease activity measured by Disease Activity Score in 28‐joints (DAS28)
Courtney N. Loecker, Yangyuna Yang, Punyasha Roul, Aaron Baraff, Myra S. Schmaderer, Lani Zimmerman, Kaleb Michaud, Namrata Singh, Grant W. Cannon, Gary Kunkel, Ted R. Mikuls, Ariela R. Orkaby, Joshua F. Baker, Bryant R. England, Katherine D. Wysham   +14 more
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Metabolic Changes Following Smoking Cessation in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Biomedicines
Background: Smoking cessation is crucial for reducing complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), but associated weight gain can worsen glycemic control, discouraging quitting attempts.
Stamatina Driva, Aliki Korkontzelou, Serena Tonstad, Nikolaos Tentolouris, Eleni Litsiou, Vasiliki Vasileiou, Alice G. Vassiliou, Vassiliki Saltagianni, Paraskevi Katsaounou   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Activity‐Dependent NEPAS–PTX3 Axis Links Neurovascular and Myelin Deficits to Cognitive Impairment

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
An activity‐dependent pathway links prefrontal circuit hypoactivity to cognitive impairment. Reduced PVA–mPFC activity upregulates NEPAS, which suppresses PTX3 secretion, leading to impaired angiogenesis, myelin deficits, and memory decline. Rescue is achieved by NEPAS knockdown or chemogenetic circuit activation.
Boya Hu, Zifei Chen, Bingmei Sun, Jiale Gao, Jiale Xu, Xiaochun Guo, Fenfei Gao, Zhongsi Wang, Jie Wu, Xiaoyu Ji, Peipei Liu, Bing Huang   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Supporting smoking cessation

BMJ, 2014
#### Summary points Despite the decrease in prevalence of tobacco use in developed countries, smoking remains the most common preventable cause of disease and death in the world today. Advice on smoking cessation from doctors and other health professionals has been shown to improve quit rates and is highly cost effective.1 Given the importance to ...
Zwar, Nicholas Arnold, Mendelsohn, Colin, Richmond, Robyn   +2 more
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Alcohol Consumption Is a Risk Factor of Surgical Site Infection After Minimally Invasive Surgery: A Secondary Observational Analysis of a Clinical Trial

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Alcohol consumption was independently associated with Surgical Site Infection in the gastroenterological Minimally Invasive Surgery. Whether preoperative abstinence from alcohol prevents the occurrence of SSI warrants further investigation. ABSTRACT Background Surgical site infection (SSI) is one of the postoperative complications. Risk factors for SSI
Toshiya Akai, Makoto Takeda, Eisuke Booka, Tomohiro Matsumoto, Masayo Takaoka, Mayu Sakata, Yoshifumi Morita, Hirotoshi Kikuchi, Yoshihiro Hiramatsu, Hiroya Takeuchi   +9 more
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University-Based Smoking Cessation Program Through Pharmacist-Physician Initiative: An Economic Evaluation [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
Introduction: Annually, especially in poor resourced countries, significant amount of money is spent to treat chronic diseases. The money instead could be saved by spending on health promotion programs for preventing chronic diseases. Aim: To conduct
Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim, Nagmeldien Ahmed Mohammed Magzoub, Norlela Maarup   +2 more
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Implementation of a quality improvement project on smoking cessation reduces smoking in a high risk trauma patient population. [PDF]

, 2016
BackgroundCigarette smoking causes about one of every five deaths in the U.S. each year. In 2013 the prevalence of smoking in our institution's trauma population was 26.7 %, well above the national adult average of 18.1 % according to the CDC website. As
Carrens, Karen, Doben, Andrew, Gross, Ronald, Korntner, Samuel, Nahmias, Jeffry, Poola, Shiva   +5 more
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Definitions of community‐level approaches to address substance‐related harms and lessons learned: A systematic overview of reviews

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Community action focused on sociocultural and environmental influences to prevent alcohol and other drug (AOD) use and related harms is a global priority. Despite this recognition, understanding of effective community‐level approaches is limited.
Peter Gates, Andrea Zocco, Sara Farnbach
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Assessment of Initial Stay Time and Work‐Rest Scheduling Over Consecutive Moderate‐Intensity Workdays in Hot Environments in Young and Older Males and Females

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Initial stay time (IST), the duration of continuous work before core temperature reaches 38.0°C, has been characterized in young and older adults but not across consecutive work periods or in conjunction with standard work‐rest cycles.
Glen P. Kenny, Katie E. Wagar, Roberto C. Harris‐Mostert, Kristina‐Marie T. Janetos, James J. McCormick, Kelli E. King, Leonidas G. Ioannou, Ronald J. Sigal, W. Shane Journeay, Fergus K. O'Connor   +9 more
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Teen smoking cessation [PDF]

Tobacco Control, 2003
Interest in adolescent smoking cessation has increased dramatically over the past several years, as researchers and practitioners have acknowledged the high rates of adolescents who smoke regularly and the low probability that adolescents who are regular smokers will stop on their own.
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