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Enduring and the horizon of repair: French Caribbean post‐stroke rehabilitation amid health inequity

open access: yesMedical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing on ethnographic research with patients and therapists in post‐stroke rehabilitation, this article explores how Guadeloupeans strive to exist on their own terms amid postcolonial health inequities, forms of marginalization and institutional disrepair.
Raphaëlle Melissa Rabanes
wiley   +1 more source

Neighborhood Environments and Changes in Obesity and in Lifestyle Behaviors Among Children Enrolled in Obesity Management Interventions: A Systematic Review

open access: yesObesity Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Neighborhood determinants of health have been documented in several populations, yet less is known about their role in pediatric obesity treatment. A systematic review of longitudinal studies examining associations between neighborhood environment features and changes in obesity and in lifestyle behaviors among children ...
Yujia Tang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

CD36 and Its Role in Obesity

open access: yesObesity Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Obesity is understood as a condition driven by interactions between genetics and environmental factors. The role of CD36 in the regulation of lipid metabolism and ectopic fat accumulation emerges as a key area of interest. This review presents CD36 not only as a crucial facilitator of fatty acid uptake but also as a regulator of how and where ...
Nahuel Garcia   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of the Oral Microbiome in Circulating Metabolic Biomarkers and the Influence of Air Pollution

open access: yesOral Diseases, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims The oral microbiome is at the frontline for environmental exposure and plays an important role in human metabolism. This study explores the relationship between PM2.5 exposure, the oral microbiome, and metabolic biomarkers including ghrelin, resistin, and insulin.
Jiajun Luo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Porphyromonas gingivalis GroEL accelerates abdominal aortic aneurysm formation by matrix metalloproteinase‐2 SUMOylation in vascular smooth muscle cells: A novel finding for the activation of MMP‐2

open access: yesMolecular Oral Microbiology, EarlyView.
Abstract Infection is a known cause of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), and matrix metalloproteases‐2 (MMP‐2) secreted by vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) plays a key role in the structural disruption of the middle layer of the arteries during AAA progression.
Yi‐Wen Lin   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

White Coat Hypertension

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1988
To the Editor. —I read with considerable interest the article by Pickering et al1entitled "How Common is White Coat Hypertension?" in the Jan 8 issue ofJAMA. The well-known phenomenon that the authors describe must be taken into consideration before starting a lifetime management program for patients whose blood pressures are elevated in a medical ...
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White-coat hypertension

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 2013
1. Numerous studies have examined whether white-coat hypertension (WCHT) is associated with increased cardiovascular risk, but with definitions of WCHT that were not sufficiently robust, results have been inconsistent. The aim of the present review was to standardize the evidence by only including studies that used a definition of WCHT consistent with ...
Martin, Catherine Ann, McGrath, Barry
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Persistent White Coat Hypertension

American Journal of Hypertension, 1994
Serial observations of clinic and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring are presented for a 60-year-old woman whose arterial blood pressure was unaffected by removal of a functioning parathyroid adenoma. A pattern of "white coat hypertension" first detected 8 years ago remains unchanged to the present.
K, Martin, R A, Phillips, L R, Krakoff
openaire   +2 more sources

[White coat hypertension].

Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine, 2004
The literature concerning the problem of "white coat" hypertension is reviewed. The diagnosis of such hypertension is important for valid treatment policy in hypertensive patients. This diagnosis is based primarily on the data of 24-h blood pressure monitoring.
Michaell A, Huber   +2 more
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