Novel findings regarding treatment obesity and weight-related comorbidities – the systemic literature review by Karina Urbańska, Dariusz Popiela, Łukasz Stojak, Filip Kwiatkowski, Katarzyna Grego, Mateusz Grego, Mateusz Baczewski, Witold Czyż

“… Obesity and overweight are a growing health problem worldwide and are recognized as risk factors for many health complications and increased mortality. …”
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Beneficial microbiome and diet interplay in early-onset colorectal cancer by Zhengyuan Zhou, Linda Kleis, Ana Depetris-Chauvin, Stefanie Jaskulski, Victoria Damerell, Karin B Michels, Biljana Gigic, Ute Nöthlings, Gianni Panagiotou

“…We provide an overview of dietary risk factors associated with EO-CRC and contrast them with the general trends for CRC. …”
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Ischemic heart disease and reflux-esophagitis: complexities of the differential diagnosis and treatment. by Yu. N. Belenkov, Ye. V. Privalova, A. O. Yusupova, M. V. Kozhevnikova

“…Ischemic heart disease (IHD) and reflux-esophagitis (RE) are one of the most frequent diseases of cardio-vascular and alimentary systems. Common risk factors play important role in high prevalence of comorbide course of IHD and RE. …”
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Functional Constipation in Children: overview and new outcomes by Kamila Stępień, Maria Przygoda, Joanna Śnieżna, Gabriela Trestka, Sabina Adamczyk, Urszula Zelik, Jakub Dziewic, Wojciech Florczak, Wiktoria Domino, Jagienka Włodyka, Karol Dzwonnik

“…FC affects approximately 5-30% of children, with risk factors including dietary habits, psychosocial stressors, and family history. …”
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Effects of a 7-week active breaks intervention program on physical literacy and body mass index by Javier Urbano-Mairena, Laura Muñoz-Bermejo, Jorge Carlos-Vivas, Raquel Pastor-Cisneros, José Adrián Montenegro-Espinosa, María Mendoza-Muñoz

“…IntroductionPhysical literacy (PL) emerges as a highly effective resource for creating lasting physical activity habits at a time when physical inactivity has become one of the main risk factors in our population. Thus, active breaks (AB) could be an ideal option for increasing physical activity time in schoolchildren.MethodsA cross-sectional quasi-experimental study was conducted, involving 89 participants aged 8-12 years from Extremadura. …”
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Closing the gap in dementia research by community-based cohort studies in the Chinese populationResearch in context by Xiaowen Zhou, Zhenxu Xiao, Wanqing Wu, Yuntao Chen, Changzheng Yuan, Yue Leng, Yao Yao, Qianhua Zhao, Albert Hofman, Eric Brunner, Ding Ding

“…We identified critical research gaps and propose future directions, including enhancing sample representativeness, investigating China-specific risk factors, expanding exposure measurements to the whole life-span, collecting objective data, conducting administer-friendly domain-specific cognitive assessments, adopting pathological diagnostic criteria, standardizing biobank construction, verifying multi-modal biomarkers, examining social and genetic-environmental aspects, and monitoring post-COVID cognitive health, to approach high quality of dementia studies that can provide solid evidence to policy making and promote global brain health research.…”
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Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Surgical Patients with Intensive Care Unit Lengths of Stay of 90 Days and Greater by Verena Martini, Ann-Kathrin Lederer, Claudia Laessle, Frank Makowiec, Stefan Utzolino, Stefan Fichtner-Feigl, Lampros Kousoulas

“…We identified age and the need of renal replacement therapy as risk factors for mortality.…”
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Serological Survey and Factors Associated with Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Domestic Goats in Myanmar by Saw Bawm, Wint Yi Maung, Myat Yee Win, May June Thu, Hla Myet Chel, Tin Aye Khaing, Soe Soe Wai, Lat Lat Htun, Tin Tin Myaing, Saruda Tiwananthagorn, Makoto Igarashi, Ken Katakura

“…With the occurrence value obtained in this first study, a second one, more complete, with larger number (162) of animals and properties, was carried out and the risk factors and prevalence were determined. In both studies the samples were analyzed by the LAT. …”
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The Conceptualization and Measurement of Comorbidity: A Review of the Interprofessional Discourse by Salimah H. Meghani, Harleah G. Buck, Victoria Vaughan Dickson, Marilyn J. Hammer, Eneida Rejane Rabelo-Silva, Robyn Clark, Mary D. Naylor

“…An etiological approach investigates the risk factors and underlying mechanisms potentially leading to consolidation of diagnosis and treatments. …”
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Behavioural Problems in Children with 46XY Disorders of Sex Development by Nalini M. Selveindran, Syed Zulkifli Syed Zakaria, Muhammad Yazid Jalaludin, Rahmah Rasat

“…The aim of this study is to determine the behavioural problems of children with 46XY disorders of sex development (DSD) with genital ambiguity and to identify the risk factors that may influence behaviour. The 27 participants (aged 6–18 years) consisted of 21 patients raised as boys and 6 patients raised as girls. …”
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Predictors of Acquired Perforating Dermatosis in Uremic Patients on Hemodialysis: A Case-Control Study by Cheng-Hao Weng, Ching-Chih Hu, Shir-Hwa Ueng, Chun-Chen Yu, Chung-Yee Hui, Ja-Liang Lin, Chih-Wei Yang, Cheng-Chieh Hung, Ching-Wei Hsu, Tzung-Hai Yen

“…Multivariate logistic regression identified reduced iPTH (hazard ratio (HR): 0.983; ) and Alb (HR: 0.099; ) and elevated hsCRP (HR: 1.210, ) as risk factors for APD. Conclusions. iPTH, hsCRP, and Alb are predictors for APD in HD patients.…”
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Case Report: A case of transcatheter aortic valve replacement in a patient with a small aortic annulus using the Acurate Neo2 by Shahzil Abdur Rehman Malik, Jamshed Ali, Maleeha Javed, Kamran Hussain, Navaira Azeem, Nasir Rehman, Osman Faheem

“…These risks, combined with advanced age, significant co-morbidities, and a severely calcified small aortic annulus, supported the choice of TAVR with a self-expanding Acurate Neo2 valve. Despite multiple risk factors for PPM, the patient had a successful outcome without major complications. …”
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Isolated Sporothrix schenckii Monoarthritis by Aram Barbaryan, Wissam El Atrouni, Stefania Bailuc, Matthew W. Jones, Maharshi Bhakta, Khaldoun Haj Mahmoud, Aibek E. Mirrakhimov

“…In patients with underlying risk factors (HIV, alcoholism, diabetes mellitus, organ transplant patients, immunosuppressive medications, steroids, and malignancies), it can often have disseminated visceral, osteoarticular, meningeal, and pulmonary involvement. …”
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Incidence and Clinical Significance of De Novo Donor Specific Antibodies after Kidney Transplantation by Sophia Lionaki, Konstantinos Panagiotellis, Aliki Iniotaki, John N. Boletis

“…Among other reasons, de novo formation of antibodies against donor human leukocyte antigens has been recognized as one of the major risk factors for reduced allograft survival. The type of treatment in the presence of donor specific antibodies (DSA) posttransplantation is largely related to the clinical syndrome the patient presents with at the time of detection. …”
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Genetic Markers of Cardiovascular Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis by Luis Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Raquel López-Mejías, Mercedes García-Bermúdez, Carlos González-Juanatey, Miguel A. González-Gay, Javier Martín

“…Besides traditional CV risk factors and chronic inflammation, a number of studies have confirmed the role of genetic factors in the development of the atherogenesis observed in RA. …”
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Digital PCR detection of microsporidia in household pipe water of patients with microsporidial keratitis by Wararee Sriyuttagrai, Auemphon Mordmaung, Tachpon Techarang, Jakkrit Juhong, Dominik H. Kowanz, Lunla Udomwech

“…Abstract This is a prospective non-comparative experimental study aimed to investigate the presence of microsporidia in household pipe water of microsporidial keratitis (MK) patients and to describe the patients’ characteristics and behavioral risk factors. This study was conducted at Walailak University Hospital, Thailand, from July 2022 to February 2024. …”
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Research progress of non-drug therapy for post-stroke patients with cognitive impairment (脑卒中后认知障碍患者非药物治疗的研究进展) by SONG Wanchen (宋宛宸), DENG Ying (邓颖), HUANG Shan (黄山), LI Yang (李洋)

“…This paper aims to analyze the risk factors, evaluation and intervention measures of post-stroke cognitive impairment (PSCI) by collecting literature data in the past five years, summarize the clinical studies on non-drug treatment, further propose all-round extension, standard and high-quality non-drug treatment interventions, and provide clinical basis for standardizing non-drug treatment of PSCI patients. …”
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Deep learning-integrated MRI brain tumor analysis: feature extraction, segmentation, and Survival Prediction using Replicator and volumetric networks by Deependra Rastogi, Prashant Johri, Massimo Donelli, Seifedine Kadry, Arfat Ahmad Khan, Giuseppe Espa, Paola Feraco, Jungeun Kim

“…In order to diagnose, treat, and identify risk factors, it is crucial to have precise and resilient segmentation of the tumors, along with an estimation of the patients’ overall survival rate. …”
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Periodontal Care as a Fundamental Step for an Active and Healthy Ageing by Carlo Cafiero, Marco Matarasso, Gaetano Marenzi, Vincenzo Iorio Siciliano, Loredana Bellia, Gilberto Sammartino

“…Smoking and stress are risk factors for periodontitis that are common and shared between young, adult, and older age. …”
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Risk Perception and Risk Communication for Training Women Apprentice Welders: A Challenge for Public Health Nursing by Clarice Alves Bonow, Marta Regina Cezar-Vaz, Marlise Capa Verde de Almeida, Laurelize Pereira Rocha, Anelise Miritz Borges, Diéssica Roggia Piexak, Joana Cezar Vaz

“…This research has aimed to identify the perceptions of women apprentice welders about physical, chemical, biological, and physiological risk factors to which they are exposed and evaluate the identification of health disorders self-reported for women apprentice welders before and after implementation of a nursing socioenvironmental intervention. …”
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