Effects of Silybum marianum Extract on High-Fat Diet Induced Metabolic Disorders in Rats by Sayin Fatma Kubra, Buyukbas Sadik, Basarali M. Kemal, Alp Harun, Toy Hatice, Ugurcu Veli

“…Lately, it has been promoted as a nutritional supplement for beneficial effects on some risk factors of diabetes and hyperlipidemia. In this study we aimed to determine the effects of SME on high-fat diet (HFD) induced metabolic disorders. …”
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Periodontal Diseases and Dental Caries in Children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus by Marta Novotna, Stepan Podzimek, Zdenek Broukal, Erika Lencova, Jana Duskova

“…However, it was found that some risk factors for dental caries are either more or less prevalent in the diabetic population. …”
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Assessing the Association between Leptin and Bone Mineral Density in HIV-Infected Men by Madhu N. Rao, Morris Schambelan, Viva W. Tai, Donald I. Abrams, Hootan Khatami, Peter J. Havel, Giorgos Sakkas, Kathleen Mulligan

“…HIV-infected individuals are at risk for decreased bone mineral density (BMD). The known risk factors for bone loss do not fully explain the increased risk in this population. …”
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Severe Metabolic Acidosis: A Case of Triple Hit with Ketogenic Diet, Vinegar, and Metformin in an Obese Patient by Abdul Mughees Rana, Kannan Mansoor, Salman Assad, Mahmoud Abouzid, Iheanyichukwu Ogu, Ghassan Salim Issa Bandak

“…Many of these diets and supplements may seem harmless, but as our case illustrates, when combined with other risk factors, patients can face serious adverse effects and even require hospitalization. …”
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Osteoporosis Knowledge, Self-Efficacy, and Beliefs among College Students in the USA and China by M. Allison Ford, Martha Bass, Yan Zhao, Jin-Bing Bai, Yue Zhao

“…US college students know more about osteoporosis and its risk factors; however, there are similarities in perception of risk between US and Chinese students. …”
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Mental health challenges faced by professional athletes by Dawid Szczepanek, Katarzyna Szczurek, Adrianna Biecka, Mikołaj Wyrzykowski

“…Therefore, the potential risk factors for developing mental disease should be known to coaches and physicians to provide adequate help for athletes. …”
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Diet and medical foods in Parkinson’s disease by Klaus W. Lange, Yukiko Nakamura, Ning Chen, Jianjun Guo, Shigehiko Kanaya, Katharina M. Lange, Shiming Li

“…Diet and various foods have been proposed as possible risk factors for PD. Nutritional supplementation with omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin D, B vitamins, and coenzyme Q may have potential in the management of PD. …”
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Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) in a Patient with Opioid Use Disorder by Terence Tumenta, Samuel Adeyemo, Oluwatoyin Oladeji, Oluwole Jegede, Bordes Laurent, Tolu Olupona

“…To our knowledge, this case did not present with the risk factors for PRES reported in the literature. For patients with heroin use disorder who present with an altered mental status, PRES should be highly suspected. …”
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Towards Transparent Diabetes Prediction: Combining AutoML and Explainable AI for Improved Clinical Insights by Raza Hasan, Vishal Dattana, Salman Mahmood, Saqib Hussain

“…To address the “black-box” nature of machine learning, we applied XAI techniques, including SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP), Local Interpretable Model-Agnostic Explanations (LIME), Integrated Gradients (IG), Attention Mechanism (AM), and Counterfactual Analysis (CA), providing both global and patient-specific insights into critical risk factors such as glucose and BMI. These methods enable transparent and actionable predictions, supporting clinical decision-making. …”
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Cardiovascular Risk in Systemic Autoimmune Diseases: Epigenetic Mechanisms of Immune Regulatory Functions by Chary López-Pedrera, Carlos Pérez-Sánchez, Manuel Ramos-Casals, Monica Santos-Gonzalez, Antonio Rodriguez-Ariza, Ma José Cuadrado

“…Autoimmune diseases (AIDs) have been associated with accelerated atherosclerosis (AT) leading to increased cardio- and cerebrovascular disease risk. Traditional risk factors, as well as systemic inflammation mediators, including cytokines, chemokines, proteases, autoantibodies, adhesion receptors, and others, have been implicated in the development of these vascular pathologies. …”
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State of Lung Cancer in Egypt: Moving Towards Improved Guidelines for Prevention, Screening, Treatment, and Clinical Care Programs by Nagla Abdel Karim, MD, Ahmed Magdy Rabea, MD, Philip C. Mack, PhD, Janakiraman Subramanian, MD, Ehab Khalil, MD, Mai Sherif, MD, Radwa Marawan, MD, Tagrid Gaafar, MD, Lobna Shash, MD, Kei Suzuki, MD, Manmeet Ahluwalia, MD, Hisham Wahba, MD, Salma Aboelela, MSc, Asrar Al Ahmadi, MD, Hamed Al Husaini, MD, Nada Mohsen, MD, Rana Khaled, MD, Neemat Kassem, MD, Hussein Khaled, MD, Noha El Said, MD, Nadia Zakhary, MD, Dina Shoukry, MD, Alaa Abdullah ElSadieque, MSc, M. Yasser Alsedfy, MSc, Shaheen Islam, MD, Hend ElSherbiny, MD, Mervat El Deftar, MD, Noha Awad, MD, Abdel Rahman Mohamed, MD, David Gandara, MD, Karen Kelly, MD, Triparna Sen, PhD

“…The meeting highlighted the importance of strengthening lung cancer screening programs, improving smoking cessation efforts, and addressing environmental risk factors like air pollution. Furthermore, the event underscored the need for greater research and collaboration, particularly in areas like precision oncology. …”
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Sensory quiescence induces a cell-non-autonomous integrated stress response curbed by condensate formation of the ATF4 and XRP1 effectors by Shashank Shekhar, Charles Tracy, Peter V. Lidsky, Raul Andino, Katherine J. Wert, Helmut Krämer

“…Abstract Sensory disabilities have been identified as significant risk factors for dementia but underlying molecular mechanisms are unknown. …”
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OSAS-Related Inflammatory Mechanisms of Liver Injury in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Elena Paschetta, Paola Belci, Anna Alisi, Daniela Liccardo, Renato Cutrera, Giovanni Musso, Valerio Nobili

“…Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is a common sleep disorder, affecting over 4% of the general population, and is associated with metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease, independent of obesity and traditional risk factors. OSAS has been recently connected to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), the most common chronic liver disease in the world, which can be found in 30% of the general adult population. …”
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Evaluation of Midnight Salivary Cortisol as a Predictor Factor for Common Carotid Arteries Intima Media Thickness in Patients with Clinically Inapparent Adrenal Adenomas by Giuseppe Reimondo, Barbara Allasino, Marcella Coletta, Anna Pia, Giulia Peraga, Barbara Zaggia, Chiara Massaglia, Piero Paccotti, Massimo Terzolo

“…We studied 32 patients with AI matched with control subjects for age, sex, and cardiovascular risk factors. Either patients or control subjects underwent MSC measurement as outpatients and carotid arteries ultrasound (US) imaging studies. …”
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Chlamydial bacteriophage: No Role in Acute Coronary Events? by David M Patrick, Karuna Karunakaran, Adrian R Levy, Kenneth Gin, Valencia Remple, Mei Chong, Heather Abbey, Laura Tarry, Caixia Shen, Robert C Brunham

“…Case and control subjects were characterized demographically and according to recognized coronary risk factors. These subjects also provided serum for the detection of antibody to the elementary bodies of C pneumoniae and antibody to the Vp1 protein coded by the phage. …”
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De Garengeot’s Hernia: Two Case Reports with Correct Preoperative Identification of the Vermiform Appendix in the Hernia by Zhaosheng Jin, Muhammad Rafiz Imtiaz, Henry Nnajiuba, Suzette Samlalsingh, Akinyede Ojo

“…This anatomical phenomenon is thought to occur in as few as 0.5% of femoral hernia cases and is a rare cause of acute appendicitis. Risk factors include a long pelvic appendix, abnormal embryological bowel rotation, and a large mobile caecum. …”
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Measuring market efficiency using factor models - An empirical study on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange by Phạm Hoàng Thạch

“…Therefore, adding risk factors will enhance the effectiveness of explaining stock returns and using those models to measure market efficiency. …”
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Adiponectin and Leptin Metabolic Biomarkers in Chinese Children and Adolescents by Jie Mi, Mercedes Nancy Munkonda, Ming Li, Mei-Xian Zhang, Xiao-Yuan Zhao, Ponce Cedric Wamba Fouejeu, Katherine Cianflone

“…To evaluate leptin and adiponectin as biomarkers of metabolic syndrome (MS) risk factors even in nonobese children/adolescents. Methods. …”
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Pattern of Blood Pressure Indices among the Residents of a Rural Community in South East Nigeria by B. J. C. Onwubere, E. C. Ejim, C. I. Okafor, A. Emehel, A. U. Mbah, U. Onyia, S. Mendis

“…Hypertension is the most common cardiovascular disease in Nigerians, and the risk of CVD associated with hypertension is independent of other risk factors. Despite the high level of awareness of its presence in the developed countries, the level of control is still poor. …”
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Can improving sleeping hours enhance the depression and anxiety of young males with chronic musculoskeletal pain? by Huipeng Zhou, Zhishi Yang, Ling Tang, Yongrun Sun, Yutao Tu, Yeye Sha, Zhiwei Wang, Yanpu Jia

“…Conclusion Related risk factors are important for targeted intervention and treatment of CMP. …”
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