Suicide following the death of a sibling: a nationwide follow-up study from Sweden by Ichiro Kawachi, Jan Saarela, Mikael Rostila

“…Associations with other main causes of death—such as external other than suicide, cardiovascular diseases or cancer—were generally much smaller and statistically not significant in either sex. …”
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Targeting MDM2 affects spastin protein levels and functions: implications for HSP treatment by Francesca Sardina, Federica Polverino, Sonia Valentini, Claudia Carsetti, Elisabetta Falvo, Giada Tisci, Silvia Soddu, Fabiola Moretti, Alessandro Paiardini, Cinzia Rinaldo

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La implementación de la política pública de salud sexual y reproductiva (SSR) en el Eje Cafetero colombiano: el caso del embarazo adolescente by Sara E. del Castillo Matamoros, André Noël Roth Deubel, Clara Inés Wartski Patiño, Ricardo Rojas Higuera, Orlando Arnulfo Chacón Barliza

“…La política nacional de salud sexual y reproductiva (SSR) definida en Colombia en 2002 por el Ministerio de la Protección Social para los años 2002 a 2006 señala los temas prioritarios en este campo: maternidad segura, planificación familiar, salud sexual y reproductiva de las y los adolescentes, cáncer de cuello uterino, infecciones de transmisión sexual y reproductiva, VIH/SIDA, y violencia doméstica y sexual. …”
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Diagnostic Value of Interferon-Gamma Release Assays Combined with Multiple Indicators for Tuberculous Peritonitis by Xidong He, Yuanxue Gao, Qi Liu, Zhifang Zhao, Wanhang Deng, Hong Yang

“…The receiver operating characteristic curves for the combination of the QuantiFERON-TB test and the use of erythrocyte sedimentation rate, serum adenosine deaminase level, serum cancer antigen 125 level, and hypersensitive C-reactive protein level had an area under the curve of 0.859 (95% confidence interval: 0.809–0.909), with a sensitivity and specificity of 97.26% and 62.96%, respectively. …”
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Factors Associated with the Incidence and Severity of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Adult Critically Ill Patients by Péricles A. D. Duarte, Gustavo Elias Leichtweis, Luiza Andriolo, Yasmim A. Delevatti, Amaury C. Jorge, Andreia C. Fumagalli, Luiz Claudio Santos, Cecilia K. Miura, Sergio K. Saito

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The outcomes of recent patient safety education interventions for trainee physicians and medical students: a systematic review by Charles Vincent, Nick Sevdalis, Sonal Arora, Paul Baker, Matthew A Kirkman, Maria Ahmed

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Heterogeneity of Clostridioides difficile asymptomatic colonization prevalence: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Daniel De-la-Rosa-Martínez, Rodrigo Villaseñor-Echavarri, Diana Vilar-Compte, Virna Mosqueda-Larrauri, Paola Zinser-Peniche, Seth Blumberg

“…Among pooled estimates, a high prevalence was observed in patients with cystic fibrosis, outbreak settings, and cancer patients, whereas the lowest rates were found in healthy individuals and healthcare workers. …”
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Identification of KIFC1 as an independent prognostic marker in renal clear cell carcinoma correlates with tumor proliferation and immune infiltration by Bin Du, Jia Wang, Jinping Zheng, Jing Huo, Pu Wang

“…Abstract Renal clear cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is the world's most common form of cancer. Up to a third will develop metastases; the 5-year survival rate of the patients was only 14%. …”
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The Serum Expression of Selected miRNAs in Pulmonary Sarcoidosis with/without Löfgren’s Syndrome by Eva Novosadova, Alzbeta Chabronova, Vitezslav Kolek, Martin Petrek, Zdenka Navratilova

“…Bioinformatics predicted consistently “Pathways in cancer” to be modulated by both altered profiles in patients with/without LS. …”
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Development of an interpretable machine learning model based on CT radiomics for the prediction of post acute pancreatitis diabetes mellitus by Xiyao Wan, Yuan Wang, Ziyi Liu, Ziyan Liu, Shuting Zhong, Xiaohua Huang

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Assessment of the Nutrients in the Leachate and the Groundwater Quality for Drinking and Farming around the Nkolfoulou Landfill in Yaoundé, Cameroon by Gilbert Feuyit, John Ngolui Lambi, Estella Njoyim-Tamungang, Samuel Laminsi

“…The hazard quotient (HQ) and the hazard index (HI) of NO3− and F− for children and adults were <1, and hence, the increased non-cancer risks due to these ions through the drinking of groundwater was low. …”
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Evaluation of Phytochemical Content and the Antioxidant and Antiproliferative Potentials of Leaf Layers of Cabbage Subjected to Hot Air and Freeze-Drying by Do Manh Cuong, Hee Young Kim, Meran Keshawa Ediriweera, Somi Kim Cho

“…Compared to other leaf layers, P1 exhibited high antiproliferative efficacy against pancreatic, breast, and gastric cancer cells. P1 also showed excellent DPPH·(EC 50–4.208 ± 0.033 and 4.611 ± 0.053 mg/mL for hot air and freeze-dried samples, respectively) and ABTS· (2.422 ± 0.068 and 2.224 ± 0.070 mg/mL for hot air and freeze-dried samples, respectively) radical-scavenging effects. …”
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Coccoloba uvifera (L.) (Polygonaceae) Fruit: Phytochemical Screening and Potential Antioxidant Activity by Maira Rubi Segura Campos, Jorge Ruiz Ruiz, Luis Chel-Guerrero, David Betancur Ancona

“…Antioxidant compounds are now of considerable interest due to their effect of preventing or delaying aging and their apparent involvement in prevention of numerous human diseases, including cancer, atherosclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, inflammation, and rheumatoid arthritis. …”
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Anthropometric and Biochemical Correlations of Insulin Resistance in a Middle-Aged Maltese Caucasian Population by Rachel Agius, Nikolai Paul Pace, Stephen Fava

“…Insulin resistance (IR) is associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk, and with increased all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality. A number of surrogate markers are used in clinical practice to diagnose IR. …”
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Alexis Wound Retractor for Radical Cystectomy: A Safe and Effective Method for Retraction by Ajaydeep S. Sidhu, Eric Marten, Nikita Bodoukhin, George Wayne, Elizabeth Nagoda, Akshay Bhandari, Alan M. Nieder

“…After institutional review board approval, we performed a retrospective chart review from February 2010 through August 2017 of patients undergoing open radical cystectomy with urinary diversion for bladder cancer. We then stratified the groups according to whether or not the surgery was performed with the Alexis or standard Bookwalter retractor. …”
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The Leukemic Stem Cell Niche: Adaptation to “Hypoxia” versus Oncogene Addiction by Giulia Cheloni, Martina Poteti, Silvia Bono, Erico Masala, Nathalie M. Mazure, Elisabetta Rovida, Matteo Lulli, Persio Dello Sbarba

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Evaluation of the Effects of Astragalus membranaceus on the Pharmacokinetics of Pemetrexed Disodium and Gemcitabine in Rats by a Simple High-Performance Liquid Chromatography/UV Me... by Zixuan Chu, Zhiyuan Wang, Teng Liu, Shan Xiong, Bin Liu

“…Combination therapy is opted as a potential therapeutic strategy for cancer treatment. Astragalus membranaceus combined with pemetrexed disodium or gemcitabine could reinforce the overall effects and alleviate the adverse effects. …”
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The Effect of Tumor Angiogenesis Agents on Tumor Growth Dynamics: A Mathematical Model by Ali Mohseni, Mohammad Pooyan, Somayeh Raiesdana, Mohammad Bagher Menhaj

“…In this paper, we developed a cancer model by introducing tumor angiogenesis agents to better highlight the role of these chemical substances in tumor-induced vascularization. …”
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The Optimal First-Line Therapy of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Year 2012 by Chao-Hung Kuo, Fu-Chen Kuo, Huang-Ming Hu, Chung-Jung Liu, Sophie S. W. Wang, Yen-Hsu Chen, Ming-Chia Hsieh, Ming-Feng Hou, Deng-Chyang Wu

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The interplay of sex and genotype in disease associations: a comprehensive network analysis in the UK Biobank by Vivek Sriram, Jakob Woerner, Yong-Yeol Ahn, Dokyoon Kim

“…Multiple sclerosis and osteoarthritis are central only in the female DDN, while cardiometabolic diseases and skin cancer are more prominent in the male DDN. Edge comparison indicated similar shared genetics between the two graphs relative to a random model of disease association, though notable discrepancies in embedding distances and clustering patterns imply a more expansive genetic influence on multimorbidity risk for females than males. …”
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