Pregnant Women's Knowledge and Attitudes About Pregnancy Care: The Effect of Using the Ebumil Android Application by Kartini, Farming, Fitriati Sabur

“…Lack of knowledge and attitude, makes pregnant women less aware of the emergence of symptoms of certain dangerous diseases, either indirectly causing maternal death. Objective: The purpose of the study was to determine the knowledge and attitudes of pregnant women after being given education through the Ebumil android application. …”
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Impact of handgrip strength on cardiovascular, cancer and all-cause mortality in the Korean longitudinal study of ageing by Gyu Ri Kim, Jiyu Sun, Minkyung Han, Sohee Park, Chung Mo Nam

“…The cause-specific hazards regression analysis was also used to model cardiovascular and cancer mortality, by treating deaths from the cause of interest as events and other causes of death as censored.Participants 5859 participants aged 50 years or older were followed up until death or until the date of censoring (31 December 2014).Primary outcome measures The study outcomes of interest were all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer mortality.Results Of the participants included in analyses, 515 individuals (8.8%) died, reflecting an overall crude mortality rate of 11.0 deaths per 1000 person-years. …”
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Conditional cash transfers and mortality in people hospitalised with psychiatric disorders: A cohort study of the Brazilian Bolsa Família Programme. by Camila Bonfim, Flávia Alves, Érika Fialho, John A Naslund, Maurício L Barreto, Vikram Patel, Daiane Borges Machado

“…Cox proportional hazards models estimated the hazard ratio (HR) for overall mortality and competing risks models estimated the HR for specific causes of death, both associated with being a BFP recipient, adjusted for confounders, and weighted with a propensity score. …”
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Association between metabolic score for insulin resistance and stroke: a nationally representative cross-sectional study from NHANES 2007–2018 by Lingtian Weng, Yuqiu Lu, Hanning Song, Jiayi Xu, Xuhong Jiang, Xuhong Jiang

“…BackgroundStroke is a significant cerebrovascular disease and remains one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Insulin resistance has been strongly linked to the incidence of stroke. …”
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Knowledge and Attitude about Basic Life Support and Emergency Medical Services amongst Healthcare Interns in University Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Study by Shahabe A. Saquib, Hassan M. Al-Harthi, Anas A. Khoshhal, Adel A. Shaher, Abdulsalam B. Al-Shammari, AbdulAhad Khan, Tahani A. Al-Qahtani, Imran Khalid

“…Road traffic accident and sudden cardiac arrest are one of the most leading causes of death in KSA. Basic life support (BLS) is lifesaving intervention as a premedical facility. …”
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Anti-motilities and anti-biofilm effects of Ageratum conyzoides L. methanol extract by Eli Compaoré, Moussa Compaoré, Vincent Ouédraogo, Ablassé Rouamba, Alimata Bancé, Mignini R. Dofini, Martin Kiendrebeogo

“…Background: Infectious diseases are one of the leading causes of death worldwide because of antibiotic resistance. …”
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Thymosin alpha 1 in the prevention of infected pancreatic necrosis following acute necrotising pancreatitis (TRACE trial): protocol of a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, plac... by Tao Chen, Jing Zhou, Jianfeng Tu, Weiqin Li, XinTing Pan, Wenjian Mao, Lu Ke, Wenhua He, Miao Chen, Chengjian He, Weili Gu, Jingyi Wu, Jingchun Song, Haibin Ni, Junli Sun, Guoxiu Zhang, Weiwei Chen, Bing Xue, Xiangyang Zhao, Min Shao, Yuxiu Liu, Zhihui Tong

“…Introduction Infected pancreatic necrosis (IPN) and its related septic complications are the major causes of death in patients with acute necrotising pancreatitis (ANP). …”
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Dual targeting of breast cancer by chitosan/poly lactic-co-glycolic acid nanodelivery systems: Surface activation with folic acid/aptamers, and co-encapsulated with Sorafenib and q... by Asghar Narmani, Saeid Ganji, Maryam Amirishoar, Fatemeh Hajikarimi, Aynaz Mazandarani, Mahya Karimi, Ali Mohammadinejad, Azin Azadpour, Roghayyeh Jahedi, Elham Assadpour, Seid Mahdi Jafari

“…Breast cancer has a high rate of incidence and is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Therefore, a breakthrough aptamer (Apt)- and folic acid (FA)-targeted chitosan (CS)-poly lactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) nanocarrier was developed for co-delivery of sorafenib (So) and quercetin (Qu) to MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells. …”
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Tobacco smoking-attributable mortality in Kenya, 2012–2021 by Lazarus Odeny, Gladwell Gathecha, Valerian Mwenda, Anne Kendagor, Samuel Cheburet, Beatrice Mugi, Caroline Mithi, Florence Jaguga, Kennedy Okinda, Rachel K. Devotsu, Shukri F. Mohamed, Jane Rahedi Ong’ang’o

“…Methods Employing a prevalence-based analysis model, the study utilized population attributable fraction (PAF) to estimate age-specific smoke attributable mortality (SAM) rates for individuals aged ≥35 years. Causes of death associated with tobacco use, including cancers, cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, tuberculosis, and diabetes, were analyzed based on age, sex, and death records between 2012 and 2021. …”
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Divergent trends in the incidence and mortality of acute myocardial ischaemic syndrome, especially in women. Evidence from Finland in 1996–2021 by Atte Kallström, Ida Holopainen, Oleg Kambur, Markus Perola, Veikko Salomaa, Aki S. Havulinna, Markus Ramste, Juha Sinisalo

“…We examined if a similar development in AMIS trends can be observed in Finland from 1996 to 2021 among persons aged 35–74 years.Methods We linked Finnish country-wide Hospital Discharge- and Causes of Death- Registers covering the first non-fatal and fatal myocardial ischaemic events (total 69 906 442 person-years at risk). …”
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Predictive accuracy of comorbidity index models in assessing mortality risk among hemodialysis patients: A comprehensive single‐center observational cohort study by Yanna Yu, Fen Li, Zhan Wang, Zhibin Ni, Shu Zhang, Weihong Zhao, Xiaohua Pei

“…During these 4 years, the mortality rates were 13.04%, 9.68%, 11.69%, and 6.39%, respectively. The leading causes of death were sudden demise (82 patients, 41.2%), cardiovascular disease (48 patients, 24.1%), pulmonary infection (33 patients, 16.5%), and stroke (19 patients, 9.5%). …”
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Demographic and motivational factors affecting the whole-body donation programme in Nanjing, China: a cross-sectional survey by Li Yuan, Jiayi Jiang, Mingyi Zhang, Haojie Meng, Xiang Cui, Yuxin Yang, Chuan Su, Jinfan Wang, Luqing Zhang

“…Cancer and heart disease were the major causes of death among donors. Interviews of the 68 living donors revealed the following major motivations for the decision to donate: to support medical education; to reduce their children’s funeral burden; no longer holding traditional Chinese views on life and death; influence by role models and annoyance at complex funeral ceremonies.Conclusions Older people, people with an education level of college or above, labourers, teachers, government officials and farmers are the major groups that donate their bodies. …”
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Childhood socioeconomic background and elevated mortality among the young adult second generation in Sweden: a population-based cohort study by Lisa Harber-Aschan, Matthew Wallace, Ben Wilson, Eleonora Mussino, Siddartha Aradhya

“…We examine mortality from all causes and specific causes of death at the generational level and by parental region of birth, both before and after having adjusted for childhood SEB.Results The G2 have higher all-cause mortality hazard rates (HR=1.29 (95% CIs=1.23 to 1.34)) than the majority population before adjusting for childhood SEB. …”
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可穿戴设备在卒中风险预测及卒中后管理中的应用进展 Research Progress on the Application of Wearable Devices in Stroke Risk Prediction and Post-Stroke Management... by 吴雅婷1，魏宸铭1，桑振华1，陈乐1，梁怡凡1，武剑1，2，3 (WU Yating1, WEI Chenming1, SANG Zhenhua1, CHEN Le1, LIANG Yifan1, WU Jian1,2,3)

“…Abstract: Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Traditional monitoring and management approaches can no longer meet the growing health management needs of high-risk groups and patients with stroke. …”
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Clinical Characterization of Ulcerative Colitis in Patients with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis by Shun Murasugi, Ayumi Ito, Teppei Omori, Shinichi Nakamura, Katsutoshi Tokushige

“…We reviewed the clinical/colonoscopic profiles of the concurrent UC patients and compared the clinical profiles, survival, and primary causes of death between the patients with/without UC (n=35/n=42). …”
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The Utah Population Database. A Model for Linking Medical and Genealogical Records for Population Health Research by Ken R. Smith, Alison Fraser, Diana Lane Reed, Jahn Barlow, Heidi A. Hanson, Jennifer West, Stacey Knight, Navina Forsythe, Geraldine P. Mineau

“…The UPDB includes medical information about cancer, causes of death, and medical details associated with births. …”
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Effect of Mind Sound Resonance Technique on Pulmonary Function and Smoking Behavior among Smokers – A Prospective Randomized Control Trial by K. S. Moodala Girishankara, Shivaprasad Shetty, Krithika A. Ramaswamy, Prashanth Shetty

“…Background: Smoking is one of the leading causes of death in the world, and the respiratory tract is the major body system affected by smoking. …”
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Knowledge of Neonatal Danger Signs and Its Associated Factors among Mothers Attending Child Vaccination Centers at Sheko District in Southwest Ethiopia by Tewodros Yosef, Tadesse Nigussie, Adane Asefa

“…If mothers know the appropriate manifestations of the causes of death in newborns (neonatal danger signs), it is possible to avert related mortality, because of the health-seeking behavior of mothers highly relies on their knowledge of neonatal danger signs. …”
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Dimensions of suffering and the need for palliative care: experiences and expectations of patients living with cancer and diabetes and their caregivers in Mexico – a qualitative st... by Svetlana V Doubova, Ingrid Patricia Martinez-Vega, Felicia Knaul, Afsan Bhadelia, Diana Pérez-Moran, Nancy García-Cervantes

“…Diabetes and cancer are the second-leading and third-leading causes of death in Mexico, causing a significant SHS burden on patients, families and health systems. …”
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Favorable Nonclinical Safety Profile of RSVpreF Bivalent Vaccine in Rats and Rabbits by Jun Zhou, Christopher J. Bowman, Vicki R. Markiewicz, Balasubramanian Manickam, Emily Gomme, Rani S. Sellers, Cynthia M. Rohde

“…<b>Background</b>: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections usually cause mild, cold-like symptoms in most people, but are a leading infectious disease causing infant death and hospitalization and can result in increased morbidity and mortality in older adults and at-risk individuals. …”
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