Protocol for an intervention development and pilot implementation evaluation study of an e-health solution to improve newborn care quality and survival in two low-resource settings... by Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli, Michelle Heys, Caroline Crehan, Erin Kesler, Monica Lakhanpaul, Emma Wilson, Fabiana Lorencatto, Felicity Fitzgerald, Mario Cortina Borja, Msandeni Chiume, Hannah Gannon, Simbarashe Chimhuya, Gwendoline Chimhini, Tim Hull-Bailey, Tarisai Chiyaka, Yali Sassoon, Deliwe Nkhoma, Nushrat Khan, Alexander G. Stevenson, Kristina Curtis

“…Introduction Every year 2.4 million deaths occur worldwide in babies younger than 28 days. …”
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Temporal trends and future projections of incidence rate and mortality for asthma in China: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Xi Chen, Xi Chen, Dandan Ma, Hangyu Li, Yilin Liu, Guixing Xu, Xinyu Deng, Qi Li, Junqi Li, Hui Pan

“…Future healthcare strategies must address the aging population to manage the projected increase in asthma cases and deaths.…”
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Sources of PM2.5 exposure and health benefits of clean air actions in Shanghai by Yixuan Gu, Daven K. Henze, Hong Liao

“…We estimate that a 10% decrease in anthropogenic emissions throughout China avoids over 752 (506–1,044) PM2.5-related premature deaths in Shanghai, with changes in local emissions potentially saving 241 (161–334) lives. …”
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Pre-clinical study of curcumin in the treatment of gastric Cancer by Minghui Hao, Chungang Zhang

“…Gastric cancer is the fifth most common cancer globally and the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Researchers have been investigating natural compounds as potential alternatives to traditional cancer treatments, including surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. …”
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A review of the pathogenesis of mitochondria in breast cancer and progress of targeting mitochondria for breast cancer treatment by Aoling Huang, Haochen Xue, Ting Xie, Lingyan Xiang, Zhengzhuo Chen, Aolong Ma, Honglin Yan, Jingping Yuan

“…Abstract With breast cancer being the most common tumor among women in the world today, it is also the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Standard treatments include chemotherapy, surgery, endocrine therapy, and targeted therapy. …”
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Bromodomain-Containing Protein 4: A Dynamic Regulator of Breast Cancer Metastasis through Modulation of the Extracellular Matrix by Jude Alsarraj, Kent W. Hunter

“…Metastasis is an extremely complex process that accounts for most cancer-related deaths. Malignant primary tumors can be removed surgically, but the cells that migrate, invade, and proliferate at distant organs are often the cells that prove most difficult to target therapeutically. …”
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Statistical Insights Into Machine Learning-Based Box Models for Pregnancy Care and Maternal Mortality Reduction: A Literature Survey by Issac Neha Margret, K. Rajakumar, K. V. Arulalan, S. Manikandan, Valentina

“…It is the number of preventable deaths that occur each year due to pregnancy and childbirth. …”
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Dynamical Models for Infectious Diseases with Varying Population Size and Vaccinations by Peilin Shi, Lingzhen Dong

“…By a useful bifurcation theorem, we acquire the existence of the endemic periodic solutions when the disease-related deaths do not occur. At last, we compare the results with vaccinations and without vaccinations and illustrate our results by numerical simulations.…”
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Trafficked Proteins—Druggable in Plasmodium falciparum? by Jasmin Lindner, Kamila Anna Meissner, Isolmar Schettert, Carsten Wrenger

“…Annually this parasitic disease leads to more than half a million deaths; most of these are children in Africa. An effective vaccine is not available, and the treatment of the disease is solely dependent on chemotherapy. …”
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Diagnosis and treatment of cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage by Youssef Fardos, Daniel Mattimore, Wesam Andraous, Sofia Geralemou, Sergio Bergese, Ana Costa

“…Stroke secondary to vasospasm accounts for almost half of the early deaths after subarachnoid hemorrhage. The timely diagnosis of vasospasm is paramount in the implementation of treatment modalities. …”
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First Presentation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a 24-Year-Old Male following mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine by Yael Raviv, Batya Betesh-Abay, Yuliya Valdman-Grinshpoun, Liora Boehm-Cohen, Michael Kassirer, Iftach Sagy

“…The SARS-CoV-2 viral pandemic has had an immeasurable global impact, resulting in over 5 million deaths worldwide. Numerous vaccines were developed in an attempt to quell viral dissemination and reduce symptom severity among those infected. …”
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Melanoma Disparities among US Hispanics: Use of the Social Ecological Model to Contextualize Reasons for Inequitable Outcomes and Frame a Research Agenda by Valerie M. Harvey, Charlene W. Oldfield, Jarvis T. Chen, Karl Eschbach

“…Cutaneous melanoma is a significant public health concern, accounting for thousands of deaths annually in the US. Early detection and diagnosis are critical given the poor prognosis and limited treatment options of advanced-stage disease. …”
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A Novel Extended Susceptible, Exposed, Infected, and Recovered Model with Surveys for Analysis of COVID-19 Pandemic in Rajasthan by Meena Malik, Chander Prabha, Punit Soni, Khushboo Bhardwaj, Anshu Arora

“…It already caused over 21 million confirmed cases and 758,000 deaths as of July 2021. Modeling frameworks, underlying assumptions, available datasets, and the region/time frame being modeled, predictions are possible, but the projections might vary widely, making it difficult to rely on one model universally way. …”
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The Burden of Blood-Pressure-Related Cardiovascular Mortality in Mexico by Dora E. Cortés-Hernández, Krista J. Lundelin, Esteban Picazzo-Palencia, Juan J. de la Cruz, José J. Sánchez, José R. Banegas

“…Also, approximately half of all cardiovascular deaths that occurred annually in the population of Mexico aged ≥50 years are attributable to above optimal levels of systolic blood pressure. …”
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Mathematical Modelling and Analysis of Transmission Dynamics of Lassa Fever by E. A. Bakare, E. B. Are, O. E. Abolarin, S. A. Osanyinlusi, Benitho Ngwu, Obiaderi N. Ubaka

“…Clinical diseases, as well as high seroprevalence, have been documented in Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Senegal, Upper Volta, Gambia, and Mali. Deaths from Lassa fever occur all year round but naturally peak during the dry season. …”
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Association Between Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms in <i>Toll-like Receptor 3</i> (<i>tlr3</i>), <i>tlr7</i>, <i>tlr8</i> and <i>tirap</i> Genes with Severe Symptoms in Children P... by Adriana Souza Andrade, Aline Almeida Bentes, Lilian Martins Diniz, Silvia Hees Carvalho, Erna Geessien Kroon, Marco Antonio Campos

“…The global number of COVID-19 deaths has reached 7 million, with 4% of these deaths occurring in children and adolescents. …”
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Assessing a bundle of peer counseling, mobile phone messages, and mama kits in promoting timely initiation of and exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda: A cluster randomized controlled... by David Mukunya, James K Tumwine, Grace Ndeezi, Milton W Musaba, Justin Bruno Tongun, Josephine Tumuhamye, Agnes Napyo, Faith Oguttu, Daphine Amanya, Beatrice Odongkara, Vincentina Achora, Thorkild Tylleskar, Victoria Nankabirwa

“…<h4>Background</h4>Timely initiation of and exclusive breastfeeding have been recommended as key interventions to enable countries to attain the sustainable development target of reducing neonatal mortality to no more than 12 deaths per 1000 live births and to reduce mortality of children under 5 years to no more than 25 deaths per 1000 live births.…”
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The global, regional, and national burden of type 2 diabetes mellitus attributable to low physical activity from 1990 to 2021: a systematic analysis of the global burden of disease... by Jiehua Wei, Luying Fan, Zixuan He, Senmao Zhang, Ying Zhang, Xidi Zhu, Fan Xia, Xinli Song, Lizhang Chen, Zhiyong Zou, Tingting Wang

“…Results Globally, the number of T2DM deaths and DALYs attributable to LPA were approximately 0.15 million and 5.52 million respectively in 2021, which more than doubled compared to 1990. …”
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A Review of Dying for Freedom: Political Martyrdom in South Africa by Jacob Dlamini (Polity Press, 2024). by Taurayi Munemo

“…Championed by the ideas of political activists like Nelson Mandela and Steve Biko, political deaths during apartheid were interpreted as one’s passport to a heroic legacy, an experience one had to look forward to. …”
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Targeting EBV Episome for Anti-Cancer Therapy: Emerging Strategies and Challenges by Febri Gunawan Sugiokto, Renfeng Li

“…The EBV infection is associated with approximately 200,000 human cancer cases and 140,000 deaths per year. The presence of EBV in tumor cells provides a unique advantage in targeting the viral genome (also known as episome), to develop anti-cancer therapeutics. …”
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