Observational study on Lifestyle Behaviours and Nutrition in individuals undergoing genetic counseling for breast or colorectal cancer risk by Lea Godino, Donatella Fabbro, Benedetta Bertonazzi, Daniela Turchetti

“…RESULTS: Forty-two women and eight men (age: 19-80 years) responded; 19 were affected by breast cancer, four by colorectal cancer, 27 were unaffected but had a family history of breast (n=23) or colorectal (n=4) cancer. …”
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5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T gene polymorphism as a risk factor for premature coronary artery disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Nisreen O. Mohammed, Ibtisam A. Ali, Bahaelddin K. Elamin, Bakri Osman Saeed

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The Evidence for Efficacy of Osteoporosis Treatment in Men with Primary Osteoporosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Antiresorptive and Anabolic Treatment in Men by Peter Schwarz, Niklas Rye Jorgensen, Leif Mosekilde, Peter Vestergaard

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Sports behaviour and adherence to sports and exercise recommendations in patients with myocarditis by Matthias Wilhelm, Christoph Gräni, Catherine Gebhard, Jonathan Schütze, Benedikt Bernhard, Noah Greisser, Philippe Joss, Sarah Manser, Anselm W Stark, Isaac Shiri, Maryam Pavlicek

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Cardiac Tamponade as an Initial Manifestation of Cervical Cancer by Yuridia Evangelina Rodríguez-Rosales, Carlos Eduardo Salazar-Mejía, Blanca Angélica Soto-Martínez, David Hernández-Barajas, Oscar Vidal-Gutiérrez, Gabriela Sofia Gómez-Macías

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Age- and Sex-Specific Risks of Major Cardiovascular Complications and All-Cause Mortality Following Elective Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in the Netherlands: A Dutch Hospital Data Reg... by Mark J.R. Smeets, MD, Maaike G.J. Gademan, PhD, Rob G.H.H. Nelissen, MD, PhD, Suzanne C. Cannegieter, MD, PhD, Banne Nemeth, MD, PhD

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Transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation for hypertension complicated by anxiety or sleep disorders: A pilot randomized controlled trial by Xue-Ying Bao, Cun-Zhi Liu, Zi-Tong Qian, Lu Wang, Jian-Feng Tu, Bin-Yan Li, Xiao Wang, Fang Wan, Zhi-Han Li, Zhao-Yi Liu, Liang-Xiao Ma, Li-Qiong Wang

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600 meters to VO2max: Predicting Cardiorespiratory Fitness with an Uphill Run by Kübra Stoican, Regina Oeschger

“…Methods The subjects consisted of 10 men and 8 women between the ages of 20 and 39 years. All participants provided informed consent before participating in the study and they were given detailed information about the objectives of the study, procedures, and potential risks. …”
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Binge eating and personality traits: A gender-specific analysis among patients affected by obesity by Amelia RIzzo, Rossella Alfa, Alessia Giuffrida, Giuseppina Selene Spina, Veronica Currò, Maria Letizia Caracciolo

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The status of care for youth with type 1 diabetes within and coming from humanitarian crises settings: a narrative review by Steven James, Samira B. Jabakhanji, Roopa Mehta, John McCaffrey, Maisoon Mairghani, Dominika Bhatia, Olive James, Sylvia Kehlenbrink, Philippa Boulle, Kiran Mejia Mehta, David Simmons, Edward W. Gregg

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Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial on the use of intraoperative ultrasound-guided laparoscopic ovarian cystectomy (UGLOC) as a method of fertility preservation in the... by Srdjan Saso, Sadaf Ghaem-Maghami, Jan Yvan Jos Verbakel, Benjamin P Jones, Joseph Yazbek, Mona El-Bahrawy, Lorraine S Kasaven

“…We aim to randomise 94 patients over 3 years to achieve power of 80% at an alpha level of 0.05.Ethics and dissemination Findings will be published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at national and international conferences and scientific meetings. …”
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Risk of Subclinical Hypothyroidism in Breast Cancer Patients Treated With CT-Guided Radiation Therapy: A Prospective Observational Study by Amdisen L, Brink C, Lorenzen EL, Roenlev JD, Ewertz M, Cronin-Fenton D

“…We investigated the effect of radiation dose to the thyroid gland on the incidence of hypothyroidism in early-stage breast cancer patients treated with CT-guided radiation therapy.Patients and Methods: We recruited women aged ≤ 75 years diagnosed with breast cancer from March 2016 through August 2017 at Odense University Hospital, Denmark. …”
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Ultrastructural changes in the common carotid artery in terms of age and gender-related in Rat model by Nejat Ünlükal

“…As a result, the impact of vascular ageing manifested as apoptosis and age-related dysfunction in endothelial cells, thickening of the subendothelial layer, elastin deterioration, collagen deposition in the matrix, and degradation of the internal elastic lamina. Notably, vascular degeneration is more severe in men than in women. …”
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Association between chronic pain and physical activity in a Swiss population-based cohort: a cross-sectional study by Pedro Marques-Vidal, Peter Vollenweider, Oriane Aebischer, Marc René Suter

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Dietary sodium-to-potassium ratio as a risk factor for stroke, cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in Japan: the NIPPON DATA80 cohort study by Hirofumi Ohnishi, Yoshitaka Murakami, Katsuyuki Miura, Koji Tamakoshi, Hirotsugu Ueshima, Akira Okayama, Tomonori Okamura, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Toshiyuki Ojima, Yoshihiro Miyamoto, Maryam Zaid, Aya Kadota, Akira Fujiyoshi, Yosikazu Nakamura, Naoyuki Takashima, Atsushi Hozawa, Shigeyuki Saitoh, Yutaka Kiyohara, Fumiyoshi Kasagi, Nagako Okuda, Takehito Hayakawa, Hiroshi Akasaka, Yusuke Arai, Katsushi Yoshita, Kiyomi Sakata, Nobuo Nishi, Toru Izumi, Yasuhiro Matsumura, Hideaki Nakagawa, Yoshikuni Kita, Naomi Miyamatsu, Yasuyuki Nakamura, Kazunori Kodama

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The impact of a hazardous external environment on the quality of life, physical activity, and health of students in Ukraine, Poland, and Romania by Vladimir Potop, Igor Vypasniak, Iryna Ivanyshyn, Vasyl Lutskyi, Iryna Kryventsova, Lyudmila Shesterova, Krzysztof Prusik

“…Daily shelling of cities and settlements for over two years may have significantly affected the quality of life of Ukrainian students. …”
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Effects of exercise and exercise timing on energy intake and appetite control in Danish individuals with overweight or obesity with and without type 2 diabetes: a protocol for a ra... by Louise Groth Grunnet, Martin Bæk Blond, Jonas Salling Quist, Kristine Beaulieu, Graham Finlayson, Kristine Færch, Lea Jalking, Natja Poder Launbo, Marie Møller Jensen, Hanne Enghoff Pedersen, Marina Kjærgaard Gerstenberg

“…Introduction The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of acute exercise on appetite control and whether this differs between morning and late afternoon in individuals with overweight/obesity with or without type 2 diabetes (T2D).Methods and analysis The hedonic and homeostatic appetite control in obesity and type 2 diabetes in the context of meal and exercise timing (TIMEX) study is a randomised, controlled, cross-over trial. Fifty-eight women and men (aged 18–75 years) with overweight or obesity (body mass index ≥25 kg/m2) with or without T2D will be recruited. …”
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Telomere Length in Elderly Caucasians Weakly Correlates with Blood Cell Counts by Ewa Gutmajster, Joanna Witecka, Magdalena Wyskida, Justyna Koscinska-Marczewska, Malgorzata Szwed, Magdalena Owczarz, Malgorzata Mossakowska, Andrzej Milewicz, Monika Puzianowska-Kuznicka, Jan Zejda, Andrzej Wiecek, Jerzy Chudek, Aleksander L. Sieron

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Impact of obesity, overweight and underweight on life expectancy and lifetime medical expenditures: the Ohsaki Cohort Study by Shinichi Kuriyama, Miyuki Kawado, Shuji Hashimoto, Ichiro Tsuji, Atsushi Hozawa, Toshimasa Sone, Masato Nagai, Masako Kakizaki, Kaori Ohmori-Matsuda

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Higher gut Bacteroidetes and Actinobacteria population in early pregnancy is associated with lower risk of gestational diabetes in the second trimester by Seyedeh Neda Mousavi, Navid Momeni, Hossein Chiti, Howra Mahmoodnasab, Mohammad Ahmadi, Siamak Heidarzadeh

“…Materials and methods Three-hundred healthy women aged 18–40 years who were in the first trimester were participated in this cohort study and followed to the screening time for GDM diagnosis (in 24–28 weeks of pregnancy). …”
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