Trends in the disease burden of cystic echinococcosis in China, 1990–2044 analysis and forecasting study by Jianping Li, Jingjing Wei

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The Impact of Psychiatric Patient Boarding in Emergency Departments by B. A. Nicks, D. M. Manthey

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Proprioception in Above-the-Knee Amputees with Artificial Limbs by E. P. Latanioti, A. G. Angoules, E. C. Boutsikari

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Determining the factors affecting the happiness levels of divorced individuals by ordered logistics regression analysis by Burak Uyar, Cevdet Büyüksu

“…It has been concluded that divorced individuals who are satisfied with their health, education, income and social life are happier than divorced individuals who are not satisfied with their health, education, income and social life. …”
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Relation Between Rates of Geriatric Suicide and Consumption of Alcohol Beverages in European Countries by Leo Sher

“…Among older adults, suicide is a significant and persistent health problem. The highest suicide rate is found among white men aged 65 years and older. …”
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Does semaglutide reduce alcohol intake in Danish patients with alcohol use disorder and comorbid obesity? Trial protocol of a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinica... by Jens Juul Holst, Tina Vilsbøll, Claus Thorn Ekstrøm, Helene Benveniste, Nora D Volkow, Anders Fink-Jensen, Gitte M Knudsen, Mette Kruse Klausen, Tugba Kuzey, Julie Niemann Pedersen, Signe Keller Justesen, Line Rasmussen, Ulla B Knorr, Graeme Mason, George Koob

“…The primary endpoint is the reduction in heavy drinking days, defined as days with excess consumption of 48/60 g of alcohol per day (women and men, respectively). Secondary endpoints include changes from baseline to week 26 in alcohol consumption, smoking status, quality of life, fibrosis-4 score, plasma concentration of phosphatidylethanol, brain gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) levels, alcohol cue reactivity, functional connectivity and white matter tract integrity.Status Recruitment started in June 2023.Ethics and dissemination The study is approved by the Ethics Committee of the Capital Region of Denmark, the Danish Board of Health and the Danish Data Protection Agency. …”
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Cohort profile: the ChicagO Multiethnic Prevention and Surveillance Study (COMPASS) by Habibul Ahsan, Farzana Jasmine, Muhammad G Kibriya, Briseis Aschebrook-Kilfoy, Liz Stepniak, Rajan Gopalakrishnan, Andrew Craver, Paul Zakin, Saira Tasmin, Karen E Kim, Kathleen H Goss, Marcy List, Michelle LeBeau

“…COMPASS aims to address factors causing and/or exacerbating health disparities using a precision health approach by recruiting diverse participants in Chicago, with an emphasis on those historically underrepresented in biomedical research.Participants Nearly 8000 participants have been recruited from 72 of the 77 Chicago community areas. …”
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Systemic inflammation response index association with gout in hyperuricemic adults: NHANES 2007–2018 by Xiaochan Tian, Guixing Zeng, Junping Wei

“…However, given the higher gout prevalence in men, the potential of SIRI as a predictive marker for gout risk in this population may be limited. …”
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Acute recovery of heart rate in a functional fitness session and its relationship with maximum oxygen consumption by Brian Johan Bustos-Viviescas, Carlos Enrique García Yerena, Rafael Enrique Lozano Zapata, Amalia Villamizar Navarro, John Alexander García Galviz

“…<p><strong>Foundation:</strong> the recovery heart rate in physical efforts is a relevant indicator for health and sports professionals.<br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to relate the acute recovery of the heart rate in a submaximal functional fitness session with the maximum oxygen consumption in physically active subjects.…”
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IL-6–174 G/C transversion might decrease male infertility risk: A case-control study by Tayyebeh Zamani-Badi, Mohammad Karimian, Javad Amini Mahabadi, Atieh Rafatmanesh, Hossein Nikzad

“…The study comprised 163 infertile participants as the case group and 151 fertile men as the control group. Following the screening, 2 ml of whole blood was collected from each participant. …”
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Impact of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis on quality of life and locomotive syndrome in community-dwelling older adults: the Yakumo study by Kazuma Ohshima, Hiroaki Nakashima, Naoki Segi, Sadayuki Ito, Jun Ouchida, Yasuhiko Takegami, Shinya Ishizuka, Ippei Yamauchi, Yukiharu Hasegawa, Kenta Murotani, Shiro Imagama

“…Data of community volunteers who attended a health checkup in 2018–2019 were assessed. A total of 455 subjects were included. …”
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Thresholds for clinical practice that directly link handgrip strength to remaining years of life: estimates based on longitudinal observational data by Sergei Scherbov, Sonja Spitzer, Nadia Steiber

“…RLE among individuals aged 60 years with standardised HGS of [−0.5 SD, 0.0 SD) is 3.0/1.4 years lower for men/women than for the reference group, increasing to a difference of 4.1/2.6 years in the group with HGS of [−1.0 SD, −0.5 SD). …”
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Low handgrip strength with asymmetry is associated with elevated all-cause mortality risk in older Chinese adults with abdominal obesity. by Ling Wei, Binyou Wang, Yilin Wang

“…Low HGS was identified as HGS <18 kg in women or <28 kg in men, while HGS asymmetry is defined as an HGS of either hand > 10% stronger than the other. …”
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Diaphragmatic crus indentation to the renal artery: Is it a new etiology for renovascular hypertension in adults? by Dilek Akkurt Acar, Atilla Hikmet Çilengir, Mehtap Balaban, Eren Çamur, Betül Akdal Dölek, Nilgün Işıksalan Özbülbül

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Ensuring the freedom to conclude an employment contract and gender equality in employment under martial law by K. Yu. Melnyk

“…The expediency of expanding the list of persons who are prohibited from engaging in socially useful works has been substantiated, for this purpose the paragraph 6 of the Procedure for involving able-bodied persons in socially useful works in conditions of martial law, approved by Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated July 13, 2011 No. 753, has been proposed to be set out in the following edition: “It is forbidden to involve minors, pregnant women, women with children under the age of three, as well as persons with disabilities in socially useful works, if the performance of such works may negatively affect their health”. In order to strengthen the regulatory provision of gender equality in employment, it is proposed to: 1) delete the word “may” after the word “employers” and change the ending of the word “implement” in Part 4 of Article 17 of the Law of Ukraine “On Ensuring Equal Rights and Opportunities of Women and Men”; 2) to supplement the employer’s duties provided for in Part 2 of Article 17 of the Law of Ukraine “On ensuring equal rights and opportunities for women and men”, as follows: “do not allow discrimination based on gender when concluding, changing and terminating an employment contract”.…”
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A Seven-Year Retrospective Study on the Surveillance of Hepatitis B in Laos by Phimpha Paboriboune, Thomas Vial, François Chassagne, Philavanh Sitbounlang, Sengaloun Soundala, Stéphane Bertani, Davone Sengmanothong, Francois-Xavier Babin, Nicolas Steenkeste, Paul Dény, Pascal Pineau, Eric Deharo

“…Patients under 37 displayed higher VL than older ones and men had higher VL than women. Initial VL ranged from <50 IU/mL to 2.5 1013 IU/mL. …”
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The epidemiology of Hepatitis B, C and D in Germany: A scoping review. by Gyde Steffen, Ida Sperle, Siv Aina Leendertz, Navina Sarma, Sandra Beermann, Roma Thamm, Viviane Bremer, Ruth Zimmermann, Sandra Dudareva

“…The population groups targeted in the identified studies included the general population and proxy populations, a range of clinical populations, people who inject drugs, men who have sex with men, healthcare workers, people in prisons and different migrant/mobile populations. …”
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Association between five novel anthropometric indices and erectile dysfunction in US adults from NHANES database by Ningning Xu, Haoxi Zou, Huanying Xu, Yanfen Chen, Qidan Wen, Xiaoyan Xing, Suzhen Wu

“…Abstract Erectile Dysfunction (ED) is the leading cause of sexual dysfunction affecting hundreds of millions of men worldwide, and has been described as an important public health problem. …”
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New aspects of investigating stress, anxiety, and depression in the Ryazan region population with arterial hypertension by Ayoub Glenza, Natalia V. Dobrynina, Sergey S. Yakushin, Alexander A. Dzekan

“…MATERIALS AND METHODS: This retrospective, observational study included 453 patients (284 women [62.7%] and 169 men [37.3%]) with confirmed arterial hypertension. …”
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Trends, gender, and racial disparities in patients with mortality due to paroxysmal tachycardia: A nationwide analysis from 1999-2020. by Aman Goyal, Humza Saeed, Saif Yamin, Abdullah, Wania Sultan, Muhammad Khubaib Arshad, Samia Aziz Sulaiman, Mah I Kan Changez, Gauranga Mahalwar

“…These findings call for immediate public health actions to curb the rising trends and reduce potential disparities.…”
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