Tobacco Use, Risk Perceptions, and Characteristics of Adults Who Used a Heated Tobacco Product (IQOS) in the United States: Cross-Sectional Survey Study by Hui G Cheng, Brendan Noggle, Andrea R Vansickel, Edward G Largo, Pierpaolo Magnani

“… BackgroundThe Tobacco Heating System (THS; commercialized as IQOS) is a smoke-free heated tobacco product introduced in the United States in 2019 and authorized by the US Food and Drug Administration as a modified risk tobacco product (MRTP) in 2020. …”
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Determinants of Anemia among HIV-Positive Children on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Attending Hospitals of North Wollo Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2019: A Case-Control St... by Biruk Beletew, Ayelign Mengesha, Mohammed Ahmed, Awet Fitwi, Mesfin Wudu

“…In this study, having parasitic infections, having a history of opportunistic infections, being malnourished, having poor adherence to ART, caregivers living in the rural area, and eating nondiversified foods were significantly associated with hemoglobin status. …”
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On the tracks of an uninvited guest, the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus in Cyprus by Riccardo Piccinno, Giulia Fiorenza, Marlen Ines Vasquez, Jeremy Bouyer, Gregoris Notarides, Ludvik Marcus Gomulski, Soteris Meletiou, Mustafa Akiner, Antonios Michaelakis, Federico Forneris, Giovanni Maga, Giuliano Gasperi, Anna Rodolfa Malacrida

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Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the Population of the Area I in the Municipality of Cienfuegos by Hilda María Delgado Acosta, Karelis Lastre Navarro, María Lina Valdés Gómez, Mikhail Benet Rodríguez, Alain Morejón Giraldoni

“…A survey with the following variables was applied: age, sex, marital status, skin color, history of hypertension and diabetes mellitus, smoking, physical activity, food intake (fruits, vegetables and fat), body mass index and waist circumference.…”
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What was Killing Babies in Rostock? An Investigation of Infant Mortality Using Individual-Level Cause-of-Death Data, 1800–1904 by Michael Mühlichen, Laura Ann Cilek

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Prevalence and risk factors for childhood asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Weijun Zhou, Jia Tang

“…Moreover, the identified risk factors for childhood asthma included older age, male sex, obesity, parental smoking, high education of the mother, premature birth, cesarean section, no breastfeeding, family history of asthma, rhinitis, eczema, pets, high density of road traffic, meat, margarine, fast food, paracetamol use, and antibiotic use. …”
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Factors Attributable to Cardiovascular Diseases in the Elderly Population of the Campo Alegre Resettlement, Tierralta, Córdoba by Carolina Castellanos Ramos, Brayan Domínguez Lozano, Daniela Jiménez Cordero, José Rocha Barraza

“…The variables studied were: age and sex, marital status, socioeconomic status, educational level, work status, household or personal income, health history and healthy lifestyle conditions such as high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes mellitus, physical activity , healthy eating and daily food ration, weight control, drug dependence, medical control and hypercholesterolemia. …”
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La «catena calda»: un’etnografia dell’allattamento a partire dai margini by Martina Riina

“…Breast milk, in the same way, conveys meanings, belongings, alliances and symbols, well beyond its function as a food that nourishes and fortifies, also becoming a “place” in which beliefs and knowledge are discerned that guide its use and circulation. …”
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Extreme Maternal Metabolic Acidosis Leading to Fetal Distress and Emergency Caesarean Section by Nicolas Cecere, Corinne Hubinont, Arnauld Kabulu Kadingi, Marie-Françoise Vincent, Peter Van den Bergh, Anna Onnela, Philippe Hantson

“…The patient had reduced food intake during the last 24 hours prior to admission and vomited twice. …”
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The Role of the London Missionary Society and Church Missionary Society in the Abolition of Oozhiyam (Bonded Labor Service) in Kerala by Ayyappan Balakrishnan

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Syncope with Surprise: An Unexpected Finding of Huge Gastric Diverticulum by Mauro Podda, Jenny Atzeni, Antonio Messina Campanella, Alessandra Saba, Adolfo Pisanu

“…The vague long clinical history ranging between dyspepsia, postprandial fullness, and upper gastrointestinal bleeding makes this condition a diagnostic challenge. …”
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Application of Polypyrrole Cellulose Nanocrystalline Composite Conductive Material in Garment Design by Si Su, Shaoying Hu, Qi Liu

“…The Chinese nation has a long cultural history and has deep attainments in food, clothing, art, and other cultural fields. …”
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Discovering a Young State: Foreign Sports Delegations in the USSR during the 1920s by A. M. Glushich

“…Drawing on previously unexplored materials from the Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History (F. 537, inv. 2), this article examines the strategies employed in hosting these guests. …”
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Arrested Puberty in an Adolescent Male with Anorexia Nervosa Successfully Resumed with Multidisciplinary Care by Diana Simão Raimundo, Carolina Figueiredo, Ana Raposo, Bernardo Dias Pereira

“…A 16.7-year-old male was referred to the Department of Pediatrics with arrested puberty due to severe malnutrition in the context of food restriction. Past medical history was relevant for asthma. …”
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Features of distribution and ecology of the brown bear (Ursus arctos) in the Carpathian National Park (Ukraine) by Oleksandr Kyseliuk, Bohdanna Kalynchuk, Yurii Motruk

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Conflicting Clinical Presentation of Infection with Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium perfringens in a 5-Month-Old Infant by Barbara Schaub, MD, Carolyn Luhman-Lunt, MD, Andrea Ott, MD, Maren Krüger, DSc, Martin Skiba, PhD, Sylvia Worbs, PhD, Brigitte G. Dorner, PhD, Michael Buettcher, MD, Martin B. Dorner, PhD

“…We present a 5-month-old infant with a 1-day history of poor feeding and sudden progression into generalized weakness including septic shock syndrome after consumption of homemade food. …”
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Gastrointestinal Parasites With Their Risk Factors in Tharu Indigenous People in Southern Nepal: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Pinki Kumari Chaudhary, Tirth Raj Ghimire

“…Further One Health Approach, by conducting studies that involve the examination of samples from the local populations, livestock, food, water, and soil, would be important.…”
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Process Evaluations of Interventions for the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes in Women With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Systematic Review by Iklil Iman Mohd Sa'id, Natasha Hotung, Madeleine Benton, Iliatha Papachristou Nadal, Anisah Baharom, Matthew Prina, Barakatun Nisak Mohd Yusof, Kimberley Goldsmith, Samantha Birts, Ching Siew Mooi, Angus Forbes, Khalida Ismail, Boon How Chew

“…Inclusion criteria were published (peer-reviewed) RCTs of DPIs in women with a current diagnosis or history of GDM. Exclusion criteria were studies not published in English; studies where the target population was women who had a family history of T2D or women who were menopausal or postmenopausal; and gray literature, including abstracts in conference proceedings. …”
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A Vitamin Pattern Diet Is Associated with Decreased Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Chinese Women: Results from a Case Control Study in Taiyuan, China by Qiong Chen, Yongliang Feng, Hailan Yang, Weiwei Wu, Ping Zhang, Keke Wang, Ying Wang, Jamie Ko, Jiaxin Shen, Lingling Guo, Feng Zhao, Wenqiong Du, Shouhang Ru, Suping Wang, Yawei Zhang

“…Dietary intake was assessed using a 33-item food frequency questionnaire, and nutrients were estimated using the Chinese Standard Tables of Food Consumption. …”
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Prevalence and Correlates of Hypertension Unawareness among Lebanese Adults: The Need to Target Those “Left Behind” by Fatima Ghaddar, Lama Hammad, Rania A. Tohme, Tamar Kabakian-Khasholian, Nahla Hwalla, Abla M. Sibai

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