7905 papers
This study utilizing SHARE data from approximately 40,000 older adults reveals significant geographic variations in modifiable dementia risk factors across European regions, underscoring the necessity for tailored, region-specific prevention strategies.
This mixed-methods study in peri-urban Lagos demonstrates that integrating traditional and faith leaders into primary health care governance significantly improves maternal and neonatal health outcomes by increasing antenatal care uptake and male involvement, suggesting that community-centred advocacy is more critical than clinical capacity alone for reducing mortality.
This prospective observational study demonstrates that a history of prior percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is associated with improved intraoperative hemodynamic parameters and a significantly reduced risk of postoperative myocardial injury in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), likely due to more complete myocardial revascularization.
This population-based cross-sectional study of 13,769 US adults reveals that the novel triglyceride-high-density lipoprotein-glucose-body index (TyHGB) is significantly and nonlinearly associated with depressive symptoms, exhibiting a J-shaped dose-response relationship where higher levels predict increased depression risk, thereby suggesting TyHGB as a practical, low-cost screening tool for early identification.
This study demonstrates that a community-led, culturally governed student chiropractic clinic in Australia successfully fostered trust, engagement, and perceived health benefits for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people by prioritizing cultural safety, relational continuity, and Indigenous self-determination.
This single-center pilot randomized trial demonstrated that both QFR-guided and IVUS+QFR-guided strategies are feasible for drug-coated balloon treatment of non-complex coronary lesions, with no statistically significant difference in immediate functional success rates, thereby providing essential effect size estimates for designing future confirmatory studies.
This 2023 retrospective study at Muhimbili National Hospital in Tanzania found that intestinal stoma complications occurred in 23.6% of patients, with stomal prolapse being the most common issue linked to double-barrel ileostomy and ASA classification, necessitating a mix of surgical, medical, and educational management strategies.
This prospective UK Biobank study demonstrates that a frailty-associated plasma polyprotein score (PPS) outperforms traditional frailty indices in predicting mortality and multi-morbidity, reveals a dual-pattern trajectory of protein elevation preceding death, and identifies causal protein targets and candidate drugs for potential frailty interventions.
This qualitative study of 27 Turkish women with breast cancer reveals that radiotherapy is not merely a biomedical intervention but a distinct psychosocial transformation process characterized by a progressive shift from fear and uncertainty toward adaptation, meaning-making, and reintegration within the broader cancer treatment journey.
This study demonstrates that mixed reality-based head-mounted displays are promising educational tools for neuroanatomy, as evidenced by high student ratings for usefulness and motivation, despite slightly lower operability satisfaction.