Authors: Uyanik A, Koç G, Uslu Şahan F, Yücel Özçirpan Ç
BMC pregnancy and childbirth
Growing evidence suggests that unmet health-related social needs (HRSNs) during infancy may increase the risk for childhood obesity. Addressing these risk factors is crucial, as obesity prevalence in...
Authors: Mohseni F, Golbaf R, Hasani R, Mehrpour S, Nasimi M, Mafinejad MK
BMC medical education
Cardiac surgery is a frequently performed major surgical procedure worldwide, and effective postoperative pain management constitutes a critical element of perioperative care [–]. Adequate analgesia p...
Authors: Tai B, Okonkwo C, Riviera A
BMC nephrology
Pregnancy is a period in a woman’s life that involves profound changes not only physiologically, but also emotionally and socially. During this process, women face challenges such as increased respons...
Authors: Zhang L, You C, Ma J, Miao X, Fan M, Zeng X, Li W, Yin X, Hu Y
BMC pediatrics
Childhood overweight and obesity are major global public health concerns [, ] caused by a complex interplay of various determinants. Individual determinants encompass a range of biological, behavioura...
Authors: Kasvi A, Iirola T, Nordquist H, Kortelainen M
BMC emergency medicine
Emotion is recognized as a fundamental component of interpersonal communication [, ]. Emotion is a psychological state that reflects a core human condition and enables individuals to convey their affe...
Authors: Kigozi SP, Okiring J, Kigozi LS, Emuron P, Talimusa EA, Kigozi RN, Alegana V, Sartorius B, Giorgi E, Drakeley C, Yeka A
Malaria journal
Hip fractures in the elderly have become a global public health challenge. In 2021, the number of elderly individuals experiencing hip fractures due to falls increased by approximately 8.2 million com...
Authors: Jerković G, Musić Milanović S, Unić Šabašov I
BMC pediatrics
The predominant form of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease (AD), which manifests chiefly as progressive deficits in learning and memory []. Patients with AD develop extracellular senile plaques comprisin...
Authors: Hayashi K, Koga M, Takazawa K, Yasuhi I
BMC pregnancy and childbirth
Despite typically exhibiting higher levels of physical fitness, elite-level athletes are just as susceptible to psychiatric disorders as the general population []. Researchers have also identified a p...
Authors: Tomo Y, Sato F, Oba M
BMC medical research methodology
Electrical Status Epilepticus during Sleep (ESES) is an age-dependent epileptic encephalopathy characterized by significant sleep-induced epileptiform discharges (spike-wave index ≥ 85%) and acquired...
Authors: Lou Z, Wang Y, Sun M, Li G, Li J, Shi Y, Sun Z, Liu B, Zhao H, Ma Z, Han Q, He Q, Qiao S, Shen Y
BMC cardiovascular disorders
Against the backdrop of a continuously deepening global trend of population aging [], the spectrum of human chronic diseases has undergone a fundamental transformation []. The single-disease model is...
Authors: Gao F, Xu S, Chen Y, Chen L, Li R, Chen Y, Bei M, Cui T, Liu G, Yang M, Wu X
Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that profoundly impairs memory and cognition []. As the global burden of AD rises, large-scale studies have generated multi-modal d...
Authors: Fu M, Sun X, Zhang Y, Chi K, Huan S, Gao Z, Han H, Wang W, Dong X
BMC nursing
Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is a common outcome measured in residential aged care facilities (RACF) []. The EuroQol 5-Dimension questionnaire (EQ-5D) has often been used to measure the HRQO...
Authors: Mohamed Hameed AS, James JC, Santhosh ST, Ciju AL, Fatima SK, Rannath A, Alsaad L, Mathew LS, Muttappallymyalil J
BMC medical education
Authors: Liu S, Zeng Y, Xiao L, Wu Y, Hou C, Yang H, Wei M, Tang Y, Huang Y, Liu Y, Ma Q, Yin Y, Zhang M, Chen Y, Song H, Wang Q
Translational psychiatry
The global shortage of nurses has emerged as a significant public health concern, with a forecasted worldwide deficit exceeding 4.8 million nurses and midwives by 2030 []. Projections indicate that th...
Authors: Almosfer M, Sabico S, Wani K, Khattak MNK, Almarashad IS, Veronese N, Al-Daghri NM
Aging clinical and experimental research
Metformin is a well-established agent for improving insulin sensitivity and lowering hepatic glucose output, and the most common first-line pharmacological approach in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)...