Authors: Zulfiqar M, Akram W, Talha M, Zulnurain M, Saif E, Akhtar A
African health sciences
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by extracellular amyloid beta (Aβ) plaques and neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) composed of hyperphosphorylated tau protein. The ab...
Authors: Munyoki T, Opiyo RO, Obondo A, Ondiek F
African health sciences
As the new generation of the nursing workforce, entry-level nurses' career development directly affects the quality of nursing care and patient safety (, ). With the increasing complexity of the healt...
Authors: Tian J, Li B, Zhang R, Liu X
Frontiers in psychology
The substantial global increase in human life expectancyâa major public health achievementâhas sparked significant academic and policy debate regarding the âlifespan-healthspanâ dynamic (; ). At the c...
Authors: Wang Z, Wang S, Wen D
Depression and anxiety
Demyelinating lesions involving the cervicomedullary junction and dorsal columns resulting in demyelination can stem from various causes, including inflammatory and metabolic []. Inflammatory demyelin...
Authors: Sithole BM, Mogase K, Moeketsi TD
The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa
Participation in clinical research is considered a social good because it leads to biomedical discoveries that prevent and treat disease, ultimately improving public health. Even when clinical researc...
Authors: Ames JL, Ferrara A, Feng J, Alexeeff S, Avalos LA, Barrett ES, Bastain TM, Bennett DH, Buckley JP, Carignan CC, Cintora P, Ghassabian A, Hedderson MM, Hernandez-Castro I, Kannan K, Karagas MR, Karr CJ, Kuiper JR, Liang D, Lyall K, McEvoy CT, Morello-Frosch R, O'Connor TG, Oh J, Peterson AK, Quiros-Alcala L, Sathyanarayana S, Schantz S, Schmidt RJ, Starling AP, Woodruff TJ, Volk HE, Zhu Y, Croen LA, ECHO Cohort Consortium
Environmental health perspectives
Despite being preventable and curable, tuberculosis (TB) still causes over 10 million new cases and 1.3 million deaths each year. Its burden is strongly shaped by poverty and social inequities, unders...
Authors: Akbal YS, Akan N, Ăzcanarslan F
African health sciences
The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) was originally developed as a brief screening instrument for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and, in its original validation study, showed substantially higher...
Authors: Nel JH, Burma JS, Bodnar TS, McDonough M, Knell G, Petersen M, O'Bryant SE, Barha CK, Health and Aging Brain Study (HABSâHD) Study Team
Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
In recent decades, the proliferation of high-resolution, geospatial environmental data setsî¸in combination with the increasing availability and accessibility of large-scale, real-world health data tha...
Authors: Abbasciano V, Fumai G, Chetta G, Laricchia G, La Grotta V, Muto G, Gisario G, Recchia C, Cappucci N, Liso V, Carrozzo AM
Cureus
Alzheimerâs disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia and is characterized by progressive cognitive impairment. However, the concomitant balance and gait dysfunction has been recognized for ma...
Authors: Grand Z, Brutti J, Greer K, Mirharooni J, McDaid A, Lawrie CM
Arthroplasty today
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most prevalent endocrine disorders affecting the women of reproductive age. Based on prevalence estimates, PCOS affects 6%â18% of women worldwide . Amo...
Authors: Afghah T, Wagener KC
Advances in rehabilitation science and practice
The body's response to an acute stressful situation enables individuals to respond adequately to the perceived threat and helps restore homeostasis (). Stressors trigger a chain of behavioral and phys...
Authors: Motlohi NF, Mensah KB, Padayachee N, Petrus R, Alqifari SF, Bangalee V
African health sciences
The World Health Organization (WHO) projected that depression would become a leading source of disease burden in the world by 2020 and beyond. Pregnancy and postnatal period are critical for the devel...
Authors: Schwarze Y, Voges J, Stenger S, Stierand J, Junghanns K, VoĂ O, Hundt J, Paulus FM, Krach S, Cabanis M, Rademacher L
Brain, behavior, & immunity - health
Teaching skin of colour (SOC, pigmented skin) is crucial to ensuring equitable dermatology care. There are differences in skin genetics and biology, susceptibility to specific skin pathology, pathogen...
Authors: Kang Y, Jahng S, Song M
Dementia and neurocognitive disorders
University students are the human capital for any nation. Obtaining a university qualification is viewed as the key to success and a bright future, boosting the countryâs economy. However, mental heal...
Authors: Guo J, Jiang S, Luo C, Li Y, Guo S
Depression and anxiety
Despite the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) goal to have increased viral suppression among people with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV-1, PWH) to 95% by 2025, national retention and viral suppression...