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Changes in femoral anteversion after intramedullary nailing for pediatric femoral shaft fracture: a multicenter study
BackgroundThe rotational change after using a flexible intramedullary (IM) nail for femoral shaft fractures has been a concern for many surgeons....
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Challenges in the Transition from Acute Hospital Care to Home for Spanish-Speaking Latino Patients with TBI and Families: Perspectives of Healthcare Providers and Interpreters
Language-based disparities negatively impact patient outcomes. Spanish-speaking Latino patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) transitioning home...
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Physical activity is associated with lower mortality in adults with obesity: a systematic review with meta-analysis
BackgroundObesity is a complex chronic disease associated with several adverse health outcomes that increase mortality risk. Physical activity (PA)...
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Prevalence of interarm blood pressure difference is notably higher in women; the Viborg population-based screening program (VISP)
BackgroundBilateral blood pressure (BP) measurement is important in cardiovascular prevention for identifying systolic interarm BP difference (IAD)...
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Urban Scaling Functions: Emission, Pollution and Health
Urban scaling is widely used to characterize the population dependence of city indicators including greenhouse gas emission. Here we analyze the...
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“Older people will die of old age. I’ll die of climate change”: engaging children and young people in climate decision making for public health
BackgroundThe climate crisis is a significant risk to the health and wellbeing of children, young people, and future generations. While there are...
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Preliminarily exploring the intraoperative ultrasonography characteristics of patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy
BackgroundHow to quickly read and interpret intraoperative ultrasound (IOUS) images of patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) to obtain...
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Combined neurokinin-1 receptor antagonist and sorafenib is a promising approach for hepatocellular carcinoma therapy
BackgroundHCC (Hepatocellular carcinoma) is the most common primary malignant cancer in the liver. Treatment options to incurable HCC such as...
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Wearable cuffless blood pressure tracking: when will they be good enough?
Wearable health monitoring is a multibillion-dollar industry. But the holy grail is probably getting it right for blood pressure monitoring without a...
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Temporal relationship between hepatic steatosis and fasting blood glucose elevation: a longitudinal analysis from China and UK
BackgroundThe link between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and type 2 diabetes has not been fully established. We investigated the temporal...
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Comparison of FGM prevalence among Nigerian women aged 15–49 years using two household surveys conducted before and after the COVID-19 pandemic
BackgroundDue to its economic burden and change of focus, there is no gainsaying of the potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the progress of...
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Exosomes derived from human urine–derived stem cells ameliorate IL-1β-induced intervertebral disk degeneration
BackgroundHuman intervertebral disk degeneration (IVDD) is a sophisticated degenerative pathological process. A key cause of IVDD progression is...
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Blood pressure is associated with knee pain severity in middle-aged and elderly individuals with or at risks for osteoarthritis: data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative
BackgroundHypertension is a common comorbidity of osteoarthritis (OA). Joint pain is the main clinical manifestation of OA. Knowledge about the...
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The relationship between the duration and the retraction and atrophy grades in traumatic isolated full-thickness supraspinatus tears in young patients
BackgroundThe study aimed to determine the grade of retraction and atrophy according to the time elapsed in traumatic isolated full-thickness...
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Etiology-specific incidence and mortality of diarrheal diseases in the African region: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BackgroundDiarrheal diseases substantially affect public health impact in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), particularly in Africa, where...
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A Mixed Methods Investigation Examining the PrEP Cascade Among 13–18-Year-Old Latino Adolescent Sexual Minority Men
Latino adolescent sexual minority men (ASMM) are at high risk of HIV. Limited research has explored the impact of parent-adolescent communication and...
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Biomechanical evaluation of different medial column fixation patterns for valgus pilon fractures
BackgroundThe purpose of this study was to perform a biomechanical analysis to compare different medial column fixation patterns for valgus pilon...
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Assessing knowledge of hypertension and diabetes mellitus among informal healthcare providers in urban slums in southeastern Nigeria
Informal healthcare providers (IHPs) often serve as the first point of contact for healthcare services for non-communicable diseases in urban slums...
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Survey on pattern of myopia in school children in Hangzhou after the COVID-19 pandemic: a school-based vision screening study
BackgroundMyopia is a major health issue around the world. Myopia in children has increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic in China, but...
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The association between air pollution and obesity: an umbrella review of meta-analyses and systematic reviews
The objective of this umbrella review was to investigate comprehensive and synthesized evidence of the association between ambient air pollution and...
