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Open AccessPromoting and maintaining physical activity in the transition to retirement: a systematic review of interventions for adults around retirement age
It has been argued that transition points in life, such as the approach towards, and early years of retirement present key opportunities for interventions to improve the health of the population. Research has ...
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Family-based behavioural management of childhood obesity: service evaluation of a group programme run in a community setting in the United Kingdom
A service evaluation of a pilot of a family-based behavioural management group programme for childhood obesity was conducted in a community setting in the United Kingdom. A total of 17 families with children a...
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Essential fatty acid profiling for routine nutritional assessment unmasks adrenoleukodystrophy in an infant with isovaleric acidaemia
We report a 16-month-old asymptomatic male with enzyme confirmed isovaleric acidaemia (IVA; isovaleryl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency; OMIM 243500) who, upon routine nutritional follow-up, presented evidence of ...
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Evidence that an HLA-DQA1-DQB1 haplotype influences susceptibility in childhood common acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in boys provides further support for an infection-related aetiology
Comparison of DQA1 and DQB1 alleles in 60 children with common acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (c-ALL) and 78 newborn infant control subjects revealed that male but not female patients had a higher frequency of ...
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The effect of atrial natriuretic peptide on plasma renin activity, plasma aldosterone, and urinary dopamine in man
The acute natriuretic effect of human atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) has been well described in man. We have now studied possible hormonal mediators of this effect.