Blood NAD tracks heart disease, not age, in 1,068 adults
A cross-sectional study of 1,068 adults in Lithuania found that whole-blood NAD levels remain stable with age in healthy men, ...
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Fatigue may explain how disease activity erodes quality of life in rheumatic diseases
A study of 807 rheumatic disease patients found fatigue partially mediated the association between disease activity and all physical quality-of-life ...
Most Ethiopian HIV patients on dolutegravir therapy show good knowledge, survey finds
A cross-sectional survey of 308 people living with HIV at Bule Hora University Teaching Hospital in Ethiopia found that 76.0 ...
Palliative Care Awareness High but Gaps Persist Among Muslim Adults With Chronic Disease in Southern Thailand
A cross-sectional study of 349 Muslim adults with noncommunicable diseases at a southern Thai hospital found generally high palliative care ...
Written medical histories reveal more conditions than verbal questioning in dental records
A retrospective analysis of 2,800 dental patient records found written self-reported medical histories captured more systemic conditions, including anemia and ...
Celiac Disease Awareness in Jordan Marred by Knowledge Gaps, Cross-Sectional Study Finds
A survey of 769 adults in Jordan found that although 78.7 percent had heard of celiac disease, mean knowledge scores ...
Nearly one in three teens in Brazil’s poorest urban schools reports chronic musculoskeletal pain
A cross-sectional study of 296 adolescents in socially vulnerable northeastern Brazil found 31.4% reported continuous chronic musculoskeletal pain, with poor ...
Screen-time eating linked to double burden of malnutrition in Saudi middle schoolers
A survey-weighted study of 268 Saudi middle school students found underweight at 25.3 percent and overweight or obesity at 24.5 ...
Over half of treated older adults in Sri Lanka still have uncontrolled blood pressure
A nationwide Sri Lankan study of 1,339 treated adults aged 65 and older found that 52.4% had uncontrolled blood pressure, ...
Personality Shapes Emotion Regulation Differently in Teens and Adults, Iranian Study Finds
A cross-sectional study of 634 Iranians found that personality traits relate to interpersonal emotion regulation strategies differently in adolescents than ...
Gene Variant Tied to Body Fat and High-Fat Diets in Women with Prediabetes
A study of 202 Iranian women with prediabetes links the ITLN1 Val109Asp gene variant to a high-fat dietary pattern and ...
Nerve Damage Reshapes the Achilles Tendon in Diabetes, Ultrasound Study Finds
A cross-sectional ultrasound study of 52 patients with type 2 diabetes found that those with diabetic peripheral neuropathy had significantly ...
Sensory sensitivity linked to eating disorder symptoms in Australian adults
A cross-sectional study of 221 Australian adults found that self-reported sensitivity to external sensory information was positively associated with several ...
COPD phenotypes show distinct blood immune signatures linked to lung cancer
A cross-sectional study of 64 subjects found that COPD with emphysema shows lowered HLA-DR activation on circulating antigen-presenting cells while ...
Processes and Policy Drive Perceived Care Quality in Yemen’s Conflict-Hit Hospitals
A cross-sectional survey of 410 healthcare workers in Sana'a hospitals found that process management, policy and strategy, and partnerships and ...
Brain MRI marker tracks tissue chemistry, not Parkinson’s severity
A multimodal MRI study of 76 Parkinson's patients found the DTI-ALPS index covaried with regional thalamic tissue susceptibility and age ...
Household Conditions Tied to Screen Time in Japanese Preschoolers
A cross-sectional SEM analysis of nearly 20,000 Japanese preschool children linked screen time to household socioeconomic status, parenting perceptions, and ...
Nomogram flags which depressed teens on school leave plan to return to class
A survey of 331 Chinese adolescents with depression on academic leave found only 40.5 percent intended to re-enroll, and a ...
Most Nigerian Doctors Back HPV Vaccines, but Knowledge Gaps Linger
A survey of 462 Nigerian doctors found 72.3% had good HPV vaccine knowledge, 77.9% held favourable attitudes, and 81.8% had ...
CSF GFAP Rises Sharply With Age, New Reference Limits Show
A cross-sectional study of 325 screened Danish biobank participants establishes age-specific upper reference limits for Simoa-measured CSF GFAP, which rise ...
