Influence of secondhand smoke exposure on the retinal vasculature of children in Hong Kong

CY Cheung, XJ Zhang, HN Chan, Y Zhang… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Background A recent prospective demonstrated that cardiovascular risk factors in early
childhood were associated with later cardiovascular events. However, the impact of …

Mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) measurement usage among children with disabilities: A systematic review

J Hayes, M Quiring, M Kerac, T Smythe… - Nutrition and …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Anthropometric measurements, including mid-upper arm circumference
(MUAC), are used for monitoring and evaluating children's nutritional status. Evidence is …

Alterations in functional connectivity of executive control network reveal influence of indoor toluene on cognition at low concentration

C Zhan, J Liu, M Cui, W Wu, F Hao, Z Wang, J Liu… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The mechanism for indoor toluene on cognition at low concentrations remains
unknown. Objective The present study combines attention network testing (ANT) and …

More recent insights into the breast cancer burden across BRICS-Plus: Health consequences in key nations with emerging economies using the global burden of …

S Mubarik, L Luo, M Iqbal, Nawsherwan, J Bai… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, and 30 other Asian nations make up
the BRICS-Plus, a group of developing countries that account for about half of the world's …

Validation of the illustrated questionnaire on food consumption for Brazilian schoolchildren (QUACEB) for 6-to 10-year-old children

GAL Oliveira, DOL Barrio, GS Araújo… - Frontiers in Public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Evaluating the food consumption of school-aged children is crucial to monitor
their dietary habits, promote targeted interventions, and contribute public policies that aimed …

“Zoom” ing to the kitchen: a novel approach to virtual nutrition education for medical trainees

JA Charles, NI Wood, S Neary, JO Moreno, L Scierka… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
While nutritional interventions are first-line therapy for many chronic diseases, most medical
trainees receive minimal nutrition education, leaving them unprepared to address nutritional …

Geophysical uncertainties in air pollution exposure and benefits of emissions reductions for Global Health

LA Parsons, D Shindell, G Faluvegi… - Earth's Future, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) air pollution is associated with large‐scale
health consequences, but the ranges in estimates of global air pollution exposure and PM2 …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of obesity related hypertension among overweight or obese adults in River Nile State in Northern Sudan: a community based cross-sectional …

SK Noor, MHE Fadlelseed, SO Bushara… - Cardiovascular …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Reducing excess body weight is important for control and management of high
blood pressure (BP) in adults. Previous studies showed high prevalence of hypertension in …

Unexpected Performance Improvements of Nitrogen Dioxide and Ozone Sensors by Including Carbon Monoxide Sensor Signal

MH Hasan, H Yu, C Ivey, A Pillarisetti, Z Yuan, K Do… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Low-cost air quality (LCAQ) sensors are increasingly being used for community air quality
monitoring. However, data collected by low-cost sensors contain significant noise, and …

Advances in early detection methods for solid tumors

B Jiang, D Xie, S Wang, X Li, G Wu - Frontiers in Genetics, 2023 - frontiersin.org
During the last decade, non-invasive methods such as liquid biopsy have slowly replaced
traditional imaging and invasive pathological methods used to diagnose and monitor …