Evolution of cancer pharmacological treatments at the turn of the third millennium

L Falzone, S Salomone, M Libra - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The medical history of cancer began millennia ago. Historical findings of patients with
cancer date back to ancient Egyptian and Greek civilizations, where this disease was …

Global epidemiology and outcomes of acute kidney injury

EAJ Hoste, JA Kellum, NM Selby, A Zarbock… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a commonly encountered syndrome associated with various
aetiologies and pathophysiological processes leading to decreased kidney function. In …

Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

D Dicker, G Nguyen, D Abate, KH Abate, SM Abay… - The lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Assessments of age-specific mortality and life expectancy have been done by
the UN Population Division, Department of Economics and Social Affairs (UNPOP), the …

Health and nutritional aspects of sustainable diet strategies and their association with environmental impacts: a global modelling analysis with country-level detail

M Springmann, K Wiebe, D Mason-D'Croz… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Sustainable diets are intended to address the increasing health and
environmental concerns related to food production and consumption. Although many …

[HTML][HTML] The global burden of multiple chronic conditions: a narrative review

C Hajat, E Stein - Preventive medicine reports, 2018 - Elsevier
Globally, approximately one in three of all adults suffer from multiple chronic conditions
(MCCs). This review provides a comprehensive overview of the resulting epidemiological …

Global epidemiology and burden of schizophrenia: findings from the global burden of disease study 2016

FJ Charlson, AJ Ferrari, DF Santomauro… - Schizophrenia …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Introduction The global burden of disease (GBD) studies have derived detailed and
comparable epidemiological and burden of disease estimates for schizophrenia. We report …

Global burden of stroke

M Katan, A Luft - Seminars in neurology, 2018 - thieme-connect.com
Stroke is the second leading cause of death and a major cause of disability worldwide. Its
incidence is increasing because the population ages. In addition, more young people are …

Heart disease and stroke statistics—2018 update: a report from the American Heart Association

EJ Benjamin, SS Virani, CW Callaway… - Circulation, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Summary Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other government …

Multiancestry genome-wide association study of 520,000 subjects identifies 32 loci associated with stroke and stroke subtypes

R Malik, G Chauhan, M Traylor, M Sargurupremraj… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Stroke has multiple etiologies, but the underlying genes and pathways are largely unknown.
We conducted a multiancestry genome-wide-association meta-analysis in 521,612 …

Global statistics on alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use: 2017 status report

A Peacock, J Leung, S Larney, S Colledge… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aims This review provides an up‐to‐date curated source of information on alcohol, tobacco
and illicit drug use and their associated mortality and burden of disease. Limitations in the …