Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is not only a consequence of insulin resistance,
but it is also an important cause of insulin resistance and major non-communicable diseases …

Populations with common physical diseases–such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer and
neurodegenerative disorders–experience substantially higher rates of major depressive …

Abstract Worldwide, up to 8.8 million excess deaths/year have been attributed to air
pollution, mainly due to the exposure to fine particulate matter (PM). Traffic-related noise is …

Background The causal relevance of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) for risk of site-
specific cancers remains uncertain. Methods Using a Mendelian randomization (MR) …

Nutrients, required by human bodies to perform life-sustaining functions, are obtained from
the diet. They are broadly classified into macronutrients (carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins) …

Abstract Background The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour
Organization (ILO) are developing joint estimates of the work-related burden of disease and …

Large epidemiological studies have shown that traffic noise promotes the development of
cardiometabolic diseases. It remains to be established how long these adverse effects of …

Due to the adverse health effects and the role in the formation of secondary organic
aerosols, hydroxyl radical (OH) generation by atmospheric fine particulate matter (PM) has …

Abstract To reduce indoor PM 2.5 (particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter less than
2.5 μm) pollution and maintain thermal comfort with relatively low energy consumption, this …

Owing to the advent of antiretroviral (ART) drugs, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has
become a controllable infection, but pernicious health outcomes due to the infection are …