The projected effect of risk factor reduction on Alzheimer's disease prevalence

DE Barnes, K Yaffe - The Lancet Neurology, 2011 - thelancet.com
Summary At present, about 33· 9 million people worldwide have Alzheimer's disease (AD),
and prevalence is expected to triple over the next 40 years. The aim of this Review was to …

Cigarette smoking and inflammation: cellular and molecular mechanisms

J Lee, V Taneja, R Vassallo - Journal of dental research, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Cigarette smoke (CS) causes considerable morbidity and mortality by inducing cancer,
chronic lung and vascular diseases, and oral disease. Despite the well-recognized risks …

Smoking prevalence and attributable disease burden in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study …

MB Reitsma, N Fullman, M Ng, JS Salama, A Abajobir… - The Lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background The scale-up of tobacco control, especially after the adoption of the Framework
Convention for Tobacco Control, is a major public health success story. Nonetheless …

Cardiovascular disease in the developing world: prevalences, patterns, and the potential of early disease detection

DS Celermajer, CK Chow, E Marijon, NM Anstey… - Journal of the American …, 2012 - jacc.org
Over the past decade or more, the prevalence of traditional risk factors for atherosclerotic
cardiovascular diseases has been increasing in the major populous countries of the …

Cancer incidence in Nigeria: a report from population-based cancer registries

E Jedy-Agba, MP Curado, O Ogunbiyi, E Oga… - Cancer …, 2012 - Elsevier
Introduction: Cancer has become a major source of morbidity and mortality globally. Despite
the threat that cancer poses to public health in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), few countries in …

The burden of cardiovascular disease in low-and middle-income countries: epidemiology and management

ADK Bowry, J Lewey, SB Dugani… - Canadian Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the second leading cause of mortality worldwide,
accounting for 17 million deaths in 2013. More than 80% of these cases were in low-and …

Estimates of global mortality attributable to smoking in 2000

M Ezzati, AD Lopez - The lancet, 2003 - thelancet.com
Background Smoking is a risk factor for several diseases and has been increasing in many
developing countries. Our aim was to estimate global and regional mortality in 2000 caused …

[HTML][HTML] The International Epidemiology of Lung Cancer: geographical distribution and secular trends

DR Youlden, SM Cramb, PD Baade - Journal of thoracic oncology, 2008 - Elsevier
This review presents the latest available international data for lung cancer incidence,
mortality and survival, emphasizing the established causal relationship between smoking …

Remodeling in asthma

S Al-Muhsen, JR Johnson, Q Hamid - Journal of allergy and clinical …, 2011 - Elsevier
Airway remodeling encompasses the structural alterations in asthmatic compared with
normal airways. Airway remodeling in asthmatic patients involves a wide array of …

How cigarette smoke skews immune responses to promote infection, lung disease and cancer

MR Stämpfli, GP Anderson - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2009 - nature.com
A complex and multilayered immune defence system protects the host against harmful
agents and maintains tissue homeostasis. Cigarette smoke ex posure markedly impacts the …