Executive summary Despite substantial progress in reducing the global impact of many non-
communicable diseases, including heart disease and cancer, morbidity and mortality due to …

Background Sarcopenia shares risk factors with various other age-related diseases. This
meta-analysis aimed to determine the prevalence of sarcopenia as a comorbid disease …

Члены Комитета экспертов подтвердили отсутствие финансовой поддержки/конфликта
интересов. В случае сообщения о наличии конфликта интересов, член (ы) Комитета …

Background Lifetime lung function is related to quality of life and longevity. Over the lifespan,
individuals follow different lung function trajectories. Identification of these trajectories, their …

Background This study examined the incidence of a person's first diagnosis of a selected
chronic disease, and the relationships between modifiable lifestyle risk factors and age to …

Rationale: Mesenchymal stem/stromal cell (MSC) therapies have shown promise in
preclinical models of pathologies relevant to newborn medicine, such as bronchopulmonary …

It is estimated that the world population will reach a record 7.3 billion in 2015, and the high
burden of chronic conditions associated with ageing and smoking will increase further …

Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is thought to result from an
accelerated decline in forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) over time. Yet it is …

Premature birth is a significant cause of infant and child morbidity and mortality. In the United
States, the premature birth rate, which had steadily increased during the 1990s and early …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the top three causes of death
worldwide, but governments and non-governmental organisations have not given its …