Multimorbidity clusters and associated health care cost among patients attending psychiatric clinics in Odisha, India by Priti Gupta, Solveig A. Cunningham, Mohammed K. Ali, Sailesh Mohan, Pranab Mahapatra, Sanghamitra C. Pati

“…Materials and Methods: Data were collected in the psychiatric outpatient department among patients aged 18 years and above in February-July 2019 (n = 500); follow-up data on non-communicable disease incidence were collected after 18 months. …”
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Normative Data for the NeuroCom Sensory Organization Test in United States Military Academy Boxers by Nathan E Henry, Amy N Weart, Erin M Miller, Lisa D Feltner, Donald L Goss

“…To the knowledge of the authors these are the only published normative data for a highly-active military population ages 17-23. # Study Design Cross-sectional study # Methods Two hundred fifty-three (70 female and 183 male) cadets in a boxing course at a service academy were enrolled. …”
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Integrated care teams in primary care improve clinical outcomes and care processes in patients with non-communicable diseases by Pei Lin Hu, Cynthia Yan-Ling Tan, Ngoc Hoang Long Nguyen, Rebekah Ryanne Wu, Juliana Bahadin, Nivedita Vikas Nadkarni, Ngiap Chuan Tan

“…Introduction: Primary care physicians face the increasing burden of managing multimorbidities in an ageing population. Implementing an integrated care team (ICT) with defined roles and accountability to share consultation tasks is an emerging care model to address this issue. …”
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Accuracy of Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiographic Doppler Parameters in Assessing the Right Ventricular Diastolic Function After Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot in Pediatr... by Nagarjuna Panidapu, Saravana Babu, Baiju S. Dharan, Barsha Sen, Thomas Koshy

“…Methods: This prospective, observational study was done at a tertiary care hospital involving 40 pediatric TOF patients aged less than 2 years who underwent complete intracardiac repair with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). …”
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A New Complexity Index in Implant Dentistry: Position Statement of the Implant Dentistry Study Consortium by Souheil Hussaini, Paulina Szylin, Malini Thomas

“…Materials and Methods: A retrospective study was conducted using data collected from 4,201 patients who underwent 20,154 dental implant procedures between January 2002 and October 2024. Patients aged 18–95, including both medically healthy and compromised individuals, smokers, and diverse socioeconomic and ethnic groups, were included. …”
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Comparison of Spatiotemporal Gait Variables Between Healthy Individuals and Patients with Heel Spur During Walking by Mohamad amin Shahbazi, Ali Jalalvand

“…A total of 30 male participants aged 30–49 years were selected through convenience sampling, divided into two groups of 15 each. …”
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Issues with the Organic and Elemental Carbon Fractions in Recent U.S. Chemical Speciation Network Data by Philip K. Hopke, Yunle Chen, David Q. Rich, John G. Watson, Judith C. Chow

“…This factor is associated with aged secondary organic and inorganic species. The U.S. …”
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Relationship between METS-IR and ABSI index and the prevalence of nocturia: a cross-sectional analysis from the 2005–2020 NHANES data by Fei Xue, Yating Zhou

“…Subgroup analyses showed a stronger association between ABSI and nocturia among individuals living alone and those aged 20–38 years. Nonlinear modeling indicated a threshold effect for ABSI, with nocturia risk significantly increasing when ABSI exceeded 76.2. …”
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Effectiveness of a Patient Support Program in Supporting Access to Therapy for Solid Tumor Malignancies by Lindsay Parker, Alissa Shaul, Brian Murphy, Zeba M. Khan

“…**Results:** This analysis included 4566 patients (8134 cases); most patients were female (64.7%), aged <65 years (59.2%), in the South (53.9%), and treated in community settings (87.9%). …”
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The moderating effects of physical activity on social anxiety and sleep disturbance: managing gaming disorder in young e-sports players by Serdar Solmaz, Mehmet İnan, Mustafa Yaşar Şahin

“…This study aims to examine the potential relationship between IGD, social anxiety, and insomnia, investigate the mediating role of social anxiety in this relationship, and explore the moderating role of physical activity in alleviating the negative effects of IGD.MethodsThe study involved 475 adolescent and young e-sports players aged 14–24, who typically engage in an average of 6 h of gaming per day. …”
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Effects of family socioeconomic status on the self-expectations of children under grandparenting in China by QiXuan Hu

“…The CFPS is a national, large-scale, multidisciplinary social tracking survey conducted by the Institute of Social Science Survey (ISSS) at Peking University.MethodsThe analysis drew on data from 4,946 children aged 6-16 and their families, collected from CFPS2016 to CFPS2018. …”
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Novel risk loci encompassing genes influencing STAT3, GPCR, and oxidative stress signaling are associated with co-morbid GERD and COPD. by Ava C Wilson, Alison Rocco, Joe Chiles, Vinodh Srinivasasainagendra, Wassim Labaki, Deborah Meyers, Bertha Hidalgo, Marguerite R Irvin, Surya P Bhatt, Hemant Tiwari, Merry-Lynn McDonald

“…GERD treatment in COPD is associated with a lower risk of exacerbations and mortality; however, it is not clear whether these findings can be attributed to aging populations where both diseases are likely to co-occur or reflect shared etiology. …”
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The Reliability and Validity of Gluteal Endurance Measures (GEMs) by B J Lehecka, Barbara S Smith, Todd Rundell, Thomas A Cappaert, Nils A Hakansson

“… # Study Design Cross-Sectional # Methods Sixty-eight males and females with and without recurrent low back pain aged 18-35 years were recruited from a university population. …”
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Frequency and characteristics of anemia in hypothyroid patients: A cross-sectional study by Abdullah S. Babaker, Reem M. Al-Qahtani

“…MATERIALS AND METHODS: We reviewed the electronic health records (EHRs) of all the patients attending the Outpatient Department of King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, during January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2022. All patients aged 18-70 years who had received a diagnosis of hypothyroidism, ICD-10 code E03.9, and had undergone simultaneous blood tests for complete blood count and iron profile along with thyroid function tests were included in the study. …”
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Association of loneliness with the risk of pain in older Chinese adults by Aijun Song, Siying Yu, Yao Shen, Zongyan Guo, Jian Shi

“…Data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (2013–2020) included 1,592 participants aged 60 and above. Using robust mixed-effects logistic regression models, the study found that lonely participants were more likely to experience 12 site pain: headache (OR 1.23; 95% CI 1.09–1.39), shoulder (OR 1.16; 95% CI 1.04–1.30), wrist (OR 1.14; 95%CI 1.01–1.28), finger (OR 1.14, 95% CI 1.02–1.28), chest (OR 1.26; 95% CI 1.10–1.44), stomach (OR 1.28, 95% CI 1.12–1.46), back (OR 1.23; 95% CI 1.00–1.51), waist (OR 1.46; 95% CI 1.17–1.83), buttock (OR 1.15, 95% CI 1.02–1.30), leg (OR 1.20, 95% CI 1.08–1.33), knee (OR 1.16; 95% CI 1.04–1.30), and toe (OR 1.18; 95% CI 1.04–1.34) than participants who were not lonely. …”
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Call for Papers: Demography Prize for Young Researches 2016/2017 by IF and FRFG

“…Vanhuysse, Pieter (2013): Intergenerational Justice in Aging Societies: A Cross-National Comparison of 29 OECD countries. …”
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CHAT-S study protocol: A randomized controlled trial of a health insurance literacy education program for young adult cancer survivors by Mary Killela, Cindy A. Turner, Amy Chevrier, Monique Stefanou, Perla L. Vaca Lopez, Heydon K. Kaddas, Karely M. van Thiel Berghuijs, Echo L. Warner, Giselle K. Perez, Austin R. Waters, Douglas B. Fair, Richard E. Nelson, Mark A. Lewis, Elyse R. Park, Anne C. Kirchhoff

“…We will enroll 300 YA cancer survivors (n = 200 intervention; n = 100 usual care) diagnosed with breast, testicular, lymphoma, sarcoma, colorectal, melanoma, or thyroid cancer between the ages of 26 and 39, who have completed treatment in the past two years. …”
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The impact of creatine supplementation on the development of kidney disease – literature review by Mateusz Matczak, Karol Jasiński, Aleksandra Broda, Kacper Hoksa, Krzysztof Jodłowski, Ewa Dubniewicz, Paula Majewska, Alicja Staszek, Wiktoria Łoskot, Jan Szwech

“…State of knowledge: Research supports creatine’s efficacy in improving athletic performance, recovery, and muscle strength, with therapeutic benefits in neurodegenerative diseases, type 2 diabetes, aging, and chronic conditions. Robust trials show no adverse renal effects in healthy individuals, even with long-term or high-dose use. …”
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A Multimodal Approach to Analgesia in Anorectal Surgery by T. N. Garmanova, D. R. Markaryan, E. A. Kazachenko, A. M. Lukianov, M. A. Kazachenko, M. A. Agapov

“…Mainly anorectal disorders affect middle-aged people reducing their life quality. At the same time many articles aimed at studying only postoperative anesthesia. 2 researchers independently searched for articles published in Medline, Scopus, Cochrane, Web of Science, E-library databases using keywords. …”
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Reasons why osteoarthritis predicts mortality: path analysis within a Cox proportional hazards model by George Peat, Martin J Thomas, Milica Blagojevic-Bucknall, Ross Wilkie, Simran Singh Parmar, Diane Smith, Bethany Jane Seale, Gemma Mansell

“…Objectives To identify potentially modifiable factors that mediate the association between symptomatic osteoarthritis (OA) and premature mortality.Methods A population-based prospective cohort study; primary care medical record data were linked to self-report information collected by questionnaire in adults aged 50 years and over (n=10 415). OA was defined by primary care consultation and moderate-to-severe pain interference in daily life. …”
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