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Laura Rathmair, Willi Koller, Clara Egner, Kevin Kitir et al. • Current Issues in Sport Science
(2026)
Introduction & Purpose
Idiopathic torsional deformities of lower limb bones can affect a patient’s gait pattern and joint health, while their cause remains unidentified (Koller et al., 2026). Abnormal joint loadings and the progression of ...
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DOI: 10.36950/2026.5ciss011
Poonam Malhotra, Graham H. Read, Joanne B. Weidhaas • Non-Coding RNA
(2019)
Recent studies in cancer diagnostics have identified microRNAs (miRNAs) as promising cancer biomarkers. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in miRNA binding sites, seed regions, and coding sequences can help predict breast cancer risk, a...
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DOI: 10.3390/ncrna5010027
Chunge Cao, Dajun Cai, Hao Liu, Xia Zhang et al. • Frontiers in Nutrition
(2024)
IntroductionThe relationship between serum uric acid (SUA) and cervical cancer is inconclusive. This study aims to investigate the causal relationship between SUA levels and cervical cancer incidence, and to evaluate the potential role of n...
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DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1464046
Bo Cai, Shixue Chang, Yuhan Tian, Shuai Zhen • Immunity, Inflammation and Disease
(2023)
Abstract Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a global health challenge. Despite the availability of effective preventive vaccines, millions of people are at risk of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Current drug therapies inhibi...
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DOI: 10.1002/iid3.866
Eleni Z. Giannopoulou, Stefanie Zorn, Melanie Schirmer, Stephanie Brandt-Heunemann et al. • Molecular and Cellular Pediatrics
(2026)
Abstract Background Melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) deficiency is the most common monogenic cause of obesity, yet remains underdiagnosed. Patients with monogenic obesity often undergo a frustrating diagnostic and therapeutic odyssey of years...
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DOI: 10.1186/s40348-025-00214-z
Paul E. Farmer • Current Anthropology
(2004)
Any thorough understanding of the modern epidemics of AIDS and tuberculosis in Haiti or elsewhere in the postcolonial world requires a thorough knowledge of history and political economy. This essay, based on over a decade of research in ru...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/382250
Kimberly G. Wagoner, Olivia E. Horton, Cynthia K. Suerken, E. Alfonso Romero-Sandoval et al. • Preventive Medicine Reports
(2026)
Objectives: We assessed point-of-sale advertising for CBD in three states with different cannabis laws (i.e., medical/recreational use; medical only; CBD/low THC) to determine if CBD is marketed in ways that are prohibited by the U.S. Food ...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2026.103472
R. Brian Lowry, Tanya Bedard, Xin Grevers, Susan Crawford et al. • Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada
(2023)
IntroductionCurrent published long-term provincial or territorial congenital anomaly data are lacking for Canada. We report on prevalence (per 1000 total births) and trends in 1997–2019, in Alberta, Canada, for selected congenital anomalies...
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DOI: 10.24095/hpcdp.43.1.04
Padma Shrestha, Bijay Bajracharya, Deena Shrestha, Ajit Kumar Karna et al. • BMC Microbiology
(2026)
Abstract Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has emerged as a critical global health challenge and is currently addressed through a “One Health” approach that investigates its occurrence in humans, animals, and the environment, as wel...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12866-026-04713-5
Rose M. Pignataro, Charles Daramola • Tobacco Prevention and Cessation
(2020)
Introduction
The effectiveness of tobacco-free campus policies in preventing and mitigating tobacco use relies on students’ perceptions, opinions, and adherence
to clean-air restrictions. The purpose of this study was to gather data regardi...
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DOI: 10.18332/tpc/125915
Soumyadeep Bhaumik, Rebecca J Mathew • Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
(2015)
As of 2013, the latest statistics available, more than 400,000 individuals are lodged in Indian prisons. Prisoners represent a heterogeneous population, belonging to socially diverse and economically disadvantaged sections of society with l...
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DOI: 10.4103/2249-4863.161304
Nuoxue Li, Weixi Zeng, Susu Yin, Lixia Zhao • Frontiers in Public Health
(2025)
IntroductionConspiracy narratives are a prevalent narrative framework in risk communication, often provoking public fear and defensive reactions, challenging the healthy interaction between governments and the public in social governance.Me...
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DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1557786
Katrien De Troeyer, Jeroen De Man, Eline Vandebroek, Jeroen A Vanoirbeek et al. • Environment International
(2022)
Domestic cleaners have an increased risk of asthma-like and other respiratory symptoms and conditions. Uncertainty exists about which products are most hazardous. We aimed to investigate, among professional domestic cleaners, the associatio...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107170
Sepiso K. Masenga, Fernando Elijovich, Benson M. Hamooya, Selestine Nzala et al. • Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
(2020)
Background People living with HIV (PLWH) are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease, including hypertension, which persists despite effective plasma viral suppression on antiretroviral therapy. HIV infection is characterized by long‐te...
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DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.118.011450
Alexandros Karatopouzis, Alexey A. Voinov, Ida Kubiszewski, Firouzeh Taghikhah et al. • Ecological Indicators
(2022)
In the efforts to ensure the health of the Australian population during the COVID pandemic, social, economic, and environmental aspects of people’s life were impacted. In addressing the pandemic risks, a number of governments prioritized pe...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109025
Andrea Petrone, Paulo Borges, Fernando Pereira, Rui Elias • Biodiversity Data Journal
(2026)
The Azores Archipelago is known for its important natural heritage, yet its ecosystems face a “green tsunami” in the form of numerous exotic and invasive species. This influx has wrought serious biodiversity loss and degradation of ecosyste...
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DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.14.e167704
Simon Capewell, Alastair H Leyland, Linsay Gray, Carolyn Davies et al. • BMJ Open
(2011)
Objectives To examine secular and socio-economic changes in cardiovascular disease risk factor prevalences in the Scottish population. This could contribute to a better understanding of why the decline in coronary heart disease mortality in...
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000176
A. Luke, B. F. Sanders, B. F. Sanders, K. A. Goodrich et al. • Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
(2018)
Flood hazard mapping in the United States (US) is deeply tied to the National
Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Consequently, publicly available flood maps
provide essential information for insurance purposes, but they do not necessarily pr...
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DOI: 10.5194/nhess-18-1097-2018
Viorel ROȘ, Andreea LIVĂDARIU • Challenges of the Knowledge Society
(2023)
The existence of signs registered as trademarks (national, European, international) is necessary in the public interest, as they serve producers of goods and services and consumers alike. While any sign may in principle constitute a tradema...
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Ahmed Kabore, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, James Awuah, Andrew Hansen et al. • The Pan African Medical Journal
(2019)
INTRODUCTION: Substance abuse is an important public health issue affecting West Africa; however, there is currently a dearth of literature on the actions needed to address it. The aim of this study was to assess the risks and protective fa...
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DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2019.34.214.12851