Published in Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology
RationaleAssociations between allergic disease and puberty amongst females have been widely studied. However, this association has received less attention in multigenerational populations. To this end, we sought to examine maternal allergic disease status ever, and daughters’ menarche.MethodsIn a cohort of children born in 1995, in Manitoba, Canada...
Published in BMC Medical Ethics
BackgroundAlthough euthanasia and assisted suicide (EAS) in people with psychiatric disorders is relatively rare, the increasing incidence of EAS requests has given rise to public and political debate. This study aimed to explore support of the public and physicians for euthanasia and assisted suicide in people with psychiatric disorders and examin...
Published in Environmental Health
BackgroundShort-term geomagnetic disturbances (GMD) driven by the quasi-periodic 11-year cycle of solar activity have been linked to a broad range of adverse health effects, including cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and total deaths. We conducted a large epidemiological study in 263 U.S. cities to assess the effects of GMD on daily deaths of total, C...
Published in Parasites & Vectors
BackgroundToxoplasma gondii infections and cases of clinical toxoplasmosis have been recorded in zoo animals. Wild felids in human care can serve as definitive hosts that shed oocysts, but also as intermediate hosts for the parasite. Some felid species, such as the Pallas’s cat (Otocolobus manul) or sand cat (Felis margarita), may suffer from clini...
Published in Nature
How the World Health Organization is battling bullets, politics and a deadly virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A health worker is seen in a hospital where suspected Ebola cases are referred to hospital, Aloya, Democratic Republic of Congo
Published in BMC Geriatrics
BackgroundThere were little national data on hypertension based on the oldest-old, and lack of information on chronological changes. This study aimed to describe trends of blood pressure (BP) levels and hypertension prevalence for the past 16 years among the oldest-old in China.MethodsAll the oldest-old who had participated in the Chinese Longitudi...
Published in Respiratory Research
High Fluorescent oxidation products level (FlOPs), a global oxidative stress biomarker, was associated cross-sectionally with poor asthma outcomes but its longitudinal association with asthma evolution has never been examined. We aimed to study the associations between FlOPs level at baseline and changes in current asthma, asthma attacks and asthma...
Published in The Egyptian Heart Journal
BackgroundFew studies have addressed the pattern of atrial fibrillation (AF) in rural Africa. The purpose of the study was to assess the epidemiology and long-term prognosis of AF in rural African patients in the Regional Hospital Center (RHC) of Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso.ResultsOverall, 107 of 1805 cardiac cases presented with AF (prevalence of 5.9%...
Published in Clinical Epigenetics
Air pollution exposure is estimated to contribute to approximately seven million early deaths every year worldwide and more than 3% of disability-adjusted life years lost. Air pollution has numerous harmful effects on health and contributes to the development and morbidity of cardiovascular disease, metabolic disorders, and a number of lung patholo...
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