Environmental risk factors and cardiovascular diseases: a comprehensive expert review

T Münzel, O Hahad, M Sørensen… - Cardiovascular …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are fatal for more than 38 million people each year
and are thus the main contributors to the global burden of disease accounting for 70% of …

Diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa: from clinical care to health policy

R Atun, JI Davies, EAM Gale… - The lancet Diabetes & …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Rapid demographic, sociocultural, and economic transitions are driving
increases in the risk and prevalence of diabetes and other non-communicable diseases …

Global environmental change and noncommunicable disease risks

H Frumkin, A Haines - Annual review of public health, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Multiple global environmental changes (GECs) now under way, including climate change,
biodiversity loss, freshwater depletion, tropical deforestation, overexploitation of fisheries …

Fighting the unbearable lightness of neglecting kidney health: the decade of the kidney

R Vanholder, L Annemans, AK Bello… - Clinical kidney …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
A brief comprehensive overview is provided of the elements constituting the burden of
kidney disease [chronic kidney disease (CKD) and acute kidney injury]. This publication can …

What's in a name? A call to reframe non-communicable diseases

LN Allen, AB Feigl - The Lancet Global Health, 2017 - thelancet.com
The global health community does not spend much time on branding, which perhaps
explains why existing classifications for the three largest groups of diseases are both …

The association between incidence and mortality of brain cancer and human development index (HDI): an ecological study

Z Khazaei, E Goodarzi, V Borhaninejad… - BMC Public Health, 2020 - Springer
Background Brain cancer is a rare and deadly malignancy with a low survival rate. The
present study aims to evaluate the epidemiology of brain cancer and its relationship with the …

Comprehensive occupational health services for healthcare workers in Zimbabwe during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

F Kavenga, HM Rickman, R Chingono, T Taruvinga… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Healthcare workers are disproportionately affected by COVID-19. In low-and
middle-income countries, they may be particularly impacted by underfunded health systems …

Integrating care for non‐communicable diseases into routine HIV services: key considerations for policy design in sub‐Saharan Africa

A Kintu, D Sando, S Okello, G Mutungi… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction There is great interest for integrating care for non‐communicable diseases
(NCDs) into routine HIV services in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) due to the steady rise of the …

Decreased global online interest in obesity from 2004 to 2021: An infodemiology study

OAG Tantengco - Obesity Medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The prevalence of obesity continued to increase and has doubled in more than
70 countries since 1980. The online search traffic pattern analysis has been used to …

Muscle protein turnover and low-protein diets in patients with chronic kidney disease

G Garibotto, D Picciotto, M Saio… - Nephrology Dialysis …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Adaptation to a low-protein diet (LPD) involves a reduction in the rate of amino acid (AA) flux
and oxidation, leading to more efficient use of dietary AA and reduced ureagenesis. Of note …