Objective Our aim was to evaluate the use and effectiveness of interventions using social
networking sites (SNSs) to change health behaviors. Materials and methods Five databases …

Background The dramatic growth of Web 2.0 technologies and online social networks offers
immense potential for the delivery of health behavior change campaigns. However, it is …

Exposure to ambient air pollution is a serious and common public health concern associated
with growing morbidity and mortality worldwide. In the last decades, the adverse effects of air …

Background Exposure to ambient air pollution is widespread and may be detrimental to
human brain development and a potential risk factor for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) …

Robot-mediated therapy is an innovative form of rehabilitation that enables highly repetitive,
intensive, adaptive, and quantifiable physical training. It has been increasingly used to …

Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is the greatest single cause of mortality and loss of disability-
adjusted life years worldwide, and a substantial portion of this burden falls on low-and …

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are considered as the major reason for mortality and
morbidity worldwide. Substantial evidence suggests that increased oxidative stress plays a …

Large-scale hypertension screening campaigns have been recommended for middle-
income countries. We sought to identify sociodemographic predictors of hypertension …

The discovery of four genes responsible for pseudohypoaldosteronism type II, or familial
hyperkalemic hypertension, which features arterial hypertension with hyperkalemia and …

The “developmental origins of health and disease”(DOHaD) is a concept that has emerged
over the past 50 years, linking the state of health and risk from disease in later childhood …