Sammendrag Bakgrunn: Individer med rusmiddel og/eller psykiske lidelser har en forventet redusert levetid på 10 – 20 år sammenliknet med resten av befolkningen. Den økte dødeligheten knyttes i stor grad opp mot livsstilsykdommer. På grunn av sitt ofte kompliserte og sammensatte sykdomsbilde sliter disse individene med å ivareta egen helse. Eksiterende forskning og retningslinjer viser til viktigheten ...

Background: Titanium preparation (TP) is a dietary supplement prescribed to a group of patients with ulcerative colitis in Denmark. Several patients have reported improvement, raising questions about its effectiveness and mechanism of action. Introduction: Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) affecting the colon to varying degrees. While the prevalence of the ...

Background: Right ventricular free wall longitudinal strain (RVFWLS) by echocardiography is a relatively new and sensitive right ventricular function assessment index. Limited studies have investigated the association between RVFWLS and left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD), especially in the general population. Moreover, the updated 2016 guidelines for assessing LVDD by echocardiography ...

Abstract - Background Climate change is considered one of the biggest threats to public health in our time. Climate change will likely affect both mean meteorological parameters and their variability, namely the frequency and magnitude of their fluctuations. A measurement of short-term temperature variability within one day, the diurnal temperature range (DTR), has increasingly been recognized as ...

Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF), the most prevalent cardiac arrhythmia, characterized by disruption of the electrical activity in atria, leading to the cardiac rhythmic disorder. Alcohol consumption has dose-dependent relationship with cardiovascular diseases and considered as a contributing factor for incidence of AF. Epidemiological studies have consistently shown a dose-dependent relationship ...

<p>Introduction: Since 2001, due to the change in the Pharmacy Act, the accessibility of pharmacies to the public has considerably increased due to the increase in the number of pharmacies owned by chain wholesalers. In terms of pharmaceutical brands, competition serves as a driving force that compels brands to make new, effective, and enhanced medicines while encouraging generic companies to provide ...

Background: Patient harm from unsafe healthcare resulting in medical errors is an increasing global health challenge, ranking among the top causes of mortality on a global basis. These incidents often stem from clinical process failures, with a substantial proportion directly attributed to miscommunication and communication breakdowns. Numerous healthcare providers have admitted to having caused ...

Background: Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) monitors persistent organic pollutant (POP) levels in the Arctic and assesses health effects related to them. Many of the POPs are regulated internationally, but still found in humans and biota. There are also new emerging contaminants, of which many are unregulated. Arctic populations present high contaminant concentrations compared to ...

Abstract Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is an increasingly public health concern, causing increased mortality, morbidity and healthcare costs globally. Global increase in overweight and obesity, high calorie diets, sedentary lifestyle, smoking habits and aging population are the main drivers for this epidemic. Social inequalities reveal systematic differences in health and disease. Social inequalities ...

Background Russia has a higher cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality rate compared to other European countries. This study aimed to investigate the awareness of hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes mellitus among Russian adults with the objective presence of these conditions. Material and Methods We used cross-sectional data from a general population-based study of Russian adults ...