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BACKGROUND: The impact of meal timing and eating window on mortality and life expectancy remains unclear. METHODS: This cohort study included 31,044 adults aged 40 years and older from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2018. The meal timing and the eating window were estimated from a 24-h dieta…

The aim of this paper is to retrospectively assess the long-term clinical and radiological results in a group of patients treated with Brånemark TiUnite implants supporting mostly single-tooth and partial restorations. The clinical records of 90 consecutive patients (mean age 55.9 years; range 21-82 years), treate…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficacy and safety of circumferential cremasteric lysis in the treatment of adult symptomatic retractile testicles. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a retrospective chart review of all patients who had undergone circumferential cremasteric lysis at a single institution performed by a single sur…

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the present status of diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE) by analyzing the clinical data of patients admitted during last 10 years to our hospital, in order to look for a significant diagnostic strategy to improve the diagnostic level. METHODS: The data of patients diagnosed to have PE in last 1…

We investigate the status of sensitization in kidney transplant recipients and analyze the trend of induction and maintenance therapy in patients of different PRA levels. Despite the fact of the decreased percentages of kidney transplant recipients with presensitization history, the mean PRA levels of all kidney recipi…

BACKGROUND: Female sex workers (FSWs) play a critical role in the heterosexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in China. Several studies reported that street-based FSWs have higher risk behaviors than establishment-based FSWs. Therefore, street-based FSWs should…

OBJECTIVES: We investigated the support environments in companies in Ishikawa prefecture that aim to maintain a balance between work and treatment of their employees' diseases. The relationships between these strategies, company size, and type of industry were examined. METHODS: In 2016, as a part of a survey, questio…

OBJECTIVE: Rheumatic fever has become infrequent in developed countries. Recent regional epidemics, particularly in North America, brought our attention to this disease in our area. In the French Caribbean Islands, rheumatic fever remains an important health problem despite much progress in the last 15 years. METHODS:…

The rate of frostbite was examined with questionnaires filled by 1095 reindeer herders frequently exposed to cold, in particular in driving snowmobiles in the winter. Altogether 443 frostbite injuries, most (72%) of them on the face, had occurred during the last two years, especially when driving a snowmobile. The prev…

Mitochondrial DNA sequence data for 295 individuals of the marine bivalve Macoma balthica (L.) were collected from 10 sites across the European distribution, and from Alaska. The data were used to infer population subdivision history and estimate current levels of gene flow. Inferred historical biogeography was expecte…

Common femoral artery (CFA) atherosclerotic lesions currently remain one of the last limitations for adoption of endovascular repair as the first-line treatment, easy surgical accessibility, and, last but not least, favorable long-term outcomes, still making CFA disease treatment part of the surgical domain. In the las…

PURPOSE: The World Health Organization (WHO) revised the Global Standards for Quality Health Care Services for Adolescents and a linked Adolescent Health Competencies documents in 2025. Young people across the world informed these revisions through a global online consultation about their health-care experiences. We ex…

BACKGROUND: In 1995-1996 a study was commenced investigating the experience of 'false-positive' women, i.e. who had undergone further investigations following routine breast screening and received a clear final result. These women were found to experience significantly greater adverse psychological consequences at 1 mo…

A program of platelet cryopreservation has been developed at the Baltimore Cancer Research Center which now provides substantial proportion of the platelet transfusion requirements of alloimmunized patients. The program has gradually grown in size during the last eight years and in 1979 approximately 1600 units of froz…

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) uniformly decreased in all industrialized countries from 1950 to 1985. However, since 1985 an upsurge of the disease has been observed, probably due to the increases in AIDS and immigration. It is for this reason that in the last decade all industrialized countries have intensified their c…