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HEALTH is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancement in human health. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for physicians, health researchers and academics all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in health related problems. All manuscripts mu…
Joanna J. McAdam, Michael J. Leathley, Margaret S. Crichton, Julie Dickens, Cathy I. A. Jack, Caroline L. Watkins
Background: Stroke survivors returning home after discharge from hospital and their carers require support to meet their rehabilitation needs (independence in Activities of Daily Living, exercise, psychosocial support). Voluntary or charitable care providers…
Paola Cagliero, Giulia Calosso, Patrizia Brunatti, Ornella Guardamagna
Hypercholesterolemia is associated with the atherosclerotic process and cardiovascular disease from childhood, thus introducing the need of an early prevention. The dietary approach is the treatment cornerstone but sometimes is unsuccessful to reach the lipop…
Hiba A. Awooda
Background: Ischemic preconditioning (IPC) is a brief episode of ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) that protects the brain from the damage induced by subsequent prolonged ischemia. Aim: To study the neuropro tective mechanism of IPC . Methods: 30 adult male Wistar r…
Flávio R. Romero, Luis G. Ducati, Marco A. Zanini, Daniele C. Cataneo, Antônio J. M. Cataneo, Roberto C. Gabarra
Aim: The interest of inflammatory marker increased in the last years, even in preventing clinical outcome after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Our objective was to study the relationships between C-reactive protein levels and clinical outcome and the developm…
Marcelo Luis Steiner, Luciano Melo Pompei, Rodolfo Strufaldi, Everaldo Porto Cunha, César Eduardo Fernandes
Context and Objective: Cardiovascular diseases are the leading causes of death in postmenopausal women and dyslipidemia has important contributing factor. The objective of the study was to evaluate low-dose estrogen plus progestogen therapy (EPT) + simvastati…
Elena A. Dubova, Konstantin A. Pavlov, Galina V. Kulikova, Alexander I. Shchegolev, Gennady T. Sukhikh
Introduction: Transmembrane sodium-indepen dent glucose transporters (GLUTs) play an important role in both placental and fetal development by the providing transplacental glucose transport. Abnormal GLUT-1 and GLUT-3 placen tal expression could play a role i…
Margaret A. Riordan, Eric M. Deshaies
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVT) is a rare cause of stroke and the clinical presentation is variable, thus mimicking other neurologic pathologies. One of the more common acquired risk factors of venous sinus thrombosis is oral contraceptive medications…
Tazeen Saeed Ali, Gunnhildur Árnadóttir, Asli Kulane
Aim: To assess the pattern, demand and opinion of dowry among women in urban Karachi, Pakistan and their perceived negative consequences of dowry. Setting: Pakistan is a low income coun try, predominantly Muslim, with around 190 million inhabitants. Karachi i…
Yadira Roggeveen, Lauren Birks, Jetty van Kats, Mange Manyama, Jennifer Hatfield, Joske Bunders, Fedde Scheele, Jos van Roosmalen
Limited integration of contextual factors in maternal care contributes to slow progress towards achieving MDG5 in sub-Sahara Africa. In Ngorongoro, rural Tanzania, the maternal mortality ratio is high with 642 maternal deaths/100,000 live births. Skilled birt…
Raquel Cardoso, José Ornelas
In Portugal, over the last 20 years, we have seen great strides in addressing intimate partner vio lence against women by their male partners. Mea suring and understanding progress, and achieving sustainable systems change is a major challenge and to achieve…
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