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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…
Lawrence W. C. Chan, Yu Sun, Iris F. F. Benzie
Atherosclerosis is the early stage of arterial disease, and underlies development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and stroke. Although sophisticated models for assessing CVD and stroke risk have been derived based on large- scale prospective studies, their ab…
Yunes Jahani, Mohammad R. Eshraghian, Abbas R. Foroushani, Keramat Nourijelyani, Kazem Mohammad, Arash Shahravan, Mahin Alam
Introduction: Dental caries is the most prevalent chronic disease among schoolchildren. We aimed to investigate the association between dental caries index and socio-demographic status in schoolchildren by using a multilevel hurdle model. Materials and Method…
Andrieli Daiane Zdanski de Souza, Marjoriê da Costa Mendieta, Glaucia Fragoso Hohenberger, Marcelo Melo Silva, Teila Ceolin, Rita Maria Heck
The study aims to know the medicinal plants used by farming families of communities in four municipalities of the south region of RS for the relief of menstrual cramps. It is a descriptive study that analyzed qualitative data. The subjects were 19 farmers fro…
Hiroshi Watanabe, Hiroyasu Ujike
By using psychological and physiological indicators, the effects on the body of three-dimensional (3D) movies containing improper settings were evaluated with 139 university students. The experiment consisted of two sessions: 1) a 3D mo vie containing imprope…
Mayumi Watanabe, Osamu Takano, Chikako Tomiyama, Jianjun Guan, Guanhui Hou, Hidetoshi Mori, Kazushi Nishijo, Toru Abo, Kohei Akazawa
The di-zhen (DZ) is an ancient type of acupuncture needle with a history dating back to more than 2000 years. Unlike modern acupuncture needles, the DZ is not inserted subcutaneously and is considered to be safe for common use, even at the bedside of terminal…
Richard Bitwe Mihanda, Jean Robert Likofata, Gwendolyn J. Lusi
This report presents the results of a study on Reproductive Health done in North Kivu in September 2009. It was conducted by HEAL Africa, in partnership with the Provisional Division of Health, and financed by the University of Ottawa, Canada/CRDI with techni…
Elsa-Patricia Olivares-Navarrete, Anne-Marie Hamelin, Hélène Jacques
The objective of the present study was to iden tify dietary parameters for predicting body weight change (ΔBW) in Mexican-born women (Mexicans) following immigration to Quebec City, Canada. Methods: Changes in fruit (ΔF), vegetable (ΔV), fruit and vegetable (…
Laura Ferreira Cortes, Stela Maris de Mello Padoin, Cristiane Cardoso de Paula, Letícia Becker Vieira, Maria Celeste Landerdahl, Ethel Bastos da Silva
The aim was to know how health assessment to women in violence situation is developed. Literature review on LILACS and MEDLINE databases was conducted in April 2013 with the descriptors: “domestic violence” and “women’s health”, on a 1994-2012 timeframe. Stat…
Ramzi Finan, Abeer Wasfi Annab, Salwa Abdalla, Farid Bedran, Mazen El-Zibdeh, Lina Shahen, Christoph Gerlinger, Erich Solomayer, Kubilay Ertan, Jan Endrikat
Aim: We assessed bleeding pattern, tolerance and patient satisfaction of an oral contraceptive containing 3 mg drospirenone and 30 mcg ethi nyl estradiol (DRSP/EE) under real-life conditions. Study Design: We performed a m ulticenter, prospective, 6-cycle, ob…
Irene Ruengkhachorn, Nisarat Phithakwatchara, Usanee Chatchotikawong
Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN) is a hemorrhagic malignancy with highly rapid potential metastasis via hematogenous spreading. Renal metastasis is of infrequent occurrence. Among previous case reports of renal metastasis in GTN, this is the youngest…
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