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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…
Miharu Ogasa, 1 1
Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to develop a Dietary Habit Self-Management Skill (DHSMS) scale, and to test the reliability and validity of this scale. Methods: A questionnaire survey was then conducted using a 69-item DHSMS scale (second draft)…
Kazumitsu Nawata, Moriyo Kimura
Background: Kidney (renal) diseases and dialysis are among the most costly disorders and represent a worldwide burden. In this study, we evaluate the medical costs for individuals with kidney diseases and risk factors for the diseases in Japan. Data and Metho…
Vivian N. Mbanya, Mynepalli K. C. Sridhar
A study was carried out on the type of fuels being used by households in Ibadan, a highly populated city in south-west Nigeria. Ekotedo, Agbeni, Bodija and Agbowo communities were selected through stratified random sampling, keeping in view of their socioecon…
Atsuko Satoh, Chikako Kishi, Sangun Lee, Masumi Saitoh, Miwa Miura, Yuka Ohnuma, Chizu Yamazaki, Hidetada Sasaki
To investigate the characteristic food intake during early pregnancy in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in a rural city in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, one hundred and twenty-one women were recruited and queried about their habitual dietary intake…
Sanjana Zaman, Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader, Animesh Biswas, Mahmudul Hasan, Mobashera Jahan, Gias U Ahsan
Background: Recent studies suggested that vitamin D deficiency among children is widespread worldwide. Most of the Asian countries are suffering from high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency, especially in children. However, the vitamin D deficiency of Banglad…
Tamae Urai, Yukari Nakajima, Kanae Mukai, Kimi Asano, Mayumi Okuwa, Junko Sugama, Toshio Nakatani
It was unclear that wound healing was delayed in obesity without hyperglycemia. The purpose of this study was to compare the wound healing process between obese and non-obese mice without hyperglycemia by attaching a splint. Three-week-old male mice (C57BL/6N…
Fumiko Koyama, Kumi Suzuki
The aim of this study was to identify the decision-making process of anti-cancer treatment in elderly patients with advanced lung cancer. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 17 patients aged 70 and above to collect data on their feelings and though…
Graziela Sapienza, Teresa Helena Schoen, Mauro Fisberg
Socially competent people using better strategies for solving interpersonal problems are more readily accepted by peers and valued by adults. Obese individuals, especially teenagers, have deficits in several social skills, which lead to damage to the relation…
Cláudia Gomes Bracht, Rodrigo Sudatti Delevatti, Luiz Fernando Martins Kruel
This study aimed to review combined training (CT) effects on HbA1c levels in patients with T2DM. Searches were conducted in PubMed via MEDLINE and Google Scholar. Of the 14 selected studies, 11 found reductions in HbA1c levels. The interventions that performe…
Mauro Colombo, Carla Facchini, Achim Rusu, Eleonora Marelli, Giuseppe Procino, Rosella Capuano, Cristina Miramonti, Antonio Guaita
Aim: Person-centered care is a core issue in rehabilitation; the study aims at: 1) enquiring the outcome expectations of patients in a geriatric rehabilitation ward; 2) matching outcome expectations with actual outcomes. Methods: Expectations of 186 patients…
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