Obesity, laypeople's beliefs and implications for clinicians and leaders of healthcare organisations.

Background/aim: Overweight and obesity (OAO) is a major and growing public health crisis in the world. There is convincing medical evidence that caloric overconsumption, rather than lack of exercise, is the primary driver of OAO.

Methods: In this translation piece, we summarise our programme of research on laypeople's beliefs about the primary cause of OAO, the origins of these beliefs and implications for clinicians and leadership in healthcare organisations.

Demographics of Ophthalmology and Optometry Practices and Changes in Utilization Patterns of Procedures and Services Following Private Equity Acquisition.

Purpose: To characterize private equity (PE) acquisition of ophthalmology and optometry practices and compare procedural utilization before and after acquisition.

Methods: Ophthalmologists and optometrists in practices acquired from 2012 to 2016 were identified and characterized using an internet archive with an additional search in 2017 to characterize doctor turnover. United States Census Bureau and Internal Revenue Service Data were used to determine population health insurance and adjusted gross income (AGI).

The direct and urinary electrolyte-mediated effects of ambient temperature on population blood pressure: A causal mediation analysis.

High ambient heat can directly influence blood pressure (BP) through the vasodilation of the skin vasculature and indirectly by affecting urinary volume and electrolyte levels. We evaluated the direct and urine electrolyte-mediated effects of ambient temperature on BP. We pooled 5,624 person-visit data from a community-based stepped-wedge randomized control trial in southwest coastal Bangladesh from December 2016 to May 2017.

Who bears the distance cost of public primary healthcare? Hypertension among the elderly in rural India.

Hypertension is one of the most prevalent NCDs in the world. Its prevalence is especially high among the elderly, a demographic group on the rise in low and middle income countries. Extant medical literature calls for early detection to prevent aggravation of problems when old.

Correction: A deep hybrid learning pipeline for accurate diagnosis of ovarian cancer based on nuclear morphology.

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