Publications by authors named "C Hery"
Objective: To examine the association between various sociodemographic factors with alcohol and tobacco use behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: Participants from Ohio and Indiana were asked to participate in the 'Impact of COVID-19 on the Cancer Continuum Consortium' study (N = 32,989) from June-November 2020. Those who completed the survey and responded to key study questions were included (n = 5,374).
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- This study explored the link between sleep characteristics and the development of treated diabetes in postmenopausal individuals aged 50-79 years over an average follow-up of 18.1 years.
- Results revealed that those sleeping 5 hours or less faced a 21% increased risk of diabetes compared to those sleeping 7 hours, while those sleeping 9 hours or more had a slight, non-significant increased risk.
- Additionally, participants experiencing a decrease in sleep duration over 3 years had a 9% higher diabetes risk, and those with sleep-disordered breathing at baseline had a 31% greater risk compared to those without it.
Huntington's disease is a fatal neurodegenerative disease characterized by striatal neurodegeneration, aggregation of mutant Huntingtin and the presence of reactive astrocytes. Astrocytes are important partners for neurons and engage in a specific reactive response in Huntington's disease that involves morphological, molecular and functional changes. How reactive astrocytes contribute to Huntington's disease is still an open question, especially because their reactive state is poorly reproduced in experimental mouse models.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Short and long sleep duration and poor sleep quality are risk factors for weight gain and cancer mortality. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between sleep and weight change among postmenopausal breast cancer survivors.
Methods: Women participating in the Women's Health Initiative who were diagnosed with incident breast cancer between year one and year three were included.
Background: Breast cancer mortality is declining in many Western countries. If mammography screening contributed to decreases in mortality, then decreases in advanced breast cancer incidence should also be noticeable.
Patients And Methods: We assessed incidence trends of advanced breast cancer in areas where mammography screening is practiced for at least 7 years with 60% minimum participation and where population-based registration of advanced breast cancer existed.