The role of gender in Zika prevention behaviors in the Dominican Republic: Findings and programmatic implications from a qualitative study.

Background: Zika remains an epidemiological threat in Latin America, including the Dominican Republic. Although transmitted by the same mosquito as Dengue and Chikungunya, Zika is unique in the potentially harmful consequences for babies born to women infected during pregnancy. Experts highlight the feminization of Zika, in terms of burden of disease and women's caregiving responsibilities.

Dietary Quality and Adherence to Dietary Recommendations in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis.

Background: The multiple dietary restrictions recommended to hemodialysis patients may be difficult to achieve and, at the same time, may result in nutritional deficiencies rendering a poor dietary quality. We here assess the dietary quality and adherence to renal-specific guideline recommendations among hemodialysis patients from a single center in Canary Islands, Spain.

Methods: Cross-sectional study, including 91 patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis.

Estimated dietary acid load is not associated with blood pressure or hypertension incidence in men who are approximately 70 years old.

Background: Dietary acid load affects acid-base homeostasis, which may be associated with blood pressure (BP). Previous research on dietary acid load and BP in the community has provided conflicting results, which may be confounded by underlying kidney function with inability to eliminate acid excess.

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine whether dietary acid load is associated with blood pressure or the incidence of hypertension in older men taking into account each individual's kidney function.

Renal function associates with energy intake in elderly community-dwelling men.

Energy intake and renal function decrease with age. In patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), spontaneous food intake decreases in parallel with the loss of renal function. The objective of the present study was to evaluate a possible relationship between renal dysfunction and energy intake in elderly community-dwelling men.

Impact of cold ischemia time on renal allograft outcome using kidneys from young donors.

Prolonged cold ischemia time (CIT) is associated with delayed graft function and worse kidney transplant (KT) outcome, but the effect of CIT on long-term allograft survival in KT from younger donors has not been well established. We investigated the predictive value of CIT exposure on long-term death-censored graft loss in 829 KT recipients from younger donors (<50 years) that were performed in our center between 1991 and 2005. Overall death-censored graft failure rate was significantly higher in CIT>or=19 h group versus CIT<19 h group (26 vs.