Publications by authors named "F PRADELLA"
Background: Ramadan during pregnancy is associated with adverse offspring health outcomes. Recent evidence from Europe indicates that maternal diet during non-fasting hours might alleviate these effects. This study describes fasting, diet, and sleep habits among pregnant Muslims in Kaduna, Nigeria, and assesses impacts on neonatal health in this setting.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The Hugo™ Robotic-Assisted Surgery (RAS) System is an emergent device in the robotic surgery field. This study aims to describe the first general surgery-focused clinical study in Korea using the novel Hugo™ RAS System.
Methods: This study was a prospective, single-center, single-arm, confirmatory clinical study conducted at Seoul National University Hospital where 20 cholecystectomies were performed.
Article Synopsis
- This study investigates the impact of prenatal nutritional deprivation during Ramadan on children's growth, using data from the Indonesian Family Life Survey (1993-2015).
- It identifies two key mechanisms: one, that poor postnatal environments exacerbate growth impairments, particularly in children from unsanitary conditions; and two, that exposure to Ramadan during pregnancy may lead to earlier reproductive activity in women, affecting height growth in offspring.
- The findings emphasize that favorable living conditions after birth are essential to help mitigate the adverse effects of prenatal deprivation on child growth.
Background: Intermittent fasting, such as during Ramadan, is prevalent among pregnant women. However, the association between Ramadan during pregnancy and offspring health along the life course has not been fully established.
Objective And Rationale: Fetal programming research indicates that prenatal exposures, particularly during early pregnancy, can cause long-term structural and physiological changes that adversely affect offspring health.
Increasing evidence suggests that neurotropic herpesviruses could play a role in the development of dementia, possibly through a neuroinflammatory process. Herpes zoster (HZ) vaccination has been reported to lead to a reduced probability of being diagnosed with dementia in several correlational studies and in a prior analysis by our team in Wales. This present study constitutes the first investigation to use a quasi-randomized study design in an electronic health record dataset from a large and diverse nation (Australia) to aim to determine the effect of HZ vaccination on dementia.
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