Background: The increasing global and national prevalence of childhood obesity particularly among schoolchildren has warranted a more viable school-based obesity intervention. Apart from physical activity, nutrition is important in any obesity intervention package. This study examined the effects of the MyBFF@school program with nutrition education intervention (NEI) on nutrition knowledge and attitude of overweight and obese secondary schoolchildren.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is the prevailing type of oral cancer, representing poor prognosis and elevated mortality rates. Major risk factors for OSCC include the use of tobacco products, alcohol consumption, betel quid chewing, and genetic mutation. is traditionally consumed by cancer patients to fight against tumor growth.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The hypothalamus is the body's principal homeostatic center and plays a crucial role in the modulation of cognition. However, detailed assessments of age and sex effects on hypothalamic substructural integrity and its cognitive correlates across lifespan are still lacking. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the hypothalamic structural integrity in relation to age, sex and cognitive performance across lifespan in the general population.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis case report delves into facilitating return to work (RTW) in a working-age stroke survivor. The patient was a 42-year-old Malay man who experienced multifocal lacunar infarctions in April 2022. He demonstrated substantial motor function recovery but presented with subtle cognitive deficits impacting various domains.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: The present study aimed to detect the frequency of vancomycin resistance and virulence genes` profiles of multi-drug resistant (MDR) enterococcal isolates from different sources and to investigate the sequence heterogeneity between the esp genes of MDR and vancomycin-resistant E. faecalis isolates from chicken and human sources.
Methods And Results: Conventional phenotypic methods identified 91 isolates (60.