Physiology education was well represented at the 2nd Pan American Congress of Physiological Sciences in Havana, Cuba, with two symposia, a workshop, and a poster session.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/advan.00084.2019 | DOI Listing |
Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis
November 2024
Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS, Bremen, Germany.
Background And Aims: Early life factors have been suggested to be associated with later cardiometabolic risk in children, adolescents and adults. Our study aimed to investigate the associations between early life factors and metabolic syndrome (MetS) in children and adolescents.
Methods And Results: Our analysis sample comprised of 8852 children aged 2-9 years at baseline that participated in up to three examination waves of the pan-European IDEFICS/I.
Sci Rep
January 2025
Centre for Public Health and Wellbeing, School of Health and Social Wellbeing, College of Health, Science and Society, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.
Iron deficiency is prevalent among pregnant women because of the increased maternal iron requirements. Uncorrected maternal iron deficiency can lead to adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes in neonates. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess serum ferritin concentration and prevalence of iron deficiency among pregnant women in Jiangsu, China.
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January 2025
Department of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital & Shenzhen Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Shenzhen, P.R. China.
Purpose: Splenic metastases (SM) from breast cancer (SMBC) are exceedingly rare. To date, the relevant literature is primarily based on pan-tumour species, with only a few studies exploring SM specifically in relation to breast cancer. As such, the present retrospective study explored the clinicopathological characteristics and prognoses of patients with SMBC at the breast care centre of the authors' hospital.
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December 2024
Department of General Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities, No. 18 Zhongshan 2nd Road, Baise, Guangxi, 533000, China.
Background: Colon cancer (CC) is a leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Accurate prognostic markers are essential for patient risk stratification and personalized treatment. Copper-induced cell-death-related genes (CRG) have emerged as potential players in cancer prognosis, yet their role in CC remains unclear.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClin Biochem
January 2025
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China. Electronic address:
Background: Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) affects approximately half of men over the age of 50. Early detection and timely treatment facilitate disease intervention and achieve a better clinical outcome. However, current clinical methods, such as prostate specific antigen (PSA), lack the sensitivity to accurately distinguish between BPH and prostate cancer (PCa).
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