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Eur J Prev Cardiol
January 2025
Department of Invasive Cardiology, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland.
Aim: Air pollution remains the single largest environmental health risk factor, while atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most prevalent arrhythmia globally. The study aimed to investigate the relationship between short-term exposure to air pollution and acute AF admissions.
Methods: Individual data on AF hospitalization in the years 2011-2020 were collected from the National Health Fund in Poland (ICD-10: I48.
J Med Internet Res
January 2025
Golgi Cenci Foundation, Abbiategrasso, Italy.
Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, information and communication technology (ICT) became crucial for staying connected with loved ones and accessing health services. In this scenario, disparities in ICT use may have exacerbated other forms of inequality, especially among older adults who were less familiar with technology and more vulnerable to severe COVID-19 health consequences.
Objective: This study investigated changes in ICT use, psychological and physical health, and social capital before and after the pandemic among the oldest old population (aged 80 years or older after the pandemic) and explored how internet use influenced these changes.
Ecotoxicol Environ Saf
December 2024
Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China. Electronic address:
Introduction: Expanding evidence suggests beneficial impacts of greenspace on human health, yet the relationships between greenness and stillbirth remain unknown. This study aimed to quantify the risk and burden of stillbirth associated with maternal greenness exposure during pregnancy.
Methods: A total of 3,982,304 eligible birth records across 31 provinces in Iran from 2013 to 2018 were included in this study.
Mult Scler Relat Disord
December 2024
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Objective: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a major global health problem as a growing debilitating disease and according to the Global Burden of Diseases study in 2016 has had a 40 % prevalence increase in Iran during the 3 previous decades; far more from the Global prevalence which only increased about 10 %. Razavi Khorasan is the second most populous province in Iran with over 6.5 million people and its MS status is not clear; therefore, this study aims to define the current epidemiologic trend of MS in Razavi Khorasan METHODS AND MATERIALS: We performed this cross-sectional, analytical study in Khorasan Razavi Multiple sclerosis Center during 2021-2023.
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December 2024
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
Introduction: Poor cardiovascular health (CVH) is linked to Alzheimer's disease and dementia; however, its association with neurocognitive trajectories earlier in life remains underexplored.
Methods: We included 3224 participants with information on CVH at early midlife (mean age 45.0 ± standard deviation 3.
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