11 results match your criteria: "Academic Teaching Hospital of Charité - Medical University Berlin[Affiliation]"
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- The text discusses the importance of forecasting future health issues in the USA for effective planning and public awareness regarding disease and injury burdens.
- It describes the methodology for predicting life expectancy, cause-specific mortality, and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) from 2022 to 2050 using the Global Burden of Diseases framework.
- The forecasting includes various scenarios to assess the potential impacts of health risks and improvements across the country, focusing on demographic trends and health-related risk factors.
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- The study analyzed global, regional, and national trends in injury burden and identified risk factors contributing to injuries using data from the GBD 2019.
- In 2019, there were approximately 713.9 million injury incidents and 4.3 million injury-related deaths globally, with low bone mineral density emerging as the leading risk factor.
- The findings emphasize the need for effective global injury prevention policies by highlighting the persistent impact of injuries on global health.
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- * Recent efforts to stop smoking haven't been put into action yet, and it’s important to see what could happen if smoking rates stay the same or improve.
- * Researchers used models to predict health outcomes by 2050 based on different scenarios of smoking rates, showing that cutting smoking could greatly improve health and life expectancy.
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- Researchers studied strokes from 1990 to 2021 to understand how many people get them and how they are affected around the world.
- In 2021, strokes caused about 7.3 million deaths and were a major cause of health problems, especially in specific regions like Southeast Asia and Oceania.
- There are differences in stroke risks based on where people live and their age, and some areas actually saw more strokes happening since 2015.
Practice of neurosurgery on Saturn.
Int J Surg Case Rep
September 2024
Sana Klinikum Lichtenberg, Academic Teaching Hospital of Charité - Medical University Berlin, Germany.
Background: The practice of neurosurgery on Saturn is almost identical to the one practiced on Earth. Because the art of practice of Medicine was transferred by homo sapiens sapiens "exearthed" 30 years ago from Earth to Saturn.
Methods: In this paper, we present three neurosurgical cases and provided management of them on Saturn.
Current German Recommendations and International Research on the Use of COVID-19 Boosters among Health Care Providers in 2024: A Narrative Review.
Medicina (Kaunas)
February 2024
Department of Oral, Craniomaxillofacial and Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Ruppin-Brandenburg, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University Brandenburg, D-16816 Neuruppin, Germany.
While the World Health Organization (WHO) has de-escalated coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from a global health emergency, ongoing discussions persist as new viral variants. This article aimed to consolidate German recommendations and international research to offer health care providers (HCPs) a comprehensive guide on COVID-19 boosters in 2024. The review outlines key recommendations from the German Robert Koch Institute.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMapping age- and sex-specific HIV prevalence in adults in sub-Saharan Africa, 2000-2018.
BMC Med
December 2022
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Article Synopsis
- HIV/AIDS remains a significant public health issue in sub-Saharan Africa, with current efforts falling short of global targets for eradication set by UNAIDS and the SDGs.
- The study utilized extensive data from various HIV prevalence surveys to estimate localized HIV infection rates across 43 African countries, focusing on specific age and sex groups from 2000 to 2018.
- Findings revealed wide disparities in HIV prevalence within countries and districts, indicating that age and sex stratification provides more nuanced insights into the epidemic, which can help tailor prevention and treatment efforts more effectively.
Preliminary Results From the C-Pulse OPTIONS HF European Multicenter Post-Market Study.
Med Sci Monit Basic Res
February 2016
Cardio Centrum Berlin, Academic Teaching Institution of Charité, Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
BACKGROUND The C-Pulse System is an extra-aortic balloon counterpulsation device. It is used to treat patients with heart failure disease in NYHA functional class III or ambulatory class IV. MATERIAL AND METHODS We present preliminary site-reported 6-month data from 3 centers in Germany as part of the prospective observational post-market OPTIONS HF study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFConfirmation of Host Genetic Determinants in the CFH Region and Susceptibility to Meningococcal Disease in a Central European Study Sample.
Pediatr Infect Dis J
October 2015
From the *Department of Pediatrics, Academic Teaching Hospital, Feldkirch, Austria; †Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Linz, Austria; ‡Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany; §Department of Pediatrics, Pneumonology and Allergology, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany; ¶Department of General Pediatrics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria; ‖Center for Chronic Immunodeficiencies, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; **Institute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité Medical University Berlin; and ††Department of Pediatric Pneumonolgy and Immunology, Charité-Universitaetsmedizin, Berlin, Germany.
Background: Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is a leading cause of meningitis and severe sepsis in children and adolescents. Genetic factors are important in determining the susceptibility to and outcome of IMD. Recently, a genome-wide association study from the United Kingdom showed significant associations of single-nucleotide polymorphisms within complement factor H (CFH; rs1065489) and in CFH-related protein 3 (rs426736) with susceptibility of IMD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLifestyle drugs in old age--a mini-review.
Gerontology
April 2009
Clinic for Dermatology and Phlebology, Vivantes Berlin Friedrichshain, Academic Teaching Hospital of the Charité - Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Normal aging is no disease. The individual lifestyle may be responsible for a large fraction of the so-called 'age-related' changes. An increasing number of healthy individuals make use of 'lifestyle' drugs, such as nootropics, psychopharmaca, hormones and ecodrugs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNew lifestyle drugs and somatoform disorders in dermatology.
J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol
February 2008
Clinic for Dermatology and Phlebology, Vivantes Berlin Friedrichshain, Academic Teaching Hospital of the Charité- Medical University Berlin, Germany.
An increasing number of healthy individuals make use of 'lifestyle' drugs, such as nootropics, psychopharmaca, hormones and eco-drugs. In this respect, the fact that many people try to improve their outer appearance, solve their 'cosmetic problems', influence their rate of hair growth and altogether delay, halt or even reverse the natural ageing process has become a relevant matter for the practising dermatologist. Lifestyle drugs in dermatology are taken in an attempt to increase personal life quality by means of attaining a certain, psychosocially defined beauty ideal.
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