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Conversational repairs on Reddit: Widely initiated but often uncompleted.

PLoS One

January 2025

Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, London School of Economics, London, United Kingdom.

Conversational repair has been proposed as a universal system for maintaining mutual understanding during social interactions. The repair system has been studied extensively in offline synchronous interactions (e.g.

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Aims: Sacubitril/valsartan (Sac/Val) is used for treatment of heart failure. The effect of Sac/Val on regional dysfunction following myocardial infarction (MI) remains uncertain. This study aimed at understanding the effects of Sac/Val on regional function after MI.

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Background: Pathological eating and addictive processes are linked to obesity. Food addiction (FA) involves hedonic eating of highly palatable foods, accompanied by addictive symptoms like craving, loss-of-control (LOC) eating, and withdrawal. The main objectives of this study were to assess FA prevalence and symptoms in bariatric surgery candidates, and its relationship with depression, dysregulated eating, and 1- year postoperative weight loss (WL).

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Literature indicates a potential association between dairy consumption and risk of Parkinson´s disease (PD), especially among men, yet the results remain inconclusive. We investigated this association in a large prospective European cohort. Dietary and non-dietary data was collected from 183,225 participants of the EPIC-for-Neurodegenerative-Diseases (EPIC4ND) cohort, a sub-cohort of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort.

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Background: Negative body image and disordered eating are common among adolescents and young adults. The Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-4-Revised (SATAQ-4R) captures the internalization of societal appearance ideals and perceived pressures from others but has not been validated in a Norwegian adolescent population.

Methods: The current study explored the factor structure of SATAQ-4R in a sample of adolescent Norwegian males and females (n = 1558, mean age 17.

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  • Previous studies hinted at a link between body fat and penile cancer risk, but evidence was limited; this study analyzed 829,081 Norwegian men to explore the relationship between BMI and penile cancer incidence.
  • Over 25 million person-years of follow-up revealed that higher BMI was associated with increased risk of penile cancer, with significant hazard ratios for those with BMI over 30.
  • The findings suggest that obesity correlates with higher penile cancer risk, indicating a need for more research to understand the underlying causes.
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  • Young women with type 1 diabetes are at increased risk for eating disorders, prompting a study of a new prevention program called the Diabetes Body Project.
  • In a randomized trial, women aged 14-35 were divided into groups for the program or an educational control, with evaluations done shortly after.
  • Results showed the Diabetes Body Project led to significant improvements in eating disorder symptoms, diabetes distress, quality of life, and other related issues compared to the control group, suggesting it could be widely implemented.
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  • A study examined the link between body mass index (BMI) and the risk of vulvar and vaginal cancer in a large group of Norwegian women, involving 889,441 participants aged 16-75.
  • The results indicated that higher BMI is associated with an increased risk of both types of cancer, with significant hazard ratios (HRs) showing a strong connection for higher BMI groups.
  • Notably, the risk appears to be greater when considering BMI during early adulthood, particularly for early-onset vaginal cancer, suggesting the need for further research to understand this relationship better.
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  • The study evaluates the 10-year cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk using the office-based Globorisk model, which doesn't require lab tests and relies on factors like age, sex, and lifestyle choices.
  • The research involved 6810 individuals from the Fasa cohort study without previous CVD history, categorizing them into low, moderate, and high-risk groups based on their predicted risk.
  • The results revealed demographic and lifestyle factors affecting CVD risk differently for men and women, underscoring the importance of addressing these factors in prevention strategies.
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  • Subcortical brain structures play a crucial role in various developmental and psychiatric disorders, and a study analyzed brain volumes in 74,898 individuals, identifying 254 genetic loci linked to these volumes, which accounted for up to 35% of variation.
  • The research included exploring gene expression in specific neural cell types, focusing on genes involved in intracellular signaling and processes related to brain aging.
  • The findings suggest that certain genetic variants not only influence brain volume but also have potential causal links to conditions like Parkinson’s disease and ADHD, highlighting the genetic basis for risks associated with neuropsychiatric disorders.
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Objective: We aimed to investigate the incidence of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) in the three geographic regions of Norway and whether potential regional incidence differences are explained by environmental or genetic factors across regions.

Methods: We conducted a register-based cohort study including all Norwegian children born from 2004 to 2019, with follow-up throughout 2020. The JIA diagnosis, defined by at least two International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision codes for JIA, was validated against medical records.

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  • Subcortical brain structures play a crucial role in various disorders, and a study analyzed the genetic basis of brain volumes in nearly 75,000 individuals of European ancestry, revealing 254 loci linked to these volumes.
  • The research identified significant gene expression in neural cells, relating to brain aging and signaling, and found that polygenic scores could predict brain volumes across different ancestries.
  • The study highlights genetic connections between brain volumes and conditions like Parkinson's disease and ADHD, suggesting specific gene expression patterns could be involved in neuropsychiatric disorders.
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Maladaptive appraisals, such as thoughts about experiencing a permanent and disturbing change and about being a fragile person in a scary world, are associated with posttraumatic stress reactions (PTSR) for trauma-exposed children and adolescents. Less is known about what puts young people at risk for developing such appraisals, and the differential relationship between the types of appraisals and PTSR The primary aim was to examine the role of age, gender and exposure to potentially traumatizing events (PTEs) for the levels of maladaptive appraisals. The secondary aim was to investigate the association between the levels of maladaptive appraisals (appraisals of a permanent change and appraisals about a scary world) and PTSR.

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  • Obesity is linked to increased cancer risk, but differences in risk based on metabolic health status are not well understood; this study reviews associations between different metabolic obesity types and cancer risk.
  • Researchers screened over 15,500 records, ultimately including 31 studies, with most being at low risk of bias; findings indicate that metabolically unhealthy overweight/obese individuals are at a higher risk for overall and certain specific cancers compared to metabolically healthy normal-weight individuals.
  • Specific cancers with increased risk among metabolically unhealthy overweight/obese, include endometrium (2.31 times), kidney (1.71 times), and breast cancers, with varying levels of certainty in the data.
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Background: Transdiagnostic Cognitive Remediation Therapy (TCRT) is a new adaptation of cognitive remediation therapy for eating disorders (EDs) developed to address common cognitive difficulties across ED diagnoses (i.e., cognitive flexibility, central coherence, and impulsivity).

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Scandinavian electronic health-care registers provide a unique setting to investigate potential unidentified side effects of drugs. We analysed the association between prescription drugs dispensed in Norway and Sweden and the short-term risk of developing pulmonary embolism. A total of 12,104 pulmonary embolism cases were identified from patient- and cause-of-death registries in Norway (2004-2014) and 36,088 in Sweden (2005-2014).

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Adiposity assessed close to diagnosis and prostate cancer prognosis in the EPIC study.

JNCI Cancer Spectr

September 2024

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.

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  • Being overweight (adiposity) can increase the risk of dying from prostate cancer and other causes in men who have this disease.
  • A study followed 1968 men for about 9.5 years and found that gaining weight around the time of being diagnosed with prostate cancer made it more likely for them to not survive as long.
  • The results suggest that men should try to keep a healthy weight to potentially live longer, especially after being diagnosed with prostate cancer, but more research is needed to fully understand the connection.
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Meat consumption and type 2 diabetes.

Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol

September 2024

Department of Research, Cancer Registry of Norway, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway; Department of Nutrition, Oslo New University College, Oslo, Norway; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London W12 0BZ, UK. Electronic address:

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Objectives: To compare the sensitivity of 2019 European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology/American College of Rheumatology (EULAR/ACR) classification criteria against 1997 ACR criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), for incident SLE cases in the presumably complete population-based Nor-SLE cohort from Southeast Norway (2.9 million inhabitants).

Methods: All cases International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) coded as SLE during 2000-2017 were individually reviewed.

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  • The study aimed to compare traditional and novel body shape indexes (like ABSI and HI) regarding their associations with inflammation markers, particularly C-reactive protein (CRP), using data from the EPIC and UK Biobank cohorts.
  • Participants included nearly 444,000 individuals, with the analysis involving various body shape phenotypes derived from measurements such as height and weight.
  • Results indicated that traditional measures like BMI and waist circumference were positively linked to CRP levels, while some body phenotypes showed varying associations by sex, highlighting the complexity of body shape and inflammation relationships.
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  • Hypertension is a common issue among type 2 diabetes patients, with the study finding a prevalence rate of 45.5% in a diverse group of 1,245 participants aged 35-70.
  • Risk factors identified include older age, female gender, certain ethnic backgrounds (Fars and Turk), obesity, and being overweight, all of which contribute to higher hypertension prevalence.
  • Conversely, increased physical activity was linked to a lower prevalence of hypertension, highlighting the need for further research to explore these relationships in more depth.
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Micronutrient intake and status in young vegans, lacto-ovo-vegetarians, pescatarians, flexitarians, and omnivores.

Eur J Nutr

October 2024

Department of Nutrition and Public Health, Faculty of Health and Sport Science, University of Agder, Universitetsveien 25, Kristiansand, 4630, Norway.

Purpose: Whether youth who follow plant-based diets in Nordic countries meet their dietary needs for micronutrients remains unclear. This study aims to evaluate micronutrient intake and status in Norwegian youth following vegan, lacto-ovo-vegetarian, pescatarian, flexitarian and omnivore diets.

Methods: Cross-sectional design, with healthy 16-to-24-year-olds (n = 165).

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  • * The review aims to gather and assess existing MRI scoring systems to create an evidence-based foundation for a universal standardized system that can be used in both research and clinical settings.
  • * A systematic search of electronic databases will be conducted to consolidate information on MRI scanning protocols for evaluating muscle involvement in IIMs, with the goal of producing guidelines for consistent clinical and research practices.
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Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of risk factors and the Framingham risk score (FRS) is a useful metric for measuring the 10-year cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk of the population. The present study aimed to determine the 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease using the Framingham risk score in people with and without MetS in a large Iranian cohort study.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was done using the Fasa cohort.

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Association between health literacy and Framingham risk score.

Sci Rep

June 2024

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.

High health literacy (HL) plays a critical role in preventing or delaying the onset of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and can improve disease management and control. The present study aims to determine the association between HL and non-laboratory-based (office-based) Framingham 10-year risk score of CVD. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 648 people aged 30-65 in the health centers of Jahrom.

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