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DNA damage and its association with early-life exposome: Gene-environment analysis in Colombian children under five years old.
Environ Int
August 2024
Public Health Group, School of Medicine, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia; Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
Article Synopsis
- The study looks at how the environment and our genes can affect health, especially in young kids.
- Researchers studied 416 Colombian children under 5 years old to see how different factors, like pollution and diet, impact DNA damage.
- They found that some things, like being exposed to air pollution and living in crowded places, can increase DNA damage, while others, like drinking soft drinks, might actually help reduce it.
Early-life external exposome in children 2-5 years old in Colombia.
Environ Res
July 2024
School of Medicine, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, 050034, Colombia; Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3E 0J9, Canada.
Exposome studies are advancing in high-income countries to understand how multiple environmental exposures impact health. However, there is a significant research gap in low- and middle-income and tropical countries. We aimed to describe the spatiotemporal variation of the external exposome, its correlation structure between and within exposure groups, and its dimensionality.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClimate change and cancer: an oncology nurse perspective in two Colombian regions.
Ecancermedicalscience
November 2023
Researcher and Director of the Healthcare and Society Group, Nursing Program, Faculty of Health Sciences, Central Unit of Valle del Cauca, Carrera 27A, Tuluá 763021, Colombia.
Article Synopsis
- The text discusses the lack of research on the impact of climate change on cancer care in Colombia, focusing on insights from oncology nurses in Valle del Cauca and Antioquia.
- It emphasizes the importance of patient-centered communication and how nurses help patients understand strategies to mitigate health effects from climate change.
- The conclusion calls for further research on communication practices among oncology nurses in other Colombian hospitals, considering cultural factors, cancer stigma, and barriers to care in addressing climate change challenges in health.
Factors associated with the duration of breastfeeding in mothers of babies cared for in a kangaroo family program.
Invest Educ Enferm
October 2022
CES University, Medellín, Colombia.Email:
Objectives: To determine the factors associated with the duration of breastfeeding in mothers of babies cared for in a kangaroo family program.
Methods: Quantitative, observational study with a secondary source of a retrospective cohort of 707 babies with monitoring at admission, at 40 weeks, at three and at six months of corrected age in the kangaroo family program of a public hospital in the municipality of Rionegro (Antioquia, Colombia) from 2016 to 2019.
Results: 49.
Characterization of the external exposome and its contribution to the clinical respiratory and early biological effects in children: The PROMESA cohort study protocol.
PLoS One
January 2023
School of Medicine, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia.
Background: Air pollution contains a mixture of different pollutants from multiple sources. However, the interaction of these pollutants with other environmental exposures, as well as their harmful effects on children under five in tropical countries, is not well known.
Objective: This study aims to characterize the external exposome (ambient and indoor exposures) and its contribution to clinical respiratory and early biological effects in children.
The OLGA-OLGIM staging and the interobserver agreement for gastritis and preneoplastic lesion screening: a cross-sectional study.
Virchows Arch
April 2022
Bacteria & Cancer Group, Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.
Stomach cancer (SC) incidence and mortality are relevant public health issues worldwide. In Colombia, screening for preneoplastic lesions (PNL) and the presence of H. pylori is not routinely performed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTreatment of Hidradenitis Suppurativa with Extensive Resection of the Lesion and Coverage with Perforator Flaps of the Lateral Thoracic Wall (Lateral Thoracic Artery, Thoracodorsal Artery Perforators).
Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open
February 2019
Department of Plastic Surgery, SOMER Clinic, Rionegro, Colombia.
Stage IV hidradenitis suppurativa in the axilla is a chronic disease in which the removal of the affected area and a reconstruction with disease free skin is the definitive treatment; however there is some controversy about the technique to be used in this reconstruction. Studies show superiority in wide resections, and coverage with flaps rather than grafts. The use of pedicle flaps of lateral thoracic artery perforators and thoracodorsal artery perforators has demonstrated superior performance to other techniques in postsurgical follow-up.
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