Prenatal infection is associated with brain structural and functional abnormalities and may increase the risk for psychosis through a direct effect on neurodevelopment. Various infections may exert their effect through a...
Retrospective Cohort OBJECTIVE.: To determine surgery-free survival of patients receiving conservative management of LDH in the military health system (MHS) and risk factors for surgical intervention.Radiculopathy from lumbar...
The outcome of lung transplantation (LT) is correlated to donor selection. A donor age65 years is classically considered a contra-indication to lung procurement, and the results of LT from elderly donors remain to be...
Individuals that will develop COPD could be identified at an early age before clinical manifestations appear.We investigated risk of Clinical COPD 10years later in young adults from the general population with and without Early...
The aims of this study were: 1) to compare the levels of cytokines between healthy and diseased sites, in patients with untreated periodontitis; 2) to correlate cytokine levels with each other and with key periodontal pathogens,...
Inflammation and adipogenesis represent the main pathogenic mechanisms of Graves’ orbitopathy (GO), and oxidative stress is a well-known inducer of GO pathology. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress has been suggested as a...
Despite the substantial progress that has been made in reducing conventional cigarette smoking...
Tobacco smoke is known for releasing metals in indoor air of waterpipe/cigarette cafés. However, the worker exposure to metals, and its association with oxidative stress in these cafés are still unclear. To this end, 54 workers...
Cellular exposure to tobacco-specific nitrosamines causes formation of promutagenic O -[4-oxo-4-(3-pyridyl)but-1-yl]guanine (O -POB-G) and O -methylguanine (O -Me-G) adducts in DNA. These adducts can be directly repaired by O...
Smoking behaviour shows seasonal variation, with cigarette consumption and youth smoking onset highest in summer and smoking-related web searches and sales of nicotine replacement products highest in winter. Variation in demand...
Little is known about differences in tobacco product dependence among people who use two tobacco products versus one. Self-reported product dependence among individuals using cigarettes only, electronic nicotine delivery systems...
This study examined trends in the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and CVD risk factors among U.S. older adults and workers. We also investigated correlations between the temporal prevalence of CVD and selected risk...
