BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Cerebral microbleeds (MBs) are frequently detected in patients with stroke, especially those who experience intracerebral hemorrhage. However, the clinical significance of MBs in subjects without cerebrovascular disease is still unclear. We performed a prospective study to determine whether the presence of MBs provides useful prognostic information in healthy elderly indi...

Introduction. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an important cause of liver disease in adults and the most common cause of liver disease in children (Lavine and Schwimmer 2004). The abnormalities include increased liver fat without inflammation (steatosis) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). NASH may lead to fibrosis, cirrhosis, and ultimately liver failure if it is not treated (...

OBJECTIVE This study aims to describe adherence to seven clinical preventive services among Spanish adults with diabetes, to compare adherence with people without diabetes and to identify predictor of adherence to multiple practices among adults with diabetes. DESIGN Cross-sectional study based on data obtained from the European Health Survey for Spain 2009 and the Spanish National Health Sur...

This study aims to fill the gaps in relationship wellness intervention research by providing a program, Marriage Check (MC), transgender couples. Transgender couples (defined, for this study, as where one or both partners self-identify transgender) may benefit from an MC brief prevention program support health. The question was: What is impact of Checkup on couples’ satisfaction? Researchers cr...