BACKGROUND The Millennium Cohort Study is a longitudinal cohort study designed in the late 1990s to evaluate how military service may affect long-term health. The purpose of this investigation was to examine characteristics of Millennium Cohort Study participants who responded to the open-ended question, and to identify and investigate the most commonly reported areas of concern. METHODS Part...

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Cardiovascular diseases that include atherosclerotic diseases; coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease and peripheral vascular disease, and cardiac functional diseases; congestive heart failure, left ventricular hypertrophy and arrhythmias, are very common in the general population and are the first cause of mortality (Wilson &Culleton, 1998, Culleton & Wilson, 1998). Moreover, patient...

riverbank erosion, land loss and associated sedimentation are river engineering and water resources management problems of global significance. the ability to predict riverbank stability on eroding rivers is the prerequisite of developing a channel width adjustment model and is essential for estimating riverbank erosion and associated sedimentation. in this research, a detailed model for stabil...

Retraction for ‘Development of functional hydrogels heart failure’ by Yanxin Han et al., J. Mater. Chem. B, 2019, 7, 1563–1580, DOI: 10.1039/C8TB02591F.

Endothelin-1 (ET-1), as the most potent endothelium dependent vasoconstrictor peptide, contributes to vasoconstriction, decreased ventricular function, and volume retention in congestive heart failure (CHF). Plasma ET-1 concentrations are raised in patients with CHF, correlate with symptoms and with the haemodynamic severity, and are associated with an adverse prognosis. Endothelin receptor ant...

Methodist Diabetes and Metabolism Institute; Department of Systems Medicine and Bioengineering, Center for Biostatistics, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX & Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY; Department of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX & Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY; Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascul...

Background—Acculturation to U.S. society among minority patients may influence health outcomes beyond race and ethnicity alone. In particular, those who are foreign-born and who do not speak English as their primary language may have greater challenges interacting with the health care system and thus be at greater risk for adverse outcomes. Methods and Results—We studied patients hospitalized w...

Substantial evidence has established the value of high levels of physical activity, exercise training (ET), and overall cardiorespiratory fitness in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. This article reviews some basics of exercise physiology and the acute and chronic responses of ET, as well as the effect of physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness on cardiovascular d...