INTRODUCTION Systemic hypertension (HTN) is a common risk factor for cardiovascular disease. In Mexico, HTN prevalence has increased over time and is currently 31%. Nonetheless, information about the country's HTN incidence and its associated risk factors is scarce. Understanding this condition is a priority for identifying the scope of primary prevention. The main objective of this study is to...

OBJECTIVE This paper explores which of absolute (i.e. densities of "healthy" and "unhealthy" food outlets taken separately) or relative (i.e. the percentage of "healthy" outlets) measures of foodscape exposure better predicts fruit and vegetable intake (FVI), and whether those associations are modified by gender and city in Canada. METHODS Self-reported FVI from participants of four cycles (2...

INTRODUCTION Lifestyle is referred to an individual's healthy and unhealthy behaviors that can affect their health statues. The present study aim was association between lifestyle and hypertension in patients referred to healthcare centers of Ilam city in 2014. MATERIALS & METHODS This research study was a case-control study. The data were collected through a standard questionnaire of health-...

In community mobilization to prevent youth violence, local people take action to create conditions under which youth are healthy and safe. This manuscript outlines a framework for supporting and evaluating community mobilization to promote healthy youth development as an approach to preventing youth violence. The framework highlights 12 key community processes to facilitate change and improveme...

The effect of paracetamol, commonly used as analgesic drug, upon excretion of some enzymes, markers of kidney damage, was investigated. Patients with Balkan endemic nephropathy and glomerulonephritis, having kidney vulnerable to toxic drugs, were enrolled in the study. Timed urine specimens were collected: before drug administration, and in 3h periods for 24 h after an oral dose of 2 g of parac...

Background: The spread of Covid-19 has now become a pandemic outbreak in Indonesia. emergence this disease encourages the importance implementing PHBS. Implementing PHBS properly can help prevent and support healthy lifestyle during pandemic. Objective: To find out description Clean Healthy Lifestyle (PHBS) to lifestyle. method used was counseling lecture for 6-8 people. It held from September ...

The etiological roles of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC), including enteroaggregative E. coli (EAggEC), diffusely adherent E. coli (DAEC) and EAST1EC--a strain of E. coli that possesses no diarrheagenic characteristics other than the EAggEC heat-stable toxin 1 (EAST1) gene--remain controversial. To clarify the prevalence of DEC among healthy individuals in Osaka City, Japan, and to compare...

BACKGROUND Human semen quality in China has decreased in the last few decades. A previous study found that 61.1% of healthy males in Chongqing City in Southwest China had abnormal semen parameters values according to 1999 World Health Organization criteria. OBJECTIVE This cross-sectional study explored the associations between socio-psycho-behavioural factors and semen quality in Chongqing Ci...

US schools increasingly report body mass index (BMI) to students and their parents in annual fitness "report cards." We obtained 3,592,026 BMI reports for New York City public school students for 2007-2012. We focus on female students whose BMI puts them close to their age-specific cutoff for categorization as overweight. Overweight students are notified that their BMI "falls outside a healthy ...

For a fast growing economy like India where most of its cities experiencing consistently increase in urban population, the future welfare of city residents is heavily relied on providing better living conditions and health prospects to the urban dwellers particularly to those who are living in miserable and unhygienic environment. The paper derived slum condition index (Slum CI) of notified and...