Modern societies face the increasing burden of agerelated diseases, in particular Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D). While numerous epidemiological studies have described the incidence of both diseases in the Western world and extensively defined common environmental risk factors,only little is known on the pathomechanisms linking both diseases [1–3]. Thus, it is not yet clear ...

BACKGROUND Stroke, a major public health problem in India and worldwide, is associated with many risk factors. The modification of risk factors, an important public health strategy, has been shown to reduce the risk of stroke. Hence the present study was carried out to document the risk factor profile of stroke. METHODS It was a case-control study. Patients with stroke admitted in a tertiary ...

abstract: both estrangement and alienation press in certain mental and physical complications in man’s life and force him to experience mental deficiency, and feel a lack of positive communal or individual sense of belonging. however, the jahili sense of these terms is quite different from their modern application. in the jahili period, old age and senility are the main reasons for such inconve...

The influence of the environment to the physique is well known. The same is applicable to the mind too. The various new inventions and modern scientific advances have revolutionized the life style of the modern man. At the same time these have contributed much in making life more mechanical and stress generating. In this background we have to think how best the psychiatrical knowledge available...

BACKGROUND Many youths and adults maintain a sedentary life style and a better understanding of the factors which influence physical activity is needed. This study analyses the association between social factors and low leisure-time physical activity in young adults. METHODS Three hundred and seventeen children aged 6-18 years participated in a health survey in 1979 and again 13 years later. ...

OBJECTIVE To characterize the risk profile for atherosclerosis (AS) in adolescents and young adults of a private university in São Paulo. METHODS Clinical, nutritional, and laboratory parameters were evaluated in 209 students of both genders aged 17 to 25 years. In addition to determination of the lipid profile, the association of its abnormal values with other risk factors for AS was also in...

development of the modern education system and iranian high interest in studying the new science and broad government support government over the last century of the modern educational system, and high costs to expand and improve its quality by no means imply the entrance of science and scientific attitude to iranian relations. system of economic production and social relations and political st...

background: life style is an important element to prevent the cancer. therefore, this study aimed to determine life style risk factors of tehran citizens as well as to prevent cancer. methods: this study is a descriptive - analytic research with sample size of 2500 tehran citizens. the study data was collected via a questionnaire that contained 2 parts: demographic and questions related to life...