Public health surveillance data have been used to directly inform policies like animal importation laws; food recalls due to contaminated food; and communication to the public, such as promoting awareness of emerging environmental threats such as Lyme disease [2,3]. Public health surveillance plays ...
Here Warner argues “Most research regarding brain effects is based on animal models but with potential relevance for humans.” Prominent vaping advocates have often ridiculed the relevancy of animal studies for humans, elevating this to meme status in true believers about vaping. But “potential rel...
The three day Public Information Campaign, organized by the Press Information Bureau, Kochi and other units of Ministry of Information & Broadcasting along with Eramala Grama Panchayat, Vadakara Block Panchayat and Kozhikode District administration concluded. Dinendra Kashyap IPS, Deputy Inspector General...
The short-term association of ambient fine particulate air pollution with hypertension clinic visits: A multi-community study in Guangzhou. China Sci Total Environ. 2021;774: 145707. CAS PubMed Google Scholar Altmann A, Toloşi L, Sander O, Lengauer T. Permutation importance: a corrected ...
The number of near misses, prompts, colour sequence errors and number sequence errors made by the participant was also recorded. Animal Recall Animal recall is a measure of executive function (e.g. strategic search and set-shifting) and semantic memory. Participants were asked to verbally name...
COVID-19 is a highly spreadable viral infection, reported first in Wuhan, China in December 2019 which spreads worldwide later. The pathogen of this diseas
“.. sometimes, my child would have fever but when taken to the clinic, they would not find malaria. That leaves me wondering what caused the fever in the first place.”-female respondent, Chambula village. “These days when you take five children to the clinic, you would find only one...
While EHRs refer to an individual patient's medical history collected and processed at individual medical facilities (such as a clinic or hospital), claims refer to electronic records of claim transactions processed by retail pharmacies (and/or clinics). EHR and claims provide rich and timely ...
Epidemiological data show increases in incidence and prevalence of diseases associated with endocrine-disrupting chemicals, such as breast, prostate, and testis cancer, diabetes, obesity, and decreased fertility over the last 50 years. A short overview of supporting data is presented below. These incre...
In the context of population aging, visual impairment has emerged as a growing concern in public health. However, there is a need for further research into the relationship between visual impairment and chronic medical conditions in the elderly. The aim