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Short peripheral blood leukocyte telomere length in rheumatoid arthritis-interstitial lung disease
10-12-2023Shortened telomere lengths (TLs) can be caused by single nucleotide polymorphisms and loss-of-function mutations in telomere-related genes (TRG), as well as ageing and lifestyle factors such as smoking. Our objective was to determine if shortened TL is associated with interstitial lung disease (ILD) in individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This is the largest study to demonstrate and replicate that shortened peripheral blood leukocytes-TL is associated with ILD in patients with RA compared...

EVALUATION OF A MODIFIED EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE TO RELIABLY ASSESS EXCESSIVE DAYTIME SLEEPINESS IN LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES: RESULTS FROM THE BENIN SOCIETY AND SLEEP (BESAS) STUDY
10-12-2023CONCLUSION: The mES is more reliable than ES in the Beninese population. mESS shows good internal coherence and differentiates between insomniacs vs non-insomniacs and between good and poor sleepers. Although the mES is not a perfect score, it appears more relevant in the Benin population than the original Epworth scale but needs further validation/improvement in other low-income countries.

Using digital phenotyping to capture depression symptom variability: detecting naturalistic variability in depression symptoms across one year using passively collected wearable movement and sleep data
09-12-2023Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) presents considerable challenges to diagnosis and management due to symptom variability across time. Only recent work has highlighted the clinical implications for interrogating depression symptom variability. Thus, the present work investigates how sociodemographic, comorbidity, movement, and sleep data is associated with long-term depression symptom variability. Participant information included (N = 939) baseline sociodemographic and comorbidity data,...

Investigating insomnia in United States deployed military forces: A topic modeling approach
09-12-2023CONCLUSIONS: Analysis of free-text clinical notes using topic modeling resulted in the identification of thematic patterns that largely mirrored known correlates of insomnia. These findings reveal multiple potential etiologies for deployment-related insomnia. The identified topics may augment electronic health record diagnostic codes and provide valuable information for sleep researchers and providers. As both civilian and military healthcare systems implement electronic health records, topic...

Women's vulnerability to alcohol and its impact on health
09-12-2023At the same level of consumption as men, specific vulnerabilities often expose women to the more rapid onset of more serious illnesses (cardiovascular and liver diseases, cancers, brain and cognitive damage, sleep disorders, risk of accidents, etc.). This worrying fact is still little known by the general population. Special prevention measures are needed, such as dedicated campaigns for women, specific guidelines for lower-risk drinking, systematic early detection of risky drinking among women,...

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Koken met eigen kinderen - Dieet op de kaart
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Het project van kerken en andere partners met en voor mensen die door de crisis geraakt zijn en door financiële problemen  geen goede voeding...
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