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Women-Only Cardiac Rehabilitation Delivery Around the World
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article & Conference Proceedings)
Background: Women utilize cardiac rehabilitation (CR) significantly less than men. Gender-tailored CR improves adherence and mental
health outcomes when compared to traditional programs. This study ascertained the ...
Development of the international cardiac rehabilitation registry data dictionary using a Delphi process
(2020 , Conference Paper)
Background: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) registries are a powerful tool for improvement
of care quality, and consequently patients’ outcomes. However, there are few CR registries
worldwide, with Canada’s currently being ...
Willingness to participate in genome testing: a survey of public attitudes from Qatar
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Springer
, 2020 , Article)
Genomics has the potential to revolutionize medical approaches to disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, but it does not come without challenges. The success of a national population-based genome program, like the ...
Oxidative stress cytotoxicity induced by platinum-doped magnesia nanoparticles in cancer cells
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
The aim of this study was to prepare, characterize, and determine the in vitro anticancer effects of platinum-doped magnesia (Pt/MgO) nanoparticles. The chemical compositions, functional groups, and size of nanoparticles ...
The Expression of TBC1 Domain Family, Member 4 (TBC1D4) in Skeletal Muscles of Insulin-Resistant Mice in Response to Sulforaphane
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Endocrine Society
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
The Expression of TBC1 Domain Family, member 4 (TBC1D4) in Skeletal Muscles of Insulin-Resistant Mice in Response to Sulforaphane.
Background: Obesity is commonly accompanied by impaired glucose homeostasis. Decreased ...
Aberrant DNA methylation of PTPRG as one possible mechanism of its under-expression in CML patients in the State of Qatar
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Wiley Open Access
, 2020 , Article)
Several studies showed that aberrant DNA methylation is involved in leukemia and cancer pathogenesis. Protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor gamma (PTPRG) expression is a natural inhibitory mechanism that is downregulated ...
Metformin is comparable to insulin for pharmacotherapy in gestational diabetes mellitus: A network meta-analysis evaluating 6046 women.
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
The comparative efficacy of gestational diabetes (GDM) treatments lack conclusive evidence for choice of first-line treatment. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of metformin and glibenclamide to insulin ...
Effect of flow-induced shear stress in nanomaterial uptake by cells: Focus on targeted anti-cancer therapy
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MDPI
, 2020 , Article)
© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Recently, nanomedicines have gained a great deal of attention in diverse biomedical applications, including anti-cancer therapy. Being different from normal tissue, ...
The transcriptomic profiling of SARS-CoV-2 compared to SARS, MERS, EBOV, and H1N1
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Public Library of Science
, 2020 , Article)
The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic is a global crisis that threatens our way of life. As of November 18, 2020, SARS-CoV-2 has claimed more than 1,342,709 lives, with a global mortality rate of ~2.4% and a recovery rate of ...
Evaluating the impact of a brief Health at Every Size-informed health promotion activity on body positivity and internalized weight-based oppression
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
Weight-based oppression, including negative attitudes about body weight, and harassment, stigma, and discrimination based on body weight, is a widespread phenomenon that leads to considerable distress and poor health and ...