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    • Waning effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines 

      Hiam, Chemaitelly; Abu-Raddad, Laith J ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)
      In The Lancet, Peter Nordström and colleagues1 report the effectiveness of several COVID-19 vaccines and different vaccine schedules against any documented SARS-CoV-2 infection and against severe COVID-19, for up to 9 ...

    • What Dietary Patterns and Nutrients are Associated with Pancreatic Cancer? Literature Review 

      Ibrahim, Mohammed O.; Abuhijleh, Haya; Tayyem, Reema ( Dove Medical Press Ltd , 2023 , Article Review)
      This narrative review summarizes the main findings of observational studies (case-control and cohort) as well as systematic reviews and meta-analyses on the role of nutrients and dietary patterns on pancreatic cancer (PC) ...

    • Why does the adverse effect of inappropriate MRI for LBP vary by geographic location? An exploratory analysis. 

      Shraim, Mujahed; Cifuentes, Manuel; Willetts, Joanna L; Marucci-Wellman, Helen R; Pransky, Glenn ( BMC , 2019 , Article)
      Early magnetic resonance imaging (eMRI) for nonspecific low back pain (LBP) not adherent to clinical guidelines is linked with prolonged work disability. Although the prevalence of eMRI for occupational LBP varies substantially ...

    • Willingness to participate in genome testing: a survey of public attitudes from Qatar 

      Abdul-Rahim, Hanan; Ismail, Said; Hasan, Amel; Fadl, Tasnim; Khaled, Salma; ... more authors ( 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 ...

    • Women-Only Cardiac Rehabilitation Delivery Around the World 

      Turk-Adawi, Karam; Supervia, Marta; Lopez-Jimenez, Francisco; Adawi, Anfal; Sadeghi, Masoumeh; ... more authors ( 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 ...

    • Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants 

      Bin, Zhou; Bentham, James; Di Cesare, Mariachiara; Bixby, Honor; Danaei, Goodarz; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2017 , Article)
      BackgroundRaised blood pressure is an important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and chronic kidney disease. We estimated worldwide trends in mean systolic and mean diastolic blood pressure, and the prevalence of, ...

    • التداعيات المالية والقانونية لجائحة كورونا والإجراءات الاحترازية 

      السيد, حسن عبد الرحيم; الجمال, محمد; الأنصاري, السيد عبد الرحمن بن عبد الله; عبد الرحيم, حنان; عبد الله, عبد الله عبد الكريم; ... more authors ( College of Business and Economics - Qatar University , 2020 , Video)
      بالتعاون مع كلية القانون وانطلاقًا من مسؤولية الجامعة الاجتماعية في الظروف الراهنة نظمت كلية الإدارة والاقتصاد بالتعاون مع كلية القانون في جامعة قطر حلقتها النقاشية بعنوان: التداعيات المالية والقانونية لجائحة كورونا ...