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Newest firstMultimorbidity, the presence of multiple chronic health conditions, is a leading cause of death globally. In Malawi, chronic noncommunicable and communicable diseases such as HIV frequently co-exist, putting pressure on an under-resourced system. However, the health system is primarily structured around disease-specific (vertical) programs, which hinders person-centred care approaches to multimorbidity. Our study…
Open article record in new tab ↗Acute inflammation is elicited by lipid and protein mediators in defense of the host following sterile or pathogen-driven injury. A common refrain is that chronic inflammation is a result of incomplete resolution of acute inflammation and behind the etiology of all chronic diseases, including cancer. However, mediators that participate in inflammation are also essential in homeostasis and developmental biology but…
Open article record in new tab ↗PurposeThe open, prospective Community-Based chronic Care Lesotho (ComBaCaL) cohort is the first study to comprehensively investigate socioeconomic indicators, common chronic diseases and their risk factors in a remote rural setting in Lesotho. It serves as a platform for implementing nested trials using the Trials within Cohorts (TwiCs) design to assess community-based chronic care interventions. Here, we present…
Chronic pain is now included in the designation of chronic diseases, such as cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease, which can impair quality of life and are major causes of death and disability worldwide. Pain can be treated using cannabinoids such as Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) due to their wide range of therapeutic benefits, particularly as sedatives, analgesics, neuroprotective…
Open article record in new tab ↗ImportanceOlder Syrian refugees have a high burden of non-communicable diseases and economic vulnerability. ObjectiveThis study aimed to develop and internally validate a predictive model of the inability to manage non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in older Syrian refugees, and to describe barriers to adherence to NCD medication. DesignA nested cross-sectional study within a longitudinal study. SettingLebanon. Popu…
The objective of this observational study was to assess the validity of the new dengue classification proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2009 and to develop pragmatic guidelines for case triage and management. This retrospective study involved 357 laboratory-confirmed cases of dengue infection diagnosed at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia over a 4-year period from 2014 to 20…