A recent medical study has revealed that Vitamin D deficiency is considered one of the most prominent health challenges facing children and adolescents in Q ...

Background Knee MRI is increasingly used to inform clinical management. Features associated with osteoarthritis are often present in asymptomatic uninjured knees; however, the estimated prevalence ...

New research conducted at the state level provides evidence that exposure to extreme heat is linked to a higher prevalence of ...

The prevalence of obesity was 75.2% among adults in the U.S. when new criteria proposed by The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission was used to diagnose the disease, researchers reported in a ...

To provide an overview of the literature data on incidence, prevalence and epidemiology of spinal cord injury (SCI) worldwide and to study their evolution since 1977. The literature from 1995 onwards ...

Correspondence to Nirav Maniar, School of Behavioural and Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, VIC 3065, Australia; nirav.maniar{at}acu.edu.au Objective This study aimed to ...

Data on more than 1.4 millions incarcerated individuals in 43 countries shows STI rates are particularly high in adolescents ...

Up to 5% of Americans may carry genetic variants associated with cancer risk, according to a cross-sectional analysis.The ...

Metabolic Dysfunction, Obesity, and Survival Among Patients With Early-Stage Colorectal Cancer PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science were searched from inception to December 2015 for relevant studies.

BACKGROUND: New case-mix tools from the Canadian Institute for Health Information offer a novel way of exploring the prevalence of chronic disease and multimorbidity using diagnostic data. We took a ...

A survey of parents across the United States estimates that one in 40 children has autism spectrum disorder, according to a study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics. In other words, the ...