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ANTICANCER MECHANISM OF TOLFENAMIC ACID IN COLORECTAL CANCER
(2016)
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States. Chemopreventive therapies could be effective way to treat CRC. Tolfenamic acid, one of the NSAIDs, shows anti-cancer activities ...
NECK CIRCUMFERENCE AS A NEW ANTHROPOMETRIC INDICATOR FOR PREDICTION OF CARDIOMETABOLIC RISKS IN SAUDI POPULATION
(2016)
Background: Recent studies have associated neck circumference (NC) with metabolic and cardiovascular disease risk factors. No studies designed to examine NC as a measure of cardiometabolic risks have been performed in Saudi ...
THE PROATHEROGENIC ROLE OF THE TRPV4 CALCIUM-PERMEABLE CHANNEL IN MACROPHAGES
(2016)
Atherosclerosis is a multi-faceted chronic disease and one of the leading causes of cardiovascular diseases which attribute to 28.2% of all-cause mortality worldwide. Central tenets of atherogenesis are macrophage passage ...
COMPARISONS OF WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE, WAIST-TO-HIP RATIO AND BODY MASS INDEX AND THEIR ASSOCIATIONS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES IN RURAL AND URBAN INDIA
(2011)
India has the highest prevalence of diabetes mellitus in the world. Anthropometric measurements (waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and body mass index (BMI)) are risk factors of Type 2 diabetes mellitus ...
Development and Validation of a Semi-quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire to Measure Macro-Micro Nutrients Intake for Saudi Population in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia
(2017)
Background: Among numerous dietary assessment methods, the food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) is the most common dietary assessment in large-scale epidemiological studies. The aim of this research was to develop a ...
TRPV4, a calcium-permeable channel, regulates oxidized LDL-induced macrophage foam cell formation
(2017)
Accumulation of lipid-laden “macrophage foam cell” in the arterial wall is the hallmark of atherosclerosis that leads to the highest number of cardiovascular disease-related deaths in United States. Membrane scavenger ...
BIOACTIVE COMPONENTS FROM BLACKBERRIES TO AUGMENT DIETARY APPROACHES TO OBESITY TREATMENT OR PREVENTION: INDIRECT CALORIMETRY STUDIES IN MAN AND TISSUE
(2017)
Rodent models of diet-induced obesity lead to the discovery of an anti-obesity and anti-diabetic effect of anthocyanins in several forms. In addition to improved body composition and insulin sensitivity, molecular research ...
Dietary Quality and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in US Asian Indian Populations
(2017)
Asian Indians (AIs) have Type 2 Diabetes (T2DM) at extraordinarily high rates, and it is associated with higher central adiposity, lower lean muscle mass to fat ratios and insulin resistance. Associations between diabetes ...
Flavonoids, Cardiovascular Disease, and Diabetes
(2019)
Background: Flavonoids have been shown to have anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and vasodilatory properties; mechanisms that may lead to cardio-protective benefits. Results from observational studies assessing the associations ...
FOOD SECURITY AMONG OLDER ADULTS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: A MULTISECTORAL APPROACH
(2018)
Background: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations recently developed the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) and tested its latent dimensional structure and psychometric properties using the 2014 ...