BACKGROUND: Alveolar bone loss (ABL) is common in modern society. Heavy metal exposure is usually considered to be a risk factor for ABL. Some studies revealed a positive trend found between urinary heavy metals and periodontitis using multiple logis...
BMC medical informatics and decision making
Feb 3, 2025
BACKGROUND: Respiratory diseases and Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD) often coexist, with airflow obstruction (AO) severity closely linked to CVD incidence and mortality. As both conditions rise, early identification and intervention in risk populations...
Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Feb 1, 2025
The swift progression of AI within the realm of medical devices has precipitated an imperative for stringent regulatory oversight. The United States, the European Union, and China stand as vanguard entities in the regulatory landscape for AI-enhanced...
Repetitive lifting tasks in occupational settings often result in shoulder injuries, impacting both health and productivity. Accurately assessing the biomechanical risk of these tasks remains a significant challenge in occupational ergonomics, partic...
BACKGROUND: Determining spatial relationships between diseases and the exposome is limited by available methodologies. aPEER (algorithm for Projection of Exposome and Epidemiological Relationships) uses machine learning (ML) and network analysis to f...
BACKGROUND: Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a common manifestation of atherosclerosis, affecting over 200 million people worldwide. The incidence of PAD is increasing due to the aging population. Common risk factors include smoking, diabetes, an...
Risk of U.S. Army soldier suicide-related behaviors increases substantially after separation from service. As universal prevention programs have been unable to resolve this problem, a previously reported machine learning model was developed using pre...
BACKGROUND: Hypertension (HTN) is a global public health concern and a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality. Insulin resistance (IR) plays a crucial role in HTN-related metabolic dysfunction, but its assessment remains cha...
The opioid crisis has disproportionately affected U.S. veterans, leading the Veterans Health Administration to implement opioid prescribing guidelines. Veterans who receive care from both VA and non-VA providers-known as dual-system users-have an inc...
BACKGROUND: Amphibians are experiencing substantial declines attributed to emerging pathogens. Efforts to understand what drives patterns of pathogen prevalence and differential responses among species are challenging because numerous factors related...
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