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Study design and population This study employed a cross-sectional design using data from the NHANES, a large-scale survey conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). We analyzed data from seven cycles collected between 2005 and 2016. The NHANES uses a complex, multistage probability sampling design to select participants representative of the civilian, non-institutionalized…
MONDAY, Oct. 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A healthy diet can help keep prostate cancer in check, a new study finds. The better a man eats, the less likely his low-grade prostate cancer will progress to a more dangerous state, researchers reported Oct. 17 in the journal JAMA Oncology. For every increase of 12.5 points…
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Every three seconds, someone in the world is diagnosed with a type of dementia, which is the general term for the loss of memory, language, and ability to make decisions enough that it impacts everyday life. Caused by damage to brain cells, dementia is becoming increasingly more common and a leading cause of disability and…
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Study design A randomized controlled trial was designed through the application of a random cluster sampling method. The research was carried out in metropolitan districts of Hanoi, Vietnam. Among the four metropolitan districts, two districts were randomly selected. Four schools were selected among 29 public secondary schools in two districts. In each school, five grade…