Background Women with pre-eclampsia are at increased risk of later-life cardiovascular disease (CVD). Despite suggestions that women affected by pre-eclampsia should undergo routine CVD screening, ...

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to describe the effect size of mindfulness-based childbirth education on the fear of childbirth. METHODS: In this study, the meta-analysis method, one of the ...

ABSTRACT: Background: Sickle cell anemia (SCA) patients frequently require morphine therapy for vaso-occlusive crises, yet concerns about morphine-related mortality have emerged. This systematic ...

– The choice of vascular access can influence the outcome of below the knee angioplasty. – We identified no trials that compared retrograde distal access with femoral access for below the knee ...

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD), most often due to systemic atherosclerosis, affects 4% to 12% of the population aged 55 to 70 years and up to 20% of people over 70 years of age. Peripheral arterial ...

Objective (1) Identify and review current policies for the cardiovascular screening of athletes to assess their applicability to the paediatric population and (2) evaluate the quality of these policy ...

cDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada dDepartment of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary ...

Background Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a highly effective, safe and acceptable intervention for preventing HIV infection. However, identifying individuals who could best benefit from PrEP ...

Exercise interventions are beneficial in reducing blood pressure (BP) levels in children with overweight or obesity, with pronounced effects noted in girls, those with obesity, and those participating ...

Background Cancer survivors are at increased risk of heart failure (HF). While cardiotoxicity is commonly sought at the time of cancer chemotherapy, HF develops as a result of multiple ‘hits’ over ...

Abstract: New technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), offer significant opportunities to improve blood glucose level (BGL) estimation systems, potentially enhancing care and quality of ...