Background/Objectives: Alcohol is the most frequently consumed drug in people aged ≥ 65 years, many of whom exceed the daily limits of alcohol consumption recommended by public health guidelines. Further more, 25% of alcohol attributable deaths occur in people aged ≥ 65 years. While the overall tre...

Antecedentes/Objetivos: La asociación entre la ocupación y el consumo excesivo de alcohol puede variar en función del periodo de la semana evaluado, pues los motivos para el consumo excesivo en días laborables y en fin de semana difieren. Analizar estas diferencias en la población española podría s...

In the present work we analyzed the effects of postnatal exposure to two doses of genistein (10 μg/g or 50 μg/g) from postnatal (P) day 6 to P13, on the morphology of the arcuate nucleus (Arc). The analyses of Arc coronal brain sections at 90 days showed that the ArcMP had higher values in volume, ...

The objective of this study was to investigate the orexin and POMC populations in the hypothalamic nuclei of male Wistar rats after the activity-based anorexia (ABA) procedure. Four groups were established based on food restriction and activity: activity (A), ABA, diet (D) and control (C). The ABA ...

Introduction: Prolonged social isolation is a form of passive chronic stress that has consequences on human and animal behavior. The present study was undertaken to elucidate whether the long-term isolation would precipitate age-related changes in anxiety and spatial learning and memory in degus. M...

Climate change is the greatest threat to human health, with one of its direct effects being global warming and its impact on health. Currently, the world is experiencing an increase in the mean global temperature, but this increase affects different populations to different degrees. This is due to ...

Objective: To analyse trends in urinary tract infection (UTIs) hospitalisation among patients adults 18-65 aged in Spain from 2000-2015. Methods: Retrospective observational study using the Spanish Hospitalisation Minimum Data Set (CMBD), with codifications by the International Classification of Di...

[EN] The World Health Organization (WHO) aims to reduce new leprosy cases by 70% by 2030, necessitating advancements in leprosy diagnostics. Here we discuss the development of two WHO's target product profiles for such diagnostics. These profiles define criteria for product use, design, performance...

Climate change is causing serious damage to natural and social systems, as well as having an impact on human health. Among the direct effects of climate change is the rise in global surface temperatures and the increase in the frequency, duration, intensity and severity of heat waves. In addition, ...

Background: In line with WHO guidelines for the implementation of public health prevention plans targeted at the impacts of high temperatures, a heat wave defnition temperature (Tthreshold) was calculated for 182 so called “isoclimatic zones” (IZ) in Spain. As the dependent variable for determining...

[ES] Objetivo: Analizar la prevalencia del síndrome de desgaste profesional o burnout en médicos que trabajan en España mediante una revisión sistemática con metaanálisis. Método: Se realizaron búsquedas en PubMed/MEDLINE, Embase y PsycINFO (hasta junio de 2023). Se incluyeron estudios observaciona...

Introduction: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is common among young people, but the use of IPV resources among young adult women and teenagers is limited. This study aims to analyze professionals' perceptions about the main barriers and facilitators encountered by young women (16-29 years old) expo...

Background: Regular, detailed reporting on population health by underlying cause of death is fundamental for public health decision making. Cause-specific estimates of mortality and the subsequent effects on life expectancy worldwide are valuable metrics to gauge progress in reducing mortality rate...

Mental and behavioral disorders are an important public health problem and constitute a priority for the WHO, whose recommendations include the surveillance of their risk factors. On the other hand, drought episodes have been increasing in frequency and severity in Europe since 1980. Therefore, to ...

[ES] Objetivo: Analizar las percepciones y experiencias de la población joven en España sobre la violencia sexual (VS), sus posibles causas, víctimas y perpetradores. Método: Estudio cualitativo basado en entrevistas semiestructuradas a 22 jóvenes de entre 18 y 24 años. Se llevó a cabo un análisis ...

Background: On line platforms offer access to an almost unlimited variety of pornographic material that shows high levels of sexism. Despite this fact, there are still few studies that assess the effect of pornography on sexism in young adults The aim of this study is to analyze the association of ...

[ES] En España, el modelo retributivo para el personal estatutario es complejo, heterogéneo y orientado más a compensar funciones y actividades complementarias que a recompensar el buen desempeño mostrado en las tareas específicas del puesto de trabajo. Las diversas tentativas de incorporar complem...

[ES] La dificultad para evaluar y compensar el rendimiento en las organizaciones profesionales se extrema en entornos de gestión pública directa de servicios sanitarios. La evaluación del rendimiento es compleja por razones técnicas y por la existencia de múltiples principales en las relaciones de ...

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a heterogeneous disease that develops through diverse pathophysiological processes1,2 and molecular mechanisms that are often specific to cell type3,4. Here, to characterize the genetic contribution to these processes across ancestry groups, we aggregate genome-wide associa...

Background: We sought to identify the optimal cut-off of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) for defining diabetes and to assess the agreements of fasting plasma glucose (FPG), fasting serum glucose (FSG), and HbA1c in defining diabetes among rural older adults in China. Methods: This population-based cros...