Importance The increasing burden due to cancer and other noncommunicable diseases
poses a threat to human development, which has resulted in global political commitments …

In the present study, it was shown that physiologically relevant levels of the proinflammatory
cytokine TNFalpha induced apoptosis in rat cardiomyocytes in vitro, as quantified by single …

Background Comparable data on the global and country-specific burden of neurological
disorders and their trends are crucial for health-care planning and resource allocation. The …

Modern tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) varieties are bred for uniform ripening (u) light green
fruit phenotypes to facilitate harvests of evenly ripened fruit. U encodes a Golden 2-like (…

Background Suboptimal diet is an important preventable risk factor for non-communicable
diseases (NCDs); however, its impact on the burden of NCDs has not been systematically …

Background Health system planning requires careful assessment of chronic kidney disease
(CKD) epidemiology, but data for morbidity and mortality of this disease are scarce or non-…

Background The burden of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is rising globally, with
substantial variation in levels and trends of disease in different countries and regions. …

Background The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2016
provides an up-to-date analysis of the burden of diarrhoea in 195 countries. This study …

Background To contribute to the WHO initiative, VISION 2020: The Right to Sight, an
assessment of global vision impairment in 2020 and temporal change is needed. We aimed to …

Background Bone fractures are a global public health issue; however, to date, no comprehensive
study of their incidence and burden has been done. We aimed to measure the global, …