Objective Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) remain the leading cause of mortality globally, necessitating early risk identification to improve prevention and management strategies. Traditional risk ...

Background Patients with heart failure (HF) frequently suffer from undetected declines in cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), which significantly increases their risk of poor outcomes. However, current ...

Objectives To evaluate whether type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) presence and severity are associated with differences in global and domain-specific cognitive function among US adults, using ...

Objectives The optimal maternal age at childbirth has been a topic of bourgeoning literature, with earlier ages offering physiological benefits for maternal recovery. In contrast, later ages to give ...

Background/aims Posterior capsule opacification (PCO) is the most frequent long-term complication after cataract surgery, caused by proliferation of residual lens epithelial cells (LECs). Metformin, a ...