Circulating Melatonin Levels: Possible Link Between Parkinson’s Disease and...
AbstractLower rates of cancer mortality/incidence in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) have given rise to speculations about risk or preventative factors common to both diseases, including...
View ArticleA Study of Trends in Beliefs and Attitudes Toward Cancer
AbstractUnderstanding trends in population perceptions of cancer is essential in identifying groups that may benefit from more targeted strategies in cancer prevention and detection. We report the...
View ArticleUrinary melatonin and risk of ovarian cancer
AbstractPurposeMelatonin has anti-carcinogenic properties, including modulation of estradiol production, cell cycle regulation, and promotion of apoptosis. Urinary melatonin has been inversely...
View ArticleAssociation between sleeping difficulty and type 2 diabetes in women
AbstractAims/hypothesisSleeping difficulty has been associated with type 2 diabetes in some prior studies. Whether the observed associations are independent of health behaviours, other cardiovascular...
View ArticleThe effects of sleep and light at night on melatonin in adolescents
AbstractOBJECTIVEThe circadian hormone melatonin has wide-reaching effects on human physiology. In adolescents, the impact of nighttime light exposure and other modifiable behavioral factors on...
View ArticleMaternal healthful dietary patterns during peripregnancy and long-term...
AbstractAdherence to healthful dietary patterns is associated with lower body mass index (BMI) in adults; however, whether maternal diet quality during peripregnancy is related to a lower overweight...
View ArticleCOVID-19 heralds a new epistemology of science for the public good
AbstractCOVID-19 has revealed that science needs to learn how to better deal with the irreducible uncertainty that comes with global systemic risks as well as with the social responsibility of science...
View ArticleWorking from home, quality of life, and perceived productivity during the...
AbstractObjectivesTo explore changes in quality of life and perceived productivity, focusing on the effects of working from home during the first COVID-19 50-day mitigation period in Austria.MethodsWe...
View ArticleWorkability, quality of life and cardiovascular risk markers in aging...
SummaryBackgroundIn aging healthcare professionals, multiple stressors such as night work may affect life and work satisfaction and risk for chronic diseases (e.g. cardiovascular disease [CVD]). In...
View ArticleDispositional optimism and depression risk in older women in the Nurses´...
AbstractDispositional optimism is a potentially modifiable factor and has been associated with multiple physical health outcomes, but its relationship with depression, especially later in life, remains...
View ArticleTrends in female breast cancer incidence, mortality, and survival in Austria,...
AbstractBreast cancer (BC) is the most commonly diagnosed malignant disease and the leading cause of cancer death in women in Austria. We investigated overall and subgroup-specific female breast cancer...
View ArticleOlfactory identification, cognition, depressive symptoms, and 5-year...
SummaryObjectiveAn association between odor and cognitive impairment has been shown in many studies. The objective of the present hospital-based, single-center retrospective study was to assess the...
View ArticleThe association between night shift work and breast cancer risk in the...
AbstractBreast cancer is highly prevalent yet a more complete understanding of the interplay between genes and probable environmental risk factors, such as night work, remains lagging. Using a...
View ArticleMeal-timing patterns and chronic disease prevalence in two representative...
AbstractPurposeThis study aimed at describing meal-timing patterns using cluster analysis and explore their association with sleep and chronic diseases, before and during COVID-19 mitigation measures...
View ArticleLifestyle of women before pregnancy and the risk of offspring obesity during...
AbstractBackgroundIn women, adhering to an overall healthy lifestyle is associated with a dramatically reduced risk of cardio-metabolic disorders. Whether such a healthy lifestyle exerts an...
View ArticleGrand-maternal lifestyle during pregnancy and body mass index in adolescence...
AbstractTo examine associations of healthy lifestyle during pregnancy with body mass index (BMI) and risk of overweight or obesity of grandchildren during adolescence and young adulthood. Our study...
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