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Human hair is often found at crime scenes, persists for a long time, and is a valuable biological specimen in forensic investigations. Hair contains minimal intact nuclear DNA for the discrimination of individual identity. In such cases, proteomics evaluation of hair proteins could provide an attractive alternative for protein-based human identification. Therefore, this study adopted a proteomic approach to profile hair shafts from both males and females across different ethnic populations including Chinese, Indians, Malays, and Filipinos in their 20-80 s...

BACKGROUND: Asian Americans experience heterogeneity in cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular disease, with a particularly high burden of diabetes in several Asian subgroups. OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were to quantify diabetes-related mortality in Asian American subgroups and compare this with Hispanic, non-Hispanic Black, and non-Hispanic White individuals. METHODS: Using national-level vital statistics data and concurrent population estimates, age-standardized mortality rates and proportional mortality from diabetes-related mortality were calculated for non-Hispanic Asian (and subgroups: Asian Indian, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese), Hispanic, non-Hispanic Black, and non-Hispanic White populations in the United States, 2018-2021...

BACKGROUND: Brugada syndrome is a rare disease. It causes sudden cardiac arrest, which is a serious life-threatening event. Sudden cardiac death mostly results from coronary artery disease. However, patients with Brugada syndrome show normal cardiac anatomy and no evidence of ischemia or electrolyte imbalance. Anesthesia in patients with Brugada syndrome is challenging due to its unpredictable nature, and is worth our attention. CASE PRESENTATION: We report two cases of Brugada syndrome during anesthesia...

OBJECTIVE: Awareness and substantial understanding of obesity are essential components in its prevention and treatment. This study aimed to determine the degree of obesity awareness and its relationship to various sociodemographic characteristics among Filipino adults working from home (WFH). METHODOLOGY: This is a cross-sectional survey conducted in Metro Cebu, Philippines. Included were non-healthcare WFH professionals aged 18-64. Researcher-made Obesity Awareness Questionnaire (OAC-20) was used...

COVID-19 survivors experienced a spectrum of emotions as a result of surviving the said disease. Employing thematic content analysis, the researchers characterized the various emotional manifestations among recovered COVID-19 patients, which are crucial indicators of their mental well-being postinfection. From March 2020 to June 2021, data was collated from 31 Filipino COVID-19 Survivors' YouTube videos. 51.61% of the videos were posted in 2020 and 48.39% were posted in 2021 where 70.97% of the survivors were female while 29...

BACKGROUND: Primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) increasingly relies on monitoring global CVD risk scores. Lack of evidence on socioeconomic inequality in these scores and the contributions that specific risk factors make to this inequality impedes effective targeting of CVD prevention. We aimed to address this evidence gap by measuring and decomposing socioeconomic inequality in CVD risk in the Philippines. METHODS: We used data on 8462 individuals aged 40-74 years from the Philippines National Nutrition Survey and the laboratory-based Globorisk equation to predict 10-year risk of a CVD event from sex, age, systolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, high blood glucose, and smoking...

Paraganglioma of the urinary bladder is a rare neuroendocrine tumor which originates from the chromaffin tissue of the sympathetic nervous system. It only accounts for about 0.05% of all vesical tumors. Bladder paraganglioma may also present with non-specific symptoms which could easily lead to misdiagnosis. In this report, emphasis on the histomorphology and immunohistochemical profile of the tumor is stressed as the morphological findings could overlap with relatively more common urothelial neoplasms. Distinction from other tumors is of utter importance because of different therapeutic options...

UNLABELLED: Japanese encephalitis virus is an RNA flavivirus and one of the rare pathogens that can cause encephalitis. The main vector is the Culex tritaeniorhynchus mosquito. The virus is very close in pathophysiology and structure to the West Nile and St. Louis encephalitis viruses. It is endemic in Asia and Western Pacific areas, mostly during the summer; only a few cases have been reported outside those regions. We present the case of a young Filipino cruise line male worker with signs and symptoms of Japanese encephalitis concomitantly with Miller Fisher syndrome and Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis...

BACKGROUND: COVID-19 has challenged the under-resourced health systems of low- and middle-income countries, significantly affecting child health. Available published data on Filipino children with COVID-19 infection are limited. This study aims to describe the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of pediatric patients with confirmed COVID-19 in an infectious disease hospital in Manila, Philippines. MAIN TEXT: This cross-sectional study reviewed data on patients ages 0 to 18 years with confirmed COVID-19 infection, admitted to San Lazaro Hospital from January 25, 2020 to January 25, 2022...

INTRODUCTION: Asian American subgroups experience heterogeneity in cardiovascular disease, but differences in hypertension-related cardiovascular disease mortality between Asian American subgroups is not known. METHODS: Among 1,194,648 deaths in the United States in 2018-2021 with cardiovascular disease as an underlying cause and hypertension-related diseases as contributing cause, sex-specific age-standardized mortality rates, proportional mortality, and proportional mortality ratios for non-Hispanic Asian and Asian subgroups, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic Black individuals were compared with non-Hispanic White individuals...

BACKGROUND: Scalp arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is a rare congenital disease that may present with massive bleeding. To date, surgical excision remains the definitive management. However, the procedure could lead to intraoperative bleeding due to the tumor's high blood flow and complex vascularity. CASE REPORT: A 49-year old Filipino male presented with a bleeding giant scalp AVM. Computed tomographic scan and duplex studies showed multiple feeding vessels with turbulent flow arising primarily from the right superficial temporal, right posterior auricular, and occipital vessels...

This essay documents the experiences of two different groups of 'essential' Filipino migrant workers: female domestic workers and male seafarers, each confined in new ways in their work/home situations and spaces. These two categories of workers make up a large proportion of migrants within the Philippines' extensive export labor economy. For domestic workers, the Canadian government virtually stopped processing applications for permanent resident status. Held in limbo in their temporary work status, many domestic workers experienced increased employer control over their movements and their bodies...

Surra is a major infectious disease of camels being caused by Trypanosoma evansi (T. evansi) in developing countries, including Egypt. However, the identification of changes in the T. evansi prevalence in Egypt is important. In this study, the prevalence of T. evansi and its associated risk factors as well as the genetic characterization of the parasite were estimated. Blood samples were collected from 163 camels from two governorates in Lower Egypt. PCR targeting RoTat 1.2VSG was used for the detection of T...

BACKGROUND: Plate waste is an urgent global public health problem. Gaining better knowledge of the quantity and patterns of plate waste among households may give critical insights into resolving the greater problem of unnecessary plate waste. The study was conducted to determine the amount of plate wastage across food security levels of households and evaluate possible factors associated with plate waste. METHODS: This investigation analyzed the data from the 2018 Expanded National Nutrition Survey...

INTRODUCTION: This study's objective was to examine sociodemographic disparities in COVID-19 vaccine uptake and vaccination intent in the Canadian provinces by identifying factors associated with vaccine uptake in seniors prioritized for vaccination at the time of the survey and vaccination intent in all adults. DATA AND METHODS: A cross-sectional survey of Canadian adults was conducted in all provinces from mid-April to mid-May 2021. In addition to sociodemographic characteristics, respondents (n=10,678) provided information on their COVID-19 vaccination status or their intent to get vaccinated...

BACKGROUND: Health literacy determines an individual's decision-making process in providing judgment concerning appropriate healthcare. Considering the various purposes of literacy for people, functional health literacy (FHL) was identified as a type of literacy that is measured by the application of literacy skills to health-related materials as a result of health education. The objective of this study was to identify the possible socio-demographic correlates of FHL of Filipinos. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 2,303 Filipinos aged 15 to 70 years old in 2018-2019 utilizing the National Health Literacy Survey...

X-linked dystonia parkinsonism (XDP) is a rare X-linked recessive degenerative movement disorder that only affects Filipino descent, predominantly males. Its underlying cause is associated with the genetic alterations in the TAF1/DYT3 multiple transcription system. SINE-VNTR-Alu (SVA) retrotransposon insertion was suggested to be the responsible genetic mutation. Clinically, it initially presents as focal dystonia and generalizes within years. Parkinsonism arises years later and coexists with dystonia. Nonmotor symptoms like cognitive impairment and mood disorders are also common among XDP patients...

Acrodermatitis continua of Hallopeau (ACH) is a rare and localized form of pustular psoriasis that can lead to irreversible anonychia whereas Jaccoud's arthropathy (JA) is a rare non-articular condition characterized by a deforming non-erosive arthropathy involving the digits. This case describes the first reported association of these two rare conditions in a 73-year-old Filipino male who was treated topically until remission of ACH. Because calcipotriol/betamethasone ointment works better and faster than clobetasol ointment, it may be considered as a preferred first-line treatment for ACH...

Pulmonary ossification (PO) is a rare metastatic disease characterized by the formation of diffuse heterotopic bone units in the lung parenchyma. Herein, we describe a 45-year-old Filipino male with dendriform pulmonary ossification in combination with gastroesophageal reflux disease and chronic dust exposure, a notably unique association. Radiographic imaging and pathology findings are examined with discussion of various pulmonary disease entities from current literature. Further recognition of PO will facilitate appropriate treatment and better outcomes for patients diagnosed with this enigmatic condition...

OBJECTIVE: Estimate associations between the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and adiposity in a low-income population. METHODS: In a cluster random sample of 3796 Filipinos aged 40-70 years in Nueva Ecija province, we measured body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and six dimensions of HRQoL using the 20-item Short Form Health Survey. We stratified by sex and used nonparametric regression to graph mean HRQoL in each dimension by BMI, WC, and WHR...