Is neuroticism a modifiable risk factor for depression?

Research Letter: Is neuroticism a risk factor for postpartum depression?

Is dietary Acid a modifiable risk factor for nephropathy progression?

[11] , endothelin [10] , and aldosterone [10] . Together, these studies suggest that patients with reduced GFR but no metabolic acidosis nevertheless have acid retention that might mediate nephropathy progression. Reducing acid retention with less acid-producing diets that lower net endogenous acid production (NEAP) might slow nephropathy progression in patients with reduced GFR even without me...

Late-life depression in context of low neuroticism is risk factor for stroke: a 9-year cohort study

Objectives – Depression predicts stroke, however meta-analyses show significant heterogeneity. We hypothesise that the risk of depression on incident stroke is conditional upon the relative contribution of vascular disease and of neuroticism in the underlying pathways to depression in a specific patient. We examined whether depression increases stroke in persons with low neuroticism and without...

Stress: a modifiable factor in the etiology of adolescent depression.

Neuroimaging studies have helped us to understand neurobiology of stress and depression in the living brain in a noninvasive manner. Early life stressors are found to be associated with reduced fractional anisotropy values in the genu of the corpus callosum despite the absence of clinically significant psychiatric symptoms [5]. Fractional anisotropy, a useful measure on the Diffusion tensor Ima...

Is Cholesteatoma a Risk Factor for Graft Success Rate in Chronic Otitis Media Surgery?

Introduction: In developing countries, chronic otitis media (COM) and cholesteatoma are relatively prevalent.  Within the field of otology, COM surgery remains one of the most common surgical treatments. Most recent studies evaluating the potential prognostic factors in COM surgery have addressed graft success rate and types of middle ear and mastoid pathology. There has been much controversy a...