Articles

Elsevier, Advances in Kidney Disease and Health, Volume 32, May 2025
The review highlights under-recognition of kidney disease in pregnancy and disparities in access to care, driven by social determinants (economic, cultural, environmental, geographic, and race/ethnicity factors), and advocates interventions and policy reforms to reduce these disparities and improve outcomes.
Elsevier, Journal of Criminal Justice, Volume 98, 1 May 2025
This study examines intragroup variability in both physical and mental health among women with intimate partners incarcerated in U.S. state prisons.
Elsevier, Advances in Kidney Disease and Health, Volume 32, May 2025
Women experience substantial disparities in kidney transplantation: lower referral rates, longer wait times on the transplant waitlist, and fewer preemptive transplants compared with men, driven by sociocultural, systemic, and provider biases. Closing these gaps requires equitable allocation, stronger donor exchange programs, financial and educational support, and policy reforms that address both sex and gender considerations.
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The Journal of Climate Change and Health
Volume 23, May–June 2025, 100450

The article discusses the impacts of climate change on the Torres Strait Islands in Australia and the culturally appropriate responses identified by the Torres Strait Islander community.�

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Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging, Volume 29, May 2025

The protein-enriched oral nutritional supplement helped maintain lean body mass and prevent fat gain in middle-aged and elderly women. This suggests its potential role in preventing frailty and musculoskeletal disorders associated with female aging.
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Asian Journal of PsychiatryVolume 107, May 2025, 104485

The "Multigenerational Resilience Theory" highlights the cultural and intergenerational nature of resilience in indigenous communities, offering new strategies for addressing modern challenges.

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Societal Impacts, 2025, 100114

This article outlines a theory of goodness, coupled with some of its practical implications for impact-making, governance and lives more generally. The theory proposes that goodness consists of positive feelings and whatever promotes them, such as the joy of a meaningful conversation or the satisfaction of eating food, for instance. Although it is a version of ethical hedonism, the theory is also called welfarism since it allocates a central role to affect and since affect is central to some prevalent measures of 'subjective wellbeing'.

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Current Developments in Nutrition , 2025, 107439

This paper reviews and compares four leading healthy diet metrics: GDQS, GDR score, MDD-W, and Nova UPF score, for their accuracy, ease of use, and global applicability in monitoring dietary quality. The findings highlight that the Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women (MDD-W) offers the strongest predictive accuracy for nutrient adequacy using a simple, scalable method, while also emphasizing the need for further research on metrics assessing moderation and cross-country comparability.

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Joint Bone Spine, 2025, 105902

Drivers of health disparities in rheumatology are numerous and complex, existing within and between populations. These impact access to advanced therapies, specialized services, and core components of care.

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JSAMS PlusVolume 5, June 2025, 100100

Sudden cardiac death is more common and coronary heart disease and rheumatic heart disease are the most common causes in First Nations Australians in the Northern Territory of Australia under the age of 40 years. The authors contend that there is a need for First Nation Australians specific local guidelines for a comprehensive pre-participation Heart-Health assessment.

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