{"title":"Undiagnosed celiac disease. The conundrum of unveiling the dark side of the moon","authors":"Gino Roberto Corazza, Marco Vincenzo Lenti","doi":"10.1016/j.ejim.2025.03.036","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejim.2025.03.036","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50485,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Internal Medicine","volume":"135 ","pages":"Pages 33-35"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143774738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis of “characteristics of familial mediterranean fever disease after 65 years of age”","authors":"Kazim Besirli","doi":"10.1016/j.ejim.2024.12.022","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejim.2024.12.022","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50485,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Internal Medicine","volume":"135 ","pages":"Page 158"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142866112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Camilla Cocchi , Maria Beatrice Zazzara , Elena Levati , Riccardo Calvani , Graziano Onder
{"title":"How to promote healthy aging across the life cycle","authors":"Camilla Cocchi , Maria Beatrice Zazzara , Elena Levati , Riccardo Calvani , Graziano Onder","doi":"10.1016/j.ejim.2025.03.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejim.2025.03.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The global rise in aging populations is challenging healthcare systems, especially in developed countries. Despite advancements in healthcare and living standards, the extension of lifespan has not been matched by an equivalent improvement in healthspan, leading to a higher prevalence of chronic diseases and disabilities in older adults. This review examines strategies to promote healthy aging throughout the life cycle, emphasizing the importance of a comprehensive strategy that integrates individual, healthcare, and environmental approaches.</div><div>Individual strategies include lifestyle factors like diet, physical activity, and social connections. Healthcare approaches focus on improving health literacy, vaccinations, and screenings. Environmental approaches aim to mitigate climate change, reduce pollution, and design longevity-ready cities. A comprehensive strategy combining individual approaches, public health measures, innovative policies, and community support is essential for helping populations live longer, healthier, and more independent lives. Looking forward, this will be complemented by personalized approaches, focusing on individual traits and biological backgrounds. The key to this lies in geroscience, which studies the biological and molecular mechanisms of aging and how they contribute to age-related diseases and functional decline, aiming to design targeted interventions to slow aging and improve quality of life. Artificial intelligence will play a key role in analyzing these complex factors and creating innovative solutions.</div><div>In conclusion, aging is shaped by various factors, requiring more than one solution. A combination of comprehensive and personalized strategies can bridge the gap between public health measures and personalized care, offering the scientific insights needed to slow aging and enhance quality of life.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50485,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Internal Medicine","volume":"135 ","pages":"Pages 5-13"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143665114","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Non-statistical significance and clinical relevance: Are we chasing shadows in the air pollution-peripheral artery disease debate?","authors":"Stephan Peronard Mayntz , Kasper Emil Rosenbech","doi":"10.1016/j.ejim.2025.02.024","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejim.2025.02.024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50485,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Internal Medicine","volume":"135 ","pages":"Pages 145-146"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143477188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jonathan Houle , Marco Proietti , Valeria Raparelli , Clare L Atzema , Colleen M Norris , Michal Abrahamowicz , Gregory YH Lip , Giuseppe Boriani , Louise Pilote
{"title":"Gendered social determinants of health and risk of major adverse outcomes in atrial fibrillation","authors":"Jonathan Houle , Marco Proietti , Valeria Raparelli , Clare L Atzema , Colleen M Norris , Michal Abrahamowicz , Gregory YH Lip , Giuseppe Boriani , Louise Pilote","doi":"10.1016/j.ejim.2025.02.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejim.2025.02.009","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with an increased risk of adverse outcomes. Clinical risk factors have been identified as predictors of such outcomes, but social determinants of health (SDOH) may also play a role. We evaluated the associations between gendered SDOH (unevenly distributed between sexes) and adverse outcomes in AF.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This is a retrospective cohort study using data from a European registry of AF patients from 250 centers and twenty-seven countries. Gendered SDOH included education, living status, subscales of the EQ-5D-5L questionnaire, behavioral factors, and country-level gender inequality index (GII). The primary outcome was a composite of major adverse cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality. We used multivariate logistic regression models to identify associations between SDOH and the primary outcome.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The study population comprised of 11,096 patients (mean age 69.2 years; 40.7 % females), with 75.6 % of patients having a high-risk CHA<sub>2</sub>DS<sub>2</sub>-VASc score. Most participants had secondary education, were physically inactive, lived in countries with gender equity and reported at least moderately elevated quality of life measures; they were less likely to live alone, smoke or drink alcohol. After adjustment for clinical factors, not having any post-secondary education (OR:1.17 95 %CI:1.05–1.28), reporting poorer health status (OR:1.08 95 %CI:1.05–1.11), living in a country with a higher GII (higher gender inequity) (OR:1.12 95 %CI:1.03–1.22 each 0.100), reporting reduced mobility (OR:1.18 95 %CI:1.02–1.38) and reduced self-care (OR:1.35;95 %CI:1.14–1.61) were independently associated with worse outcomes.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Gendered SDOH are independently associated with adverse events in patients with AF. These factors should be considered for assessment of risk and as potential targets for interventions to improve outcomes.</div></div><div><h3>Condensed Abstract</h3><div>Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with adverse outcomes and social determinants of health (SDOH), which are gendered, may predict adverse outcomes in AF. We used a registry of AF patients from 27 European countries. Multivariate logistic regressions were used to investigate the associations between gendered SDOH and the primary outcome, a composite of major adverse cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality. Several SDOH were independent predictors: no higher education (OR:1.17;95 %CI:1.05–1.28), lower health (OR:1.08;95 %CI:1.05–1.11), higher GII (OR:1.12;95 %CI:1.03–1.22 each 0.100), reduced mobility (OR:1.18;95 %CI:1.02–1.38) and reduced self-care (OR:1.35;95 %CI:1.14–1.61). Gendered SDOH are independently associated with adverse events in AF.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50485,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Internal Medicine","volume":"135 ","pages":"Pages 83-90"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143598273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}