Impact of diet on CVD and diabetes mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean: a comparative risk assessment analysis.
CONCLUSIONS: Suboptimal intakes of commonly consumed foods were associated with substantial CMD mortality in LAC with significant heterogeneity across countries. Improved access to healthful foods, such as nuts and fruits, and limits in availability of unhealthful factors, such as processed foods, would reduce diet-related burdens of CMD in LAC.
PMID: 32489172 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Public Health Nutrition)
Source: Public Health Nutrition - June 2, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sisa I, Abeyá-Gilardon E, Fisberg RM, Jackson MD, Mangialavori GL, Sichieri R, Cudhea F, Bannuru RR, Ruthazer R, Mozaffarian D, Singh GM Tags: Public Health Nutr Source Type: research
Infertility and assisted reproductive technology outcomes in Afro-Caribbean women
ConclusionAfro-Caribbean women receiving infertility care in the Caribbean may have better ART outcomes compared to African-American women in the United States (US). (Source: Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics)
Source: Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics - May 26, 2020 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research
Fulvivirga aurantia sp. nov. and Xanthovirga aplysinae gen. nov., sp. nov., marine bacteria isolated from the sponge Aplysina fistularis, and emended description of the genus Fulvivirga.
Abstract
Two Gram-stain-negative, strictly aerobic, marine bacteria, designated as strains RKSG066T and RKSG123T, were isolated from a sponge Aplysina fistularis collected at a depth of 15 m off the west coast of San Salvador, The Bahamas. Investigation of nearly full-length 16S rRNA gene and whole genome-based phylogenies revealed that both strains belong to the order Cytophagales within the class Cytophagia and phylum Bacteroidetes. Strain RKSG066T formed a monophyletic clade with described members of the genus Fulvivirga, while strain RKSG123T formed a well-supported paraphyletic branch apart from thi...
Source: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology - April 1, 2020 Category: Microbiology Authors: Goldberg SR, Correa H, Haltli BA, Kerr RG Tags: Int J Syst Evol Microbiol Source Type: research
Rapid adaptive evolution of scale-eating kinematics to a novel ecological niche [RESEARCH ARTICLE]
Michelle E. St. John, Roi Holzman, and Christopher H. Martin
The origins of novel trophic specialization, in which organisms begin to exploit resources for the first time, may be explained by shifts in behavior such as foraging preferences or feeding kinematics. One way to investigate behavioral mechanisms underlying ecological novelty is by comparing prey capture kinematics among species. We investigated the contribution of kinematics to the origins of a novel ecological niche for scale-eating within a microendemic adaptive radiation of pupfishes on San Salvador Island, Bahamas. We compared prey capture kinematics across...
Source: Journal of Experimental Biology - March 18, 2020 Category: Biology Authors: St. John, M. E., Holzman, R., Martin, C. H. Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Rapid adaptive evolution of scale-eating kinematics to a novel ecological niche [RESEARCH ARTICLE]
Michelle E. St. John, Roi Holzman, and Christopher H. Martin The origins of novel trophic specialization, in which organisms begin to exploit novel resources for the first time, may be explained by shifts in behavior such as foraging preferences or feeding kinematics. One way to investigate behavioral mechanisms underlying ecological novelty is by comparing prey capture kinematics among species. We investigated the contribution of kinematics to the origins of a novel ecological niche for scale-eating within a microendemic adaptive radiation of pupfishes on San Salvador Island, Bahamas. We compared prey capture kinematics a...
Source: Journal of Experimental Biology - February 5, 2020 Category: Biology Authors: St. John, M. E., Holzman, R., Martin, C. H. Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Island of hope for the threatened Nassau grouper [Ecology]
In January 1971, a young biologist braved strong currents to dive on a massive spawning aggregation (gathering of reproductive adults) of Nassau grouper (family Epinephelidae) at Cat Cay in The Bahamas. The paper he published was the first-ever eye-witness account in the scientific literature describing a spectacular gathering of 30,000... (Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - February 3, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Yvonne Sadovy de Mitcheson Tags: Commentaries Source Type: research
Double Environmental Injustice — Climate Change, Hurricane Dorian, and the Bahamas
New England Journal of Medicine, Ahead of Print. (Source: New England Journal of Medicine)
Source: New England Journal of Medicine - December 12, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: James M. Shultz Duane E. Sands James P. Kossin Sandro Galea Source Type: research
Knowledge and awareness of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV vaccines among Caribbean youth: the case of the Bahamas
. (Source: Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics)
Source: Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics - September 22, 2019 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Clemon George Robin Roberts Delon Brennen Lynette Deveaux Stanley E Read Source Type: research
The effect of economic growth on obesity for the most obese countries: new evidence from the obesity Kuznets curve
In this study, the relationship between obesity and economic growth has been examined within the framework of the obesity Kuznets curve (OKC) for the top 20 obese countries from 1991 to 2016 using bounds test based on ARDL. Multiple models were used in the study, including unemployment variable instead of single model. The bounds test results show that there is a cointegration between the variables in all countries except Bahamas, Fiji, Mexico, New Zealand, Tunisia, and UK. The long-run coefficients show that OKC hypothesis is valid for Oman, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. The main finding of this study...
Source: The European Journal of Health Economics - August 19, 2019 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Ancient DNA from a 2,500-year-old Caribbean fossil places an extinct bird (Caracara creightoni) in a phylogenetic context
Publication date: Available online 2 August 2019Source: Molecular Phylogenetics and EvolutionAuthor(s): Jessica A. Oswald, Julia M. Allen, Kelsey E. Witt, Ryan A. Folk, Nancy A. Albury, David W. Steadman, Robert P. GuralnickAbstractSince the late Pleistocene humans have caused the extinction of species across our planet. Placing these extinct species in the tree of life with genetic data is essential to understand the ecological and evolutionary implications of these losses. While ancient DNA (aDNA) techniques have advanced rapidly in recent decades, aDNA from tropical species, especially birds, has been historically diffi...
Source: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution - August 3, 2019 Category: Molecular Biology Source Type: research
Prevention of tuberculosis in household members: estimates of children eligible for treatment.
Conclusion: Tuberculosis preventive treatment in children was underutilized globally in 2017. Treatment should be scaled up to help eliminate the pool of tuberculosis infection and achieve the End TB Strategy targets.
PMID: 31384072 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization)
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - July 31, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Hamada Y, Glaziou P, Sismanidis C, Getahun H Tags: Bull World Health Organ Source Type: research
A Fly on the Cave Wall: Parasite Genetics Reveal Fine-scale Dispersal Patterns of Bats.
We examined the population connectivity of the buffy flower bat, Erophylla sezekorni (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), and its associated obligate ectoparasite, Trichobius frequens (Diptera: Streblidae), across a narrow oceanic channel in The Bahamas that has previously been implicated as a barrier to dispersal in bats. Due to the horizontal transmission of T. frequens, we were able to test the hypothesis that bats are dispersing across this channel, but this dispersal does not result in gene flow, occurs rarely, or started occurring recently. We developed novel microsatellite markers for the family Streblidae in combination w...
Source: The Journal of Parasitology - July 29, 2019 Category: Parasitology Authors: Speer KA, Luetke E, Bush E, Sheth B, Gerace A, Quicksall Z, Miyamoto M, Dick CW, Dittmar K, Albury N, Reed DL Tags: J Parasitol Source Type: research
Attitudes toward persons who abuse drugs in one urban community on the island of new providence, bahamas
Conclusion: attitudes toward persons who abuse drug in the Bahamas varied depending on the type of drug abused.RESUMEN Objetivo: explorar las actitudes frente a las personas que abusan de las drogas (alcohol, marihuana, y coca ína) en una comunidad urbana en la Isla de New Providence en las Bahamas. Método: la metodología de estudio transversal fue utilizada para colectar los datos. El tamaño de la muestra fue de 126 personas. Resultados: las actitudes hacia las personas que abusan de cocaína eran significativame nte más negativas respecto a las actitudes hacia las personas que abusan de la marihuana y el alcoh...
Source: Texto e Contexto - Enfermagem - July 22, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
To find out how invading predators change an ecosystem, watch their prey
Researchers study predator-prey relationships in the Bahamas to understand changes in ecosystems More at
https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=298706&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1
This is a Research News item. (Source: NSF Discoveries)
Source: NSF Discoveries - June 10, 2019 Category: Science Source Type: research
