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    Association of homocysteine and waist-to-height ratio with poor sleep quality in community-dwelling individuals at high risk of stroke: a cross-sectional study based on two community screening rounds in 2015 and 2025

    • AiJia Liu
    • XiaoLin Tian
    • Xin Li

    Background Poor sleep quality has been associated with cerebrovascular disease and is increasingly recognised as a potentially modifiable factor relevant to cerebrovascular health. Nevertheless, the prevalence of sleep problems and their...

    27 October 2026 Open access
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    Integrating network pharmacology, genetically informed multi-omics and granulosa-cell experiments identifies dauricine and oleanolic acid as candidate CASP3-modulating compounds of Zhi-Bai-Di-Huang-Wan in female pubertal timing

    • Chung-Chih Liao
    • Shun-Fa Yang
    • Jung-Miao Li

    Zhi-Bai-Di-Huang-Wan (ZBDHW) is a traditional Chinese medicine formula clinically used for precocious puberty, but its molecular basis remains unclear. Earlier age at menarche (AAM) reflects advanced female pubertal timing and provides a genetically...

    26 October 2026
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    Effects of ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus GAD gene knockdown on growth hormone-releasing hormone neuron transcriptomic profile in female rats

    • Subash Sapkota
    • Madhu Babu Pasula
    • Karen P. Briski

    Background Recent studies in male rats identify ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus (VMN)-dorsomedial division (VMNdm) growth hormone-releasing (Ghrh) neurons as a potential target for VMN γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) control of counterregulatory hormone...

    21 October 2026
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    A pilot randomized controlled trial of melatonin supplementation on plasma 2-arachidonoylglycerol, ghrelin, and hedonic appetite intensity in females with overweight/obesity

    • Malihe Karamizadeh
    • Maryam Parimi
    • Bahram Pourghassem Gargari

    Hedonic appetite, the motivation to consume palatable foods for pleasure rather than physiological need, may contribute to overweight and obesity, yet few interventions have targeted it. This pilot randomized, placebo-controlled trial examined the...

    18 October 2026 Open access
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