Background: Cardiovascular, kidney, and metabolic disorders are increasingly recognised as interconnected across the life course. In children and adolescents, obesity and insulin resistance may coexist with hypertension, dyslipidaemia, dysglycaemia, kidney abnormalities, and earl...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcr/2026/v9i1397
Ashraf T. Soliman, Fawzia Alyafei, Nada Alaaraj, Noor Hamed, Shayma Ahmed, Khaled A. Siddiq, Mohammed Qusad & Mohamed Alkalaf·Asian Journal of Pediatric Research·2026
Hookworm infection remains one of the most common chronic parasitic conditions of childhood in low-resource settings, and growth impairment is routinely listed among its consequences. The evidence supporting that claim is weaker and more heterogeneous than programmatic language i...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2026/v16i9570
Glucagon occupies an unusual position in clinical endocrinology. The same 29-amino-acid peptide serves as a provocative agent for pituitary function testing, as an emergency treatment for severe hypoglycaemia, as a continuous infusion in hyperinsulinaemic states of infancy, and,...
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Research Article10.9734/jamps/2026/v28i9889
Adequate sleep is increasingly recognised as a modifiable determinant of somatic growth and endocrine function during childhood and adolescence, yet the strength and consistency of this relationship across different sleep dimensions remain incompletely resolved. This critical nar...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2026/v24i91421
Premature hair greying, or premature canities, is a visible, inexpensive and easily recorded phenotype that has repeatedly been proposed as an externally observable index of accelerated biological ageing. Interest in the trait extends beyond cosmetic dermatology because loss of h...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrdes/2026/v9i1167
Children and adolescents receive antiseizure medications and antipsychotics for prolonged periods during the developmental window in which linear growth, bone mineral accrual, pubertal maturation and metabolic set points are established. Endocrine and auxological adverse effects...
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Research Article10.9734/ajorrin/2026/v9i1192
Glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) has become the dominant summary measure of glycaemic exposure because it is convenient, standardised and linked to long-term complication risk. Its clinical authority can nevertheless obscure a basic measurement problem: HbA1c is an indirect, time-ave...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2026/v35i51151
Maternal vitamin D deficiency remains a common but under-addressed nutritional problem across high-, middle-, and low-income settings, with reported prevalence ranging from single digits to more than ninety per cent depending on region, skin pigmentation, latitude, and dietary pa...
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Research Article10.9734/ajfrn/2026/v5i3423
Background: Male reproductive dysfunction is increasingly relevant in chronic anaemias as survival into adulthood has improved in β-thalassaemia and sickle cell disease, while iron-deficiency anaemia remains globally common. Impaired fertility arises through hypoxia, oxidative st...
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Research Article10.9734/ibrr/2026/v17i4392
Ashraf T. Soliman, Fawzia Alyafei, Nada Mwafak Al Aaraj, Noor Sadeq Abdullah Hamed, Shayma Ahmed & Nada Soliman·Asian Journal of Pediatric Research·2026
Background: Iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) is a prevalent micronutrient disorder in childhood, with well-recognised haematological effects and increasingly reported endocrine consequences. Objectives: This review synthesised evidence on the spectrum, risk factors and reversibility...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2026/v16i6547