• Historical perspectives on using sham acupuncture in acupuncture clinical trials 

  Birch, Stephen; Lee, Myeong Soo; Kim, Tae-Hun; Alræk, Terje (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

  Background: Trials of acupuncture in the West began before textbooks about acupuncture were generally available. This placed trials at risk of possible faulty assumptions about the practice of acupuncture and adoption of ...

• Ginseng for Erectile Dysfunction: A Cochrane Systematic Review 

  Lee, Hye Won; Lee, Myeong Soo; Kim, Tae-Hun; Alræk, Terje; Zaslawski, Chris; Kim, Jong Wook; Moon, Du Geon (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

  The objectives of this study were to assess the effects of ginseng on erectile dysfunction. We searched multiple electronic databases from their inceptions to 30 January 2021 without restrictions by language. We included ...

• Subnational mapping of HIV incidence and mortality among individuals aged 15–49 years in sub-Saharan Africa, 2000–18: a modelling study 

  Kisa, Adnan; VanderHeide, John D; Perkins, Samantha; Cook, Aubrey J; Kopec, Jacek A.; Mokdad, Ali H.; Kisa, Sezer; Naghav, Mohsen; Patton, George C.; Tópor-Madry, Roman; Hay, Simon I.; Dwyer-Lindgren, Laura; Local Burden of Disease, HIV Collaborators (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

• Overview on pattern identification - History, nature and strategies for treating patients: A narrative review 

  Birch, Stephen; Alræk, Terje; Bovey, Mark; Lee, Myeong Soo; Lee, Ju Ah; Zaslawski, Chris; Robinson, Nicola; Kim, Tae-Hun; Bian, Zhao-Xiang (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

• Acupuncture as a Treatment Within Integrative Health for Palliative Care: A Brief Narrative Review of Evidence and Recommendations 

  Birch, Stephen; Bovey, Mark; Alraek, Terje; Robinson, Nicola; Kim, Tae-Hun; Lee, Myeong Soo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

• Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 

  Murray, Christopher J L; Aravkin, Aleksandr Y; Zheng, Peng; Abbafati, Cristiana; Abbas, Kaja M.; Abbasi-Kangevari, Mohsen; Kisa, Adnan; Kisa, Sezer; Sulo, Gerhard; Øverland, Simon Nygaard; Abd-Allah, Foad; Abdelalim, Ahmed; Abdollahi, Mohammad; Abdollahpour, Ibrahim; Abegaz, Kedir Hussein; Abolhassani, Hassan; Aboyans, Victor; Abreu, Lucas Guimarães; Abrigo, Michael R M; Abualhasan, Ahmed; Abu-Raddad, Laith Jamal; Abushouk, Abdelrahman I.; Adabi, Maryam; Adekanmbi, Victor; Adeoye, Abiodun Moshood; Adetokunboh, Olatunji O; Adham, Davoud; Advani, Shailesh M.; Agarwal, Gina; Aghami, Seyed Mohammad Kazem; Agrawal, Anurag; Ahmad, Tauseef; Ahmadi, Keivan; Ahmadi, Mehdi; Ahmadieh, Hamid; Ahmed, Muktar Beshir; Akalu, Temesgen Yihunie; Akinyemi, Rufus Olusola; Akinyemiju, Tomi; Akombi, Blessing; Akunna, Chisom Joyqueenet; Alahdab, Fares; Al-Aly, Ziyad; Alam, Khurshid; Alam, Samiah; Alam, Tahiya; Alanezi, Fahad Mashhour; Alanzi, Turki M; Alemu, Biresaw Wassihun; AlHabib, Khalid F.; Ali, Muhammad; Ali, Saqib; Brauer, Michael; Afshin, A; Lim, Stephen S (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

• High-Intensity Training Reduces CVD Risk Factors among Rotating Shift Workers: An Eight-Week Intervention in Industry 

  Mamen, Asgeir; Øvstebø, Reidun; Sirnes, Per Anton; Nilsen, Pia; Skogstad, Marit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

• Reliability and Structural Validity of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 in Croatian Preschool Children 

  Serbetar, Ivan; Loftesnes, Jan Morten; Mamen, Asgeir (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)

• Shift Work Including Night Work and Long Working Hours in Industrial Plants Increases the Risk of Atherosclerosis 

  Skogstad, Marit; Mamen, Asgeir; Lunde, Lars-Kristian; Ulvestad, Bente; Matre, Dagfinn; Aass, Hans Christian Dalsbotten; Øvstebø, Reidun; Nielsen, Pia; Samuelsen, Kari S.; Skare, Øivind; Sirnes, Per Anton (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)

  There is an abundance of literature reporting an association between shift work and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Few studies have examined early manifestation of CVD using advanced modern methodology. We established a ...

• Life expectancy and disease burden in the Nordic countries: results from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2017 

  Kisa, Adnan; Knudsen, Ann Kristin; Allebeck, Peter; Tollånes, Mette Christophersen; Skogen, Jens Christoffer; Iburg, Kim Moesgaard; McGrath, John J; Juel, Knud; Agardh, Emilie Elisabet; Arnlöv, Johan; Bjørge, Tone; Carrero, Juan J.; Cederroth, Christopher R; Eggen, Anne Elise; El-Khatib, Ziad; Lycke Ellingsen, Christian; Fereshtehnejad, Seyed-Mohammad; Gissler, Mika; Hadkhale, Kishor; Havmoeller, Rasmus; Johansson, Lars; Juliusson, Petur Benedikt; Kiadaliri, Aliasghar A.; Kisa, Sezer; Lallukka, Tea; Mekonnen, Teferi; Meretoja, Tuomo J.; Meretoja, Atte; Naghavi, Mohsen; Neupane, Subas; Nguyen, Truc Trung; Petzold, Max; Plana-Ripoll, Oleguer; Shiri, Rahman; Sigurvinsdottir, Rannveig; Skirbekk, Vegard; Skou, Søren T; Sigfusdottir, Inga Dora; Steiner, Timothy J.; Sulo, Gerhard; Truelsen, Thomas Clement; Vasankari, Tommi Juhani; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Vollset, Stein Emil; Vos, Theo; Øverland, Simon (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-11-20)

• Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2017: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 

  Kisa, Adnan; Cancer Collaboration, Global Burden of Disease (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-09-27)

• Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and mortality of HIV, 1980–2017, and forecasts to 2030, for 195 countries and territories: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2017 

  Kisa, Adnan; HIV collaborators, GBD 2017 (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-08-19)

  Background: Understanding the patterns of HIV/AIDS epidemics is crucial to tracking and monitoring the progress of prevention and control efforts in countries. We provide a comprehensive assessment of the levels and trends ...

• A Scoping Review of Health Literacy Measurement Tools in the Context of Cardiovascular Health 

  Chan, Rita Wai Yu; Kisa, Adnan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-03-02)

• Past, present, and future of global health financing: a review of development assistance, government, out-of-pocket, and other private spending on health for 195 countries, 1995–2050 

  Kisa, Adnan; Health Financing Collaborators, Global Burden of Disease (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-01)

• Longitudinal changes in physical activity level, body mass index, and oxygen uptake among Norwegian adolescents 

  Lagestad, Pål Arild; van den Tillaar, Roland; Mamen, Asgeir (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-03-29)

• Global, regional, and national burden of suicide mortality 1990 to 2016: systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 

  Kisa, Adnan; Self-Harm Collaborators, Global Burden of Disease (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-06)

  Objectives To use the estimates from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 to describe patterns of suicide mortality globally, regionally, and for 195 countries and territories by age, sex, and Socio-demographic index, ...

• The steady state load of five firefighting tasks 

  Medbø, Jon Ingulf; Mamen, Asgeir; Oseland, Harald; Heimburg, Erna Dianne von (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-01-21)

  Purpose. Physiologic demands of five common tasks in firefighting have been examined. Methods. Eight male volunteers, being dressed up as smoke divers (+21 kg extra load), carried out the following tasks at constant pace ...

• The effect of a leisure time physical activity intervention delivered via a workplace. 15-Month Follow-Up Study 

  Skogstad, Marit; Lunde, Lars-Kristian; Ulvestad, Bente; Aass, Hans Christian Dalsbotten; Clemm, Thomas; Mamen, Asgeir; Skare, Øivind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)

• Using motivational techniques to reduce cardiometabolic risk factors in long term psychiatric inpatients: A naturalistic interventional study 

  Ringen, Petter Andreas; Falk, Ragnhild Sørum; Antonsen, Bjørnar Torske; Færden, Ann; Mamen, Asgeir; Rognli, Eline Borger; Solberg, Dag Kristen; Martinsen, Egil Wilhelm; Andreassen, Ole Andreas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-08-15)

  Background People with severe mental illness have markedly reduced life expectancy; cardiometabolic disease is a major cause. Psychiatric hospital inpatients have elevated levels of cardiometabolic risk factors and are ...

• Cardiometabolic risk factors, physical activity and psychiatric status in patients in long-term psychiatric inpatient departments 

  Ringen, Petter Andreas; Færden, Ann; Antonsen, Bjørnar Torske; Falk, Ragnhild Sørum; Mamen, Asgeir; Rognli, Eline Borger; Solberg, Dag Kristen; Andreassen, Ole Andreas; Martinsen, Egil Wilhelm (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-03-09)

  Purpose: Cardiovascular diseases are a major cause for the markedly reduced life expectancy in people with severe mental illness (SMI). Hospital departments should provide adequate prevention of cardiometabolic risk by ...

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