Effect of Using Personal Protective Equipment during the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Quality Indicators of Screening Colonoscopies by Subin Chirayath, Janak Bahirwani, Parampreet Kaur, Noel Martins, Ronak Modi

“…Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected many facets of the practice of medicine including screening colonoscopies. Aims. …”
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Self-Assessment of Medical Ethics and Professionalism: Comparison Between Preclinical and Clinical Medical Students by Saima Naz Shaikh, Uzair Abbas, Tazeen Shah, Arsalan Ahmad Uqaili, Hudebia Allah Buksh, Mehreen Fatima

“…BACKGROUND Ethics and professionalism are fundamental elements in the practice of medicine consisting of a set of values, behaviors, and relationships that reinforce the trust and respect for the physician in a society. …”
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RETRACTED: Modern Subtype Classification and Outlier Detection Using the Attention Embedder to Transform Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis by S. M. Nuruzzaman Nobel, S M Masfequier Rahman Swapno, Md. Ashraful Hossain, Mejdl Safran, Sultan Alfarhood, Md. Mohsin Kabir, M. F. Mridha

“…Adopting this novel method is likely to improve the practice of medicine and give people living with ovarian cancer worldwide hope.…”
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An Ontology for Digital Medicine Outcomes: Development of the Digital Medicine Outcomes Value Set (DOVeS) by Benjamin Rosner, Matthew Horridge, Guillen Austria, Tiffany Lee, Andrew Auerbach

“… BackgroundOver the last 10-15 years, US health care and the practice of medicine itself have been transformed by a proliferation of digital medicine and digital therapeutic products (collectively, digital health tools [DHTs]). …”
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Assessment of students’ ability to represent determinants of health and health systems science content on concept maps in a pre-clerkship curriculum by Tovah Tripp, Miriam Hoffman, Mitchell Miller, Joshua S. Josephs

“…Abstract Background Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine (HMSOM) was founded on a vision of addressing the determinants of health (DoH) in the daily practice of medicine. The school has an active learning curriculum partially conducted through a small group modified problem-based-learning entitled Patient Presentation Problem-based-learning Curriculum (PPPC). …”
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Association between guidelines and medical practitioners’ perception of best management for patients attending with an apparently uncomplicated acute sore throat: a cross-sectional... by Alastair D Hay, Mark H Ebell, Ronny Gunnarsson, Pär-Daniel Sundvall, Katarina Hedin, Hannelore Wächtler, Naveen Manchal, Lynne Reid, Stefan Malmberg, Sean Hawkey

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Trends in clinical encounters and management for infertility among women attending Australian general practice: a national longitudinal study using MedicineInsight, 2011 to 2021 by Alice R Rumbold, Michael Davies, Danielle Mazza, Jacqueline Boyle, Vivienne Moore, Renae C Fernandez, Luke E Grzeskowiak

“…Objective To examine longitudinal trends in infertility management in women attending general practice.Design Cohort study using the national general practice dataset, MedicineInsight.Setting Australian general practice.Intervention(s) Not applicable.Participants The cohort included 2 552 339 women aged 18–49 years with one or more general practice clinical encounters between January 2011 and December 2021.Primary and secondary outcome measures(s) The primary outcome assessed was the proportion of women who had a clinical encounter related to infertility, stratified by year and age group. …”
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Outcomes of psychiatric interviews and self-rated symptom scales in people on sick leave for common mental disorders: an observational study by Cecilia Björkelund, Dominique Hange, Jeanette Westman, Anna Nager, Jonas Hällgren, Ingmarie Skoglund, Sandra af Winklerfelt Hammarberg, Anna Finnes

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Advancing sustainable healthcare through multidisciplinary stroke team rehabilitation by Hanna C. Persson, Hanna C. Persson, Malin Reinholdsson, Malin Reinholdsson, Elvira Lange, Elvira Lange, Elvira Lange, Stefi Barna, Annie Palstam, Annie Palstam, Annie Palstam, Annie Palstam

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Meta-analyses of the effects of high-intensity interval training in elite athletes—part I: mean effects on various performance measures by Hans-Peter Wiesinger, Hans-Peter Wiesinger, Hans-Peter Wiesinger, Thomas Leonard Stöggl, Thomas Leonard Stöggl, Nils Haller, Nils Haller, Julia Blumkaitis, Tilmann Strepp, Francesca Kilzer, Anna Schmuttermair, Will G. Hopkins

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Efficacy of Bacillus clausii UBBC-07 in the prevention of antibiotic-associated diarrhea in children by H.V. Beketova, O.O. Koiro, S.S. Bohdanova, M.S. Bulhakova, K.M. Heorhitsa, O.B. Il’kiv, О.R. Kavka, О.Z. Kmit’, О.V. Kukhar, V.І. Liubetska, V.V. Maleiko, І.А. Matiukhina, К.О. Medvedska, N.B. Pavchak, К.А. Percheklii, V.V. Semenchuk, Y.О. Sotnichenko, U.М. Tomashiuk, N.І. Tsvynda, М.Y. Shalimanova

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Conscientious Objection Based on Patient Identity by John Dinelli

“…To protect a “right of conscience” in health care, the Act invokes traditions of the United States and the Hippocratic Oath, stating: [t]he right of conscience was central to the founding of the United States, has been deeply rooted in the history and tradition of the United States for centuries, and has been central to the practice of medicine through the Hippocratic Oath for millennia. …”
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Etyczne warunki rezygnacji z uporczywej terapii by Wojciech Bołoz

“…Consensual, inevitable death has been practiced in medicine since the time of Hippocrates, although at the same time we can see a tendency towards the opposite, uncompromising fight to the end. …”
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Physician demography in Lebanon 2024: identifying gaps and proposing solutions for sustainable healthcare system by Jana Doghman, Salim Saba, Joseph Bakhach

“…Results Of the 15,059 physicians registered in the LOP in 2023, 68.7% (10,344) are practicing specialized medicine and 31.3% (4,715) are primary care practitioners. …”
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The antibiotic procurement saga: a long-neglected stewardship target to combat antimicrobial resistance in Pakistan by Shairyar Afzal, Mishal Bajwa, Nabeel Ahmed, Jawaria Jabeen, Mian Shahzeb Haroon, Rana Muhammad Zahid Mushtaq, Zikria Saleem

“…Results The study identified five central themes: (1) The state of antibiotic use in hospitals is characterized by a lack of antibiotic use policy, resulting in mostly empirical and irrational prescribing practices. (2) Medicine availability significantly influences prescribing decisions, often taking precedence over clinical needs. (3) The procurement process, although structured, is flawed owing to rigid adherence to the Standard Medicine List (SML). (4) Rationality in procurement is compromised by disregard for AMR, with decisions driven more by cost and demand than clinical evidence. (5) The clinical acumen of pharmacists is underutilized in procurement due to multifarious barriers. …”
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Old Plants for New Food Products? The Diachronic Human Ecology of Wild Herbs in the Western Alps by Mousaab Alrhmoun, Aurora Romano, Naji Sulaiman, Andrea Pieroni

“…Several species such as <i>Allium sativum</i>, <i>Artemisia absinthium</i>, and <i>Urtica dioica</i> have shown resilience and continuity in local cultural practices, maintaining medicinal, culinary, and ritual significance across the four decades. …”
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Identifying Preferred Features of Influenza Vaccination Programs Among Chinese Clinicians Practicing Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine: Discrete Choice Experiment by Liuren Zhang, Linchen Chu, Maria E Sundaram, Yi Zhou, Xiu Sun, Zheng Wei, Chuanxi Fu

“…Clinicians who practiced Western medicine, worked in primary hospital, or had at most a bachelor’s degree had a higher preference for vaccinations in workplace settings. …”
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Folk Medicine, Folk Healing by Mustafa SEVER

“…Magic played an important role in shaping the practices. Folk medicine is the solutions developed by societies against material and moral disorders starting from the mythic period until today. …”
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Addressing the “Black Hole” of Low Back Pain Care With Clinical Decision Support: User-Centered Design and Initial Usability Study by Robert S Rudin, Patricia M Herman, Robert Vining

“…ResultsThe 5 participating users had an average of 18.5 years of practicing chiropractic medicine. Clinical requirements included 44 patient interview and examination items. …”
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