Changing Our Mental and Emotional Trajectory (COMET): The Feasibility and Acceptability of a Rural Community-Based Strategy to Prevent Mental and Emotional Health Problems by Linda Zittleman, Maret Felzien, Kristen Curcija, Christopher Bennett, Kaitlyn Bennett, Joseph Carrica, Christin Sutter, Ashley Sherrill, John M Westfall

“…Post-survey respondents were 62% female, and 32% were between age 18 and 36. High levels of training satisfaction were reported. …”
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Psilocybin-assisted therapy for reducing alcohol intake in patients with alcohol use disorder: protocol for a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled 12-week clinical trial... by Claus Thorn Ekstrøm, Patrick MacDonald Fisher, Gitte Moos Knudsen, Dea Siggaard Stenbæk, Anders Fink-Jensen, Mathias Ebbesen Jensen, Tobias Søgaard Juul

“…Ninety treatment-seeking patients, aged 20–70 years, diagnosed with alcohol use disorder will be recruited from the community via advertisement and referrals from general practitioners or specialised treatment units. …”
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“I’m living in a ‘no’ world now…”- A qualitative study of the widespread impact of living with chronic breathlessness, and experiences of identification and assessment of this symp... by Helene L. Elliott-Button, Miriam J. Johnson, Ann Hutchinson, David C. Currow, Joseph Clark

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Moderate-Intensity Exercise and Musical Co-Treatment Decreased the Circulating Level of Betatrophin by Hendra Susanto, Ahmad Taufiq, Sugiharto, Desiana Merawati, Khumaira Marsyidah Badu, Jerry Dwi Trijoyo Purnomo, Adeodatus Yuda Handaya

“…By contrast, the plasma level of betatrophin was negatively associated with age (r = −0.298, p≤0.05) and LDL cholesterol (r = −0.372, p≤0.05). …”
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Insulin secretion, sensitivity, and clearance in normoglycemic Black and White adults with parental type 2 diabetes: association with incident dysglycemia by Samuel Dagogo-Jack, Jim Wan, Chimaroke Edeoga, Peace Asuzu

“…Insulin clearance was derived as the molar ratio of plasma C peptide to insulin and by calculating the metabolic clearance rate during HEC.Results POP-ABC participants who completed IVGT and HEC at baseline (145 African American, 123 European American; 72% women; mean age 44.6±10.1 years) were included in the present analysis. …”
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A Systems-Based Analysis of the CardioMEMS HF Sensor for Chronic Heart Failure Management by Jeffrey S. Tran, Aaron M. Wolfson, Daniel O’Brien, Omid Yousefian, David M. Shavelle

“…Seventy-eight patients were included in the study. The mean age was 64 ± 15 years, 52 (67%) were male, and 58 (76%) had heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. …”
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An In Vitro Model of Diabetic Retinal Vascular Endothelial Dysfunction and Neuroretinal Degeneration by Qiyun Wang, Xinyuan Zhang, Kaiyue Wang, Ling Zhu, Bingjie Qiu, Xiaosi Chen, Xiao Lin, Yao Nie

“…Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a leading cause of blindness in working-age populations. Proper in vitro DR models are crucial for exploring pathophysiology and identifying novel therapeutic targets. …”
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The impact of the number of aneurysms on the course of the acute period of subarachnoid hemorrhage in patients with multiple intracranial aneurysms by Yulia O. Solodovnikova, Anatoliy S. Son

“…Demographic indicators (age, gender) and clinical-instrumental factors (comorbidities, extent of hemorrhage, severity at admission, clinical manifestations), treatment characteristics, and outcomes were analyzed using descriptive statistics and logistic regression. …”
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Stakeholders’ perceptions of adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health needs in Southeast Nigeria: a qualitative study by Obinna Onwujekwe, Chinyere Cecilia Okeke, Chinyere Ojiugo Mbachu, Ifunanya Clara Agu, Uchenna Ezenwaka, Ifeyinwa Arize, Chibuike Agu, Chinonso Obayi

“…The study participants comprised of adult stakeholders including community leaders, adolescent boys and girls aged 13–18 years. Adolescents were purposively selected from schools, skill acquisition centres and workplaces. …”
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Dual Biologic or Small Molecule Therapy in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Single Center Experience by Cheng Guo, Jin Zhou, Guoli Wang, Jie Wu

“…Results: In this retrospective study, out of 520 children with IBD, twelve children (2.3%) were diagnosed with refractory PIBD and met the criteria for dual biotherapy, including four with UC (33%) and eight with CD (67%). The median age of patients was 13.64 (range, 1.2–17.1) years at eligibility for dual biologic therapy. …”
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Non-inferiority study to compare the efficacy of relugolix with dienogest for endometriosis-associated pain and usefulness of administering relugolix prior to dienogest (READY stud... by Fuminori Taniguchi, Motoko Fukui, Yutaka Osuga, Tasuku Harada, Jo Kitawaki

“…A total of 100 premenopausal patients aged ≥ 18 years with endometriosis, a maximum visual analog scale (VAS) score > 30 for endometriosis-associated pain, and dysmenorrhea or pelvic pain of at least moderate severity on the Biberoglu & Behrman (B&B) scale will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to either a relugolix group or dienogest group. …”
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Evaluation of Sialic Acid Levels in the Umbilical Cord Blood of Newborns of Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Mothers and the Relation with Poor Neonatal Outcome by Yuksel Kurban, İbrahim Uyar, Koza Murat, Murat Alan

“…Also mean platelet volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, platelet, bilirubin values were recorded as well as the age, gravida, parity, gestational week of the participant mothers and type of delivery, gender, weight, height and the APGAR score of the newborn, and whether insulin was used or not. …”
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Determinants of mortality and prolonged hospital stay among dengue patients attending tertiary care hospital: a cross-sectional retrospective analysis by Yusra Habib Khan, Tauqeer Hussain Mallhi, Amer Hayat Khan, Azmi Sarriff, Azreen Syazril Adnan

“…Factors associated with dengue mortality were age >40 years (p=0.004), secondary infection (p=0.040), comorbidities (p<0.05), acute kidney injury (p<0.001), prolonged PT (p=0.022), multiple-organ dysfunctions (p<0.001), haematocrit >20% (p=0.001), rhabdomyolosis (p<0.001) and respiratory failure (p=0.007). …”
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Study Comparison between Alcoholic Extract of Broccoli, Folic Acid and Ferrous Sulfate Against Damage of the Cardiovascular System Induced by Lead-acetate in Rabbits by Dina S Dheyab, Jawad K Arrak, Majida A J Al-Qayim

“…Twenty-five female local rabbits 5 months in age with a verge of  weighing 1500 Kg were divided into 5 randomized groups: 1st as a control group (C) and the other four groups 2nd(lead acetate ),3rd(T1F),4th(T2FS),5th(T3B) were exposed to lead acetate 10 mg/kg/Bw/daily for 4 weeks , the second group continued to receive a lead for 8 weeks, while 3rd,4th, and 5th treated with alcoholic extract of the broccoli, folic acid and ferrous sulfate respectively. …”
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SYSTEMATIC REVIEW: ANAPLASTIC LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA FOLLOWING BREAST IMPLANT SURGERY by Kezia Eveline, Rizqi Shabrina Lestari, Beta Subakti Nata’admadja, Lavonia Berlina Adzalika

“…A total of 353 BIA-ALCL cases have been reported. The mean age at diagnosis was 59.6 years. More than half (53.26%) of the reasons for the breast implants in BIA-ALCL patients were cosmetic. …”
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Effectiveness and Safety of Four Aerobic Exercise Intensity Prescription Techniques in Rehabilitation Training for Patients with Coronary Heart Disease by Tao Chen, Huiying Zhu, Qingyuan Su

“…Among them, the HRR method using the maximum-heart-rate obtained by the age formula was named “HRR method A,” and that using the actual measured peak heart rate was named “HRR method B.” …”
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Development and validation of the Multimorbidity Treatment Burden Questionnaire (MTBQ) by Daisy Gaunt, Chris Salisbury, Mei-See Man, Katherine Chaplin, Polly Duncan, Mairead Murphy

“…The scale was piloted and the final version was tested in 1546 adults with multimorbidity (mean age 71 years) who took part in the 3D Study, a cluster randomised controlled trial. …”
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Patterns of self-harm presentations at a Tertiary Urban Hospital in Kenya: A retrospective 5-year study (2018-2022). by Willie Njoroge, Catherine Gitau, Everline Onchari, Linnet Ongeri, Linda Khakali, Murad Khan, Zul Merali, Lukoye Atwoli, Jasmit Shah

“…Of these patients, 28.1% (n = 144) presented with self-harm. The mean age of the self-harm patients was 26.5 years (SD = 10.5) and a majority (74.3%) were female. …”
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Reduced SARS-CoV-2 Infection Rates in Lab Workers Conducting Nucleic Acid Testing: Controlling for the Healthy Worker Effect by Ling-Qing Lin, Yu-Yan Chen, Gen-Zhao Lin, Xu Shen, Tian-Ci Yang, Li-Li Liu, Yao Xiao

“…A healthy worker effect was observed and eliminated after matching and stratification based on gender, age, education level, and vaccination. Workers who had ever participated in SARS-CoV-2 NAT had a lower cumulative probability of SARS-CoV-2 infection and a longer duration from vaccination to SARS-CoV-2 infection, and this trend was found to be more prominent with a longer cumulative time to SARS-CoV-2 NAT. …”
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Cross-sectional survey of changes in knowledge, attitudes and practice of mask use in Sydney and Melbourne during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic by Abrar Ahmad Chughtai, C Raina MacIntyre, Holly Seale, Ashley Lindsay Quigley, Mallory Trent

“…Objectives Since mask uptake and the timing of mask use has the potential to influence the control of the COVID-19 pandemic, this study aimed to assess the changes in knowledge toward mask use in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.Design An observational study, using a cross-sectional survey, was distributed to adults in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, during July–August 2020 (survey 1) and September 2020 (survey 2), during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.Setting and participants Participants aged 18 years or older and living in either Sydney or Melbourne.Primary and secondary outcome measures Demographics, risk measures, COVID-19 severity and perception, mask attitude and uptake were determined in this study.Results A total of 700 participants completed the survey. …”
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