Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS) Diagnosed by MRI-Guided Biopsy among BRCA1/BRCA2 Mutation Carriers by Renata Faermann, Eitan Friedman, Orit Kaidar-Person, Jonathan Weidenfeld, Malka Brodsky, Anat Shalmon, Osnat Halshtok Neiman, Michael Gotlieb, Yael Yagil, David Samoocha, Dana Madorsky Feldman, Miri Sklair-Levy

“…Results. 18/121 (15.2%) participating BRCA1 PSV carriers and 8/81 (10.1%) BRCA2 PSV-carriers who underwent MRI-guided biopsy were diagnosed with DCIS. The median age of BRCA1 carriers and BRCA2 carriers was 49.8 years and 60.6 years, respectively (p=0.55). …”
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Now I can see it works!” Perspectives on Using a Nutrition-Focused Approach When Initiating Continuous Glucose Monitoring in People with Type 2 Diabetes: Qualitative Interview Stud... by Holly J Willis, Maren S G Henderson, Laura J Zibley, Meghan M JaKa

“…ResultsOverall, 15 people completed interviews after completion of the UNITE study intervention: 87% (n=13) identified as White, 60% (n=9) identified as male, mean age of 64 (SD 7.4) years, mean T2D duration of 7.5 (SD 3.8) years, and mean hemoglobin A1c level of 7.5% (SD 0.4%). …”
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Feasibility of teleyoga for people with post COVID-19 condition– a mixed method design by Marie Lundberg, Leonie Klompstra, Lotti Orwelius, Mirjam Schimanke, Cecilia Olsson, Anna Strömberg

“…Results Nine women and 2 men were enrolled, aged between 27 and 61 years, and duration of post COVID-19 3–12 months. …”
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Utilization of insecticide-treated bed nets and associated factors among households in Pawie District, Benshangul Gumuz, Northwest Ethiopia by Tilahun Merga, Mesafint Molla Adane, Tebkew Shibabaw, Fekie Ahemed Salah, Lemessa Jira Ejigu, Sileshi Mulatu

“…Key predictors for the utilization of insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) included age (AOR = 1.86, 95% CI: 1.11, 3.13, p = 0.019), educational status (AOR = 0.45, 95% CI: 0.26, 0.77, p = 0.008), knowledge level (AOR = 2.64, 95% CI: 1.89, 3.81, p < 0.001), and family size (AOR = 1.89, 95% CI: 1.31, 2.74, p = 0.001). …”
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Differential effects of left DLPFC anodal and cathodal tDCS interventions on the brain in children with autism: A randomized controlled trial by Jiannan Kang, Juanmei Wu, Xinping Huang, Wenqin Mao, Xiaoli Li

“…Methods: This study recruited a total of 24 children with ASD (20 males and 4 females; mean age ± SD: 5.5 ± 1.2 years), who were randomly divided into two groups receiving either anodal or cathodal tDCS targeting the DLPFC. …”
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Collecting Real-World Data via an In-Home Smart Medication Dispenser: Longitudinal Observational Study of Survey Panel Persistency, Response Rates, and Psychometric Properties by Benjamin Ogorek, Thomas Rhoads, Erica Smith

“…For validity, we measured the association between the falls question and known factors influencing fall risk: age, biological sex, quality of life, physical and emotional health, and use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors or serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, using repeated-measures regression for covariates and Kendall τ for concomitant spencer questions. …”
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Hubungan Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alfa (Tnf-A) dengan Kadar Hemoglobin dan Parasitemia pada Infeksi Malaria Falciparum by Lili Irawati

“…This study consisted of twenty-five falciparum malaria patients as samples. Age was around 14 – 60 years old. The data processing Pearsonn correlation test by computerized system and it was consider to be significant if it gets p &lt; 0.05. …”
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Safety and efficacy of intravenous thrombolysis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 93,057 minor stroke patients by Mostafa Hossam El Din Moawad, Talal Salem, Anas Alaaeldin, Youssef Elaraby, Peter D. Awad, Amr Ahmed Khalifa, Ahmed El Naggar, Khaled Ashraf Mohamed, Mohamed Elhalal, Mostafa Badr, Ramy Abdelnaby

“…Results A total of 21 articles with 93,057 patients with MIS were included. The mean age of the participants ranged from 62.3 to 79.6. …”
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Impact of re-operation on progression-free survival in patients with recurrent GBM: Experience in a tertiary referral center. by Houssein Darwish, Tasnim Diab, Sarah Kawtharani, Mounir Barake, Bader Ali, Nagham Ramadan, Hiba Fadlallah, Jeannot Kekedjian, Marwan Najjar, Hazem I Assi

“…Time to progression and time to death were analyzed using the Kaplan-Meier curve, with differences between groups assessed by the log-rank test.<h4>Results</h4>Age categorization (≤50 vs. >50 years) and gender distribution did not significantly impact reoperation likelihood (p = 0.306 and p = 0.616, respectively). …”
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Comparison of clinical efficacy of different internal fixation methods in older adult patients with osteoporotic fractures of proximal humerus by Zongpu Wang, Tienan Wang, Song Qin, Jianchuan Wang, Jianchuan Wang

“…The patients comprised 18 males and 30 females, with a mean age of (68.6 ± 5.8) years. The 48 patients were divided into three groups based on their treatment methods: Group A: 16 patients treated with PHILOS plate combined with calcium sulfate injection. …”
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All extern? Exploring the Impact of Social Media and Physical Activity on Adolescents’ Body Image and Interoception by Moritz Peter Engel, Mirko Schmidt

“…Methods In a within-subject design, 36 participants aged 13 to 17 will take part in a laboratory experiment consisting of two experimental conditions. …”
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Atopic Dermatitis Treatments Before and After Initiation of Ruxolitinib Cream: 6-Month Follow-Up Analysis of a US Payer Claims Database by Liu J, Desai K, Teng CC, Sturm D, Stockbower G, Patadia H, Willey V

“…This analysis describes treatment patterns before and after initiation of ruxolitinib cream among patients with AD.Patients and Methods: This retrospective, observational study used medical and pharmacy claims data from the Healthcare Integrated Research Database (HIRD®) and included adults and adolescents (aged ≥ 12 years) with an AD diagnosis, a first claim for ruxolitinib cream (index date) between October 2021 and July 2022, and continuous enrollment in a commercial or managed Medicare plan for 6 months before and after the index date. …”
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Playing hide and seek with primates: A comparative study of Theory of Mind by Aurore San‑Galli, Marie Devaine, Cinzia Trapanese, Shelly Masi, Sébastien Bouret, Jean Daunizeau

“…Further analyses are in progress to identify predictive factors (e.g. familiarity with humans, age, motivation and frustration during the game) that could explain away inter-individual differences, thus eventually revealing (or not) inter‑species differences [Authors Aurore San‑Galli and Marie Devaine contributed equally to this work].…”
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The Undocumented Experience by Izah Tahir

“…Like many students in this situation, I worked until I burnt myself out, and then I worked some more. Now, at age 24, I am finally learning to give myself a break. …”
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Clinical and radiographic outcomes using standard length of cannulated screws for traditional Latarjet procedure by Juan M. Lopez-Ovenza, MD, Amaury Tapia, MD, Juan I. Duca, MD

“…Of these patients, 60 (87%) were available for final follow-up (n = 62 shoulders), with a mean age of 28.4 ± 9.5 years (range, 16-55 years) at the time of surgery. …”
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Selective micropulse individual retinal therapy in the navigation- guided treatment for central serous chorioretinopathy with parameter selection by preliminary testing by P.L. Volodin, E.V. Ivanova

“…</p> <p> <b>Patients and Methods: </b>61 patients (61 eyes) aged 36–58 with acute CSCR and transparent media were enrolled. …”
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Geographical Differences in the Safety and Efficacy of Tofacitinib Versus TNFi: A Post Hoc Analysis of ORAL Surveillance by Bogdan Batko, Slawomir Jeka, Piotr Wiland, Agnieszka Zielińska, Maria Stopińska-Polaszewska, Marcin Stajszczyk, Magdalena Kosydar-Piechna, Mary Jane Cadatal, Jose L. Rivas

“…Methods Patients with RA in ORAL Surveillance (NCT02092467), who were aged ≥ 50 years with ≥ 1 additional CV risk factor, received tofacitinib 5 or 10 mg twice daily or TNFi; 45.9% were from either Poland or North America. …”
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Long COVID and its risk factors in migrants: a nationwide register study from Sweden by Agneta Cederström, George Frederick Mkoma, Thomas Benfield, Charles Agyemang, Marie Nørredam, Mikael Rostila

“…Compared with residents born in Sweden, we found higher risks of long COVID among migrants from East Europe (IRR: 1.44 CI: 1.29–1.60), Finland (IRR: 1.36 CI: 1.15–1.61), South Asia (IRR: 1.28 CI: 1.03–1.59), Other Asia (IRR: 1.35 CI: 1.13–1.62), Other Africa (IRR: 1.48 CI: 1.17–1.87), and the Middle East (IRR: 1.43 CI: 1.27–1.63) in models adjusted for age and sex. We discovered that disease severity, i.e., whether the person was hospitalized (IRR: 18.6 CI: 17.3–20.0) or treated in an intensive care unit (IRR: 120.5 CI: 111.7–129.8), primarily contributed to the higher risk of long COVID found in migrants while the contribution of vaccinations and social conditions were moderate. …”
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Association between primary dysmenorrhoea on quality of life, mental health and academic performance among medical students in Indonesia: a cross-sectional study by Reynardi Larope Sutanto, Herbert Situmorang, Kevin Tjoa, Rivaldo Rivaldo

“…The associations of dysmenorrhoea occurrence and severity were analysed alongside other potential independent variables, including age, region, stage of study and parental income. …”
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Unraveling the genetic spectrum of inherited deaf-blindness in Portugal by Telma Machado, Telmo Cortinhal, Ana Luísa Carvalho, Francisco Teixeira-Marques, Rufino Silva, Joaquim Murta, João Pedro Marques

“…Results Eighty-four patients (58.3% males; mean age 40.0 ± 17.9 years) from 71 families were included. …”
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