A blockchain-based computerized network infrastructure for the transparent, immutable calculation and dissemination of quantitative, measurable parameters of academic and medical research publications.

Digital transformation of healthcare systems should rely on decentralized computer networks and take advantage of the unique characteristics of blockchain technology. Decentralization ensures process transparency and data transparency for all relevant stakeholders. These values are essential in the realms of populations' healthcare information communications and processing, control and tracking of medical logistics supply chains, clinical research management, and control of certified healthcare services organizations.

Dead Sea mud packs for chronic low back pain.

Background: Low back pain (LBP) is chronic disease without a curative therapy. Alternative and complementary therapies are widely used in the management of this condition.

Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of home application of Dead Sea mud compresses to the back of patients with chronic LBP.

Online nephrology course replacing a face to face course in nursing schools' bachelor's program: a prospective, controlled trial, in four Israeli nursing schools.

Background: Online learning is growing rapidly worldwide, especially in the health related sectors such as medicine and nursing. Our trial wished to measure the objective (i.e.

Association of lipid levels during gestation with preeclampsia and gestational diabetes mellitus: a population-based study.

Objective: The study evaluates lipids profile changes during gestation in pregnancies with and without preeclampsia and/or gestational diabetes.

Study Design: Lipid profiles were assessed between year prior and after pregnancy in 9911 women without cardiovascular comorbidities.

Results: Lipid levels during gestation varied substantially with a nadir following conception and a peak at delivery.

Primiparity, assisted reproduction, and preterm birth in twin pregnancies: a population based study.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of pregnancy complications among primiparous patients with twin gestation in our population and to investigate the association between the increased rates of assisted reproduction (ART) in twin gestation and preterm birth (PTD).

Material And Methods: A retrospective population based cohort study was designed, including all twin deliveries after 24 weeks gestation (n = 2,601). The study group included 666 primiparous women and the comparison group 1,935 multiparous women.

Zollinger Ellison syndrome, treated with lansoprazole, during pregnancy.

Background: Zollinger Ellison syndrome (ZES), an ulcerative disease of the upper gastrointestinal tract that involves the production of high levels of gastrin and gastric acid, is a rare, symptomatic, endocrine neoplastic disease.

Case: We report a rare case of gastrinoma that was first diagnosed during pregnancy in which the primary tumor was located in the liver. The ZES was well controlled with Zoton (Lansoprazole) following surgery.

Chronic hypertension is an independent risk factor for preeclampsia and preterm delivery in women with rheumatologic diseases: a population-based study.

Objective: The objective was to determine the prevalence of maternal and perinatal complications among patients with rheumatologic diseases (RD) and to investigate the maternal risk factors for preeclampsia and preterm delivery among RD patients.

Study Design: A retrospective population-based cohort study was conducted. The study group comprised women with RD; the control group comprised patients without RD.

Increased prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus in in vitro fertilization pregnancies inadvertently conceived during treatment with long-acting triptorelin acetate.

Thirty-five pregnancies were inadvertently conceived during the midluteal application of the long-acting gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist triptorelin acetate before ovarian stimulation for in vitro fertilization. Most of the conceptions occurred before the first or second IVF trial, and were associated with a significantly increased tendency to develop gestational diabetes. No increase in pregnancy wastage or appearance of congenital malformations occurred.