Publications by authors named "B A Choo"

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  • Telehealth interventions are important for aiding patients with chronic conditions like heart failure and type 2 diabetes by improving health outcomes through structured conversations about lifestyle management.
  • This study analyzed 729 telehealth calls made over a year to 50 heart failure patients, focusing specifically on lifestyle management topics and how these discussions related to their healthcare usage.
  • The research assessed the content and structure of lifestyle-focused calls compared to those not solely about lifestyle, while also evaluating the nurses’ perspectives on the effectiveness and follow-up needed for these calls, ultimately relating them to patient admissions in the healthcare system.
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Post-operative radiotherapy for post-menopausal women with early breast cancer and N1 disease is controversial. Although locoregional control is improved, overall survival (OS) benefit is unclear. The clinical benefit of post-operative irradiation in this group of patients over 10 years was reviewed.

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The Anthropocene is old news. As young queer zine-makers in Singapore, we heard the term on repeat and dared to ask: What about the Anthro? From this queer environmentalist pun we birthed a new take on our relationship to the Earth amidst climate crises - and in doing so, we came out as ecolesbians. Ecolesbianism is a concept we co-created, bringing together queer ecologies, political lesbianism, ecofeminism, transecology, ecosexuality, and our own experiences.

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Objectives: The efficacy and availability of contraception have changed in the last several decades; however, unintended pregnancies continue to be an issue in Australia. This study aimed to describe trends in contraception in women attending a sexual health service over 9 years.

Study Design: Repeated cross-sectional study.

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The aim of this systematic literature review was to investigate the role of the cerebellum in the affective symptoms observed in patients with bipolar disorder. The present systematic literature review included clinical studies conducted from 2013-2023 among adult populations with bipolar I and II disorders, along with their specifiers. With regard to cerebellar pathology, it was found that those with bipolar disorder performed worse than their healthy counterparts in their ability to comprehend the mental states of others and in identifying negative mental states.

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