Search interest in alleged COVID-19 treatments over the pandemic period: the impact of mass news media.

Background: Understanding how individuals obtain medical information, especially amid changing guidance, is important for improving outreach and communication strategies. In particular, during a public health emergency, interest in unsafe or illegitimate medications can delay access to appropriate treatments and foster mistrust in the medical system, which can be detrimental at both individual and population levels. It is thus key to understand factors associated with said interest.

Evaluation of preoperative intraperitoneal injection of bupivacaine for intraoperative antinociception in cats undergoing ovariohysterectomy: A randomized clinical trial.

Objective: To determine if preoperative intraperitoneal bupivacaine can minimize intra- and postoperative nociception/pain in cats undergoing ovariohysterectomy.

Study Design: Prospective, randomized, investigator-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial.

Animals: Forty-seven, intact female cats.

Initiatives to facilitate the social inclusion of people with intellectual disability in physical activities with others in community-based sporting, recreation and leisure activities: A scoping review.

Background: While barriers to participation in physical activity are well documented, there is no consolidated evidence on strategies promoting participation of people with intellectual disability in physical activities.

Methods: We conducted a scoping review to examine initiatives used to facilitate the inclusion of people with intellectual disability in community-based sporting and recreation activities. We searched Medline, Embase, CINAHL+ and PsycINFO for articles published in English between 2000 and 2022.

Effect of transducer position on ultrasonic backscatter measurements of cancellous bone.

Ultrasonic backscatter techniques are being developed to detect changes in bone caused by osteoporosis and other diseases. Backscatter measurements performed at peripheral skeletal sites such as the heel may place the interrogated region of bone tissue in the acoustic near field of the transducer. The purpose of this study is to investigate how measurements in the near field affect backscatter parameters used for ultrasonic bone assessment.

Ultrasonic Characterization of Human Scalp.

Objective: The ultrasonic properties of scalp may be relevant to a variety of applications including transcranial ultrasound. However, there is no information about the ultrasonic properties of scalp available in the literature. While ultrasonic studies of skin from other anatomic regions have been previously reported, scalp tissue is generally thicker with a higher density of hair follicles, blood vessels and sebaceous glands.