El trastorno por déficit de atención e hiperactividad (TDAH) ha sido tradicionalmente concebido como una condición privativa de la infancia. Sin embargo, una creciente evidencia sugiere que el TDAH persiste en la vida adulta, manifestándose de diversas maneras. A pesar de su prevalencia y de las significativas consecuencias en la vida cotidiana, el TDAH en adultos ha sido considerablemente subestimado y subdiagnosticado, lo que resulta en una carga sustancial tanto para los individuos afectados como para su entorno familiar y social.
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August 2024
Background: Widespread antibiotic prescribing contributes to globally emerging antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Despite stewardship recommendations by the Infectious Diseases Society of America, there is a lack of literature identifying barriers and facilitators to antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) in United States (U.S.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA major challenge for undergraduate students is reading scientific literature. This is especially true in biophysics, where many of the concepts may not have been covered in undergraduate courses. Students can become overwhelmed, which may lead to less overall engagement with the scientific literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Whether responses to treatment of major depressive episodes differ between women and men or with bipolar (BD) and major depressive disorders (MDD) remains unresolved.
Aims: To test for diagnostic and sex differences in responses to treatment of depression.
Methods: We compared changes in the 21-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) ratings of depression ( = 3243) between women (64.
Even though the use of organochlorine pesticides has been prohibited since the last century their presence is still being recorded around the world. In the upper La Antigua watershed, Veracruz, Mexico we have reported concentrations of these contaminants in different compartments of the riverine ecosystems. This is of relevance due to their potential disruptive endocrine effect on the vertebrates drinking the water or feeding in the riverine area.
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