Chronic Use of Benzodiazepine in Older Adults and Its Relationship with Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Learning Objective: After participating in this CME activity, the psychiatrist should be better able to:• Explain current understanding of the relationship between chronic benzodiazepine use and dementia.

Background: Chronic use of benzodiazepines (BZ) for managing conditions such as anxiety disorders, depression, sleep disorders, and other chronic diseases is widespread; yet, there is considerable controversy regarding its potential links to dementia risk. This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to clarify this relationship by synthesizing and analyzing the available evidence to provide a clearer understanding of whether prolonged BZ use contributes to developing dementia.

A decision support procedure for the bioeconomy transition: A Colombian case study.

An increasing number of countries and regions consider the bioeconomy transition a strategic policy priority. When approached through the lens of a circular economy perspective, investments in bioeconomy have the potential to enhance resource utilisation efficiency, preserve biodiversity and ecosystems, and foster sustainable development with low emissions. At the same time, if requirements and contextual factors of bioeconomy strategies are not formally analysed, bioeconomic investments might lead to unintended negative consequences.

Effect of Temperature, Water Activity and Incubation Time on Trichothecene Production by Isolated from Durum Wheat Grains.

is a causal agent of Head Blight in wheat, and it produces both deoxynivalenol (DON) and nivalenol (NIV). Nevertheless, the effect of environmental factors on the growth and mycotoxin production of this species has not been studied so far. The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of environmental factors on the growth and mycotoxin production of strains.

Do We Need a Urine Culture Before Cystoscopy? Time to Shift Away from Routine Testing.

Objective: To determine if cystoscopy could be safely performed without a urine culture by analyzing 2 prospectively cohorts of patients undergoing outpatient cystoscopy, 1 without urine culture and the other cohort screened and treated for ASB as per protocol. We aim to report the rate of symptomatic UTI and the rate of urinary sepsis within 30 days of cystoscopy.

Methods: All patients who underwent cystoscopy between 2021 and 2022 were invited to participate.

Outpatient 180 W XPS GreenLight Laser Photoselective Vaporization of the Prostate: 7-Year Experience.

GreenLight XPS Laser System (GL-XPS) photoselective vaporization of the prostate (PVP) is not only noninferior to transurethral resection of the prostate, but also with shorter rates of hospital stay and length of catheterization. Scarce literature has been published about the feasibility and safety of performing GL-XPS PVP in an outpatient setting. Our aim is to report our 7-year experience with outpatient GL-XPS PVP.