Conditional associations between childhood cat ownership and psychotic experiences in adulthood: A retrospective study.

Ownership of cats in childhood has been inconsistently associated with psychosis in adulthood. Parasitic exposure, the putative mechanism of this association, may be more common with rodent-hunting cats, and its association with psychosis may depend on other environmental exposures. We examined the conditional associations between childhood cat ownership and the frequency of psychotic experiences in adulthood.

Identifying Barriers in Access to Care for Head and Neck Cancer Patients: A Field Study in Dakar.

Objectives/hypothesis: To identify barriers in access to care for head and neck cancer (H&NC) patients in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), specifically within Dakar, Senegal, using both quantitative and qualitative data.

Study Design: Descriptive observational study.

Methods: Patients with H&NC were selected from two independent university hospitals in Dakar, Senegal.