Publications by authors named "Sahar Fazeli"

Nearly all young people use the internet daily. Many youth with mental health concerns, especially since the Covid-19 pandemic, are using this route to seek help, whether through digital mental health treatment, illness prevention tools, or supports for mental wellbeing. Videogames also have wide appeal among young people, including those who receive mental health services.

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Background: Digital stories-first-person, self-made, 2- to 3-minute videos-generate awareness, impart knowledge, and promote understanding on topics such as mental illness. Digital stories are a narrative-based art form often created by individuals without formal training in filmmaking to relate personal experiences. Somewhat like digital narratives, video testimonies created within the social marketing or fundraising campaigns of government agencies and private or public corporations aim to reduce the stigma of mental illness while supporting research and services.

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The performed study gives a literature review of preclinical and clinical publications on tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Furthermore, an overview of the clinical application of these processes is given. The literature research was based on different electronic media, e.

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  • - The pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis (UC) is not well understood, leading to ineffective treatments for some patients, but researchers propose that low levels of phosphatidylcholine (PC) in mucus contribute to the disease by damaging the mucosal barrier.
  • - A delayed release oral PC preparation (rPC) has shown promising results in clinical trials, with significantly higher remission rates in active UC patients treated with rPC compared to those receiving a placebo.
  • - The findings suggest that replenishing PC with rPC may serve as a novel, causative therapy for UC, potentially benefiting the majority of patients affected by the condition.
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