Delayed-onset vocal cord palsy after thyroidectomy occurring despite normal initial post-operative endoscopy.

Background: Recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) injury is a known complication of thyroidectomy. Most cases manifest immediately and are promptly recognized. Rarely, some patients experience delayed-onset vocal cord palsy.

Patient Perspectives on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: A Scoping Review.

Purpose: Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is being rapidly adopted into many different branches of medicine. Although research has started to highlight the impact of AI on health care, the focus on patient perspectives of AI is scarce. This scoping review aimed to explore the literature on adult patients' perspectives on the use of an array of AI technologies in the health care setting for design and deployment.

The immunomodulatory role of tumor-derived extracellular vesicles in colorectal cancer.

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most prevalent cancers worldwide with rising mortality rates predicted in the coming decades. In light of this, there is a continued need for improvement in our understanding of CRC biology and the development of novel treatment options. Tumor-derived extracellular vesicles (tEVs) have emerged as both novel cancer biomarkers and functional mediators of carcinogenesis.

Excision of the seminal vesicles for locally advanced and recurrent rectal and sigmoid cancer.

Background: This study aims to define the clinical and oncological outcome of 'en-bloc' excision of the seminal vesicles for locally advanced and recurrent tumours of the sigmoid and rectum.

Methods: Eight patients were identified from a prospective colorectal cancer database at a tertiary centre as having undergone excision of the seminal vesicles in continuity with a locally advanced or recurrent sigmoid or rectal adenocarcinoma. The presentation, operative details, histopathology, oncological outcome and morbidity of the procedure were assessed.

Respiratory hygiene practices by the public during the 2009 influenza pandemic: an observational study.

Aims: To describe the public use of respiratory hygiene behaviours during the 2009 influenza pandemic and to test the feasibility of an observational method.

Methods: Respiratory behaviour was systematically observed at three public settings during August 2009 in the capital city of New Zealand (Wellington). Data on each coughing or sneezing event were collected.

A human immunodeficiency virus risk reduction intervention for incarcerated youth: a randomized controlled trial.

Purpose: To evaluate, by gender, the impact of a structured, comprehensive risk reduction intervention with and without boosters on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) knowledge, attitudes and behaviors in incarcerated youth; and to determine predictors of increasing HIV knowledge and reducing high-risk attitudes and behaviors.

Methods: This randomized controlled trial involved participants completing structured interviews at 1, 3, and 6 months. Repeated measures analysis of variance was used to analyze changes over time.

Percentage extremity fat, but not percentage trunk fat, is lower in adolescent boys with anorexia nervosa than in healthy adolescents.

Background: Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a condition of severe undernutrition associated with altered regional fat distribution in females. Although primarily a disease of females, AN is increasingly being recognized in males and is associated with hypogonadism. Testosterone is a major regulator of body composition in males, and testosterone administration in adults decreases visceral fat.

Bone metabolism in adolescent boys with anorexia nervosa.

Background: Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a condition of severe undernutrition associated with low bone mineral density (BMD) in adolescent females with this disorder. Although primarily a disease in females, AN is increasingly being recognized in males. However, there are few or no data regarding BMD, bone turnover markers or their predictors in adolescent AN boys.