Publications by authors named "Warda Shahid"

Article Synopsis
  • The study wanted to see how medical students in Pakistan feel about talking to patients and how much they know about caring for them.
  • Researchers looked at 322 students from different years at two medical schools and used a special scale to measure their attitudes.
  • Results showed that most students had a slightly good attitude towards patient care, and their feelings varied based on their year of study and other factors.
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Statin intolerance and myopathy is a major issue with prolonged use of statins myopathy. Bempedoic acid can be a good alternative for those intolerant to statins. This systematic review aims to observe incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and other adverse events, in high-risk statin intolerant patients receiving bempedoic acid.

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This narrative review examines the role of vitamin D as a biomarker in ear disorders, including benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), otitis media, bell's palsy, Meniere's disease, and hearing loss. PubMed, The Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar were utilized to conduct a comprehensive literature search, and findings were combined from studies from 2014 to 2024. As highlighted in this review, there is a consistent association between vitamin D deficiency and an increased risk and recurrence of disease especially in BPPV and otitis media.

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The therapeutic effectiveness of stem cells after transplantation is hampered by the hypoxic milieu of chronic wounds. Prior research has established antioxidant priming as a thorough plan to improve stem cell performance. The purpose of this study was to ascertain how caffeic acid (CA) priming affected the ability of human adipose-derived stem cells (hASCs) to function under hypoxic stress.

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