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J Med Humanit
January 2025
The University of North Carolina School of Medicine, 321 Columbia St, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, USA.
A growing body of literature explores the intersection of eating disorders and identity formation-an entanglement that makes eating disorders particularly challenging to treat. Narrative medicine is a discipline of the health humanities that is interested in bearing witness to patients' stories with a closeness and rigor that enhances clinical care. The pedagogy of the field is the narrative medicine workshop, which mobilizes close-reading of works of art and reflective writing to improve our understanding of Self and Other.
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January 2025
Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Ragama, Sri Lanka.
Background: Cinnamon has been studied as a possible way to control blood glucose and serum cholesterol levels. However, there are no well-conducted randomized controlled trials that can accurately measure the lipid and glucose-lowering effects of Cinnamomum zeylanicum (C. zeylanicum) extract.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClin Pract Epidemiol Ment Health
September 2024
School of Public Health, Al Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine.
Background: Despite the increased interest from researchers in Postpartum depression (PPD) globally, related studies are limited in Palestine and do not provide a comprehensive understanding of PPD.
Objective: We examined the factors that determine post-partum depression among Palestinian mothers in Hebron governorate.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 122 governmental primary healthcare clinics in Hebron Governorate.
BMC Med Educ
January 2025
Department of Internal Medicine and Nature-Based Therapies, Immanuel Hospital Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Nutrition plays a crucial role in human and planetary health, as prevailing nutritional patterns significantly contribute to the global non-communicable disease pandemic. Moreover, the global food system is inextricably linked to planetary health deterioration. The relevance of nutrition for individual and planetary health is insufficiently addressed in German medical schools.
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January 2025
Rockman Et Al. Cooperative, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Background: The aim of this randomized control trial is to test the impact of providing additional training and support to volunteers who are paired with youth of color in the Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) community-based mentoring program. The aim of the intervention activities is to enhance the capacity of mentors to have more culturally responsive and informed interactions with their mentees of color, thereby strengthening the youth's ethnic/racial identity and abilities to both cope with experiences of racism and contribute to causes that advance social justice.
Methods: Recruitment started in June 2022, with a goal of enrolling 240 dyads (i.
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