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World J Clin Cases
December 2024
Department of Ultrasound imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen 361000, Fujian Province, China.
Traditional Chinese medicine has a long and illustrious history, and with the development of modern science and technology, the research and application of traditional Chinese medicines have continued to progress significantly. Many traditional Chinese medicinal herbs have undergone scientific validation, reinvigorating with new life and vitality, and contributing unique strengths to the advancement of human health. Recently, the discovery that leech total protein extracted from lyophilized powder reduces blood uric acid (UA) levels by inhibiting the activity of xanthine oxidase to decrease UA synthesis and promotes UA excretion by regulating different UA transporters in the kidney and intestine has undoubtedly injected new vitality and hope into this field of research.
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December 2024
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, 165 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.
The importance of asymptomatic transmission was a key discovery in our efforts to study and intervene in the COVID-19 pandemic. In (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024), Joshua Weitz uses this aspect of SARS-CoV-2 natural history to discuss many counterintuitive characteristics of the pandemic. In this essay, I engage the arguments in the book, and discuss why asymptomatic transmission is such a critical dimension of the study of infectious diseases.
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November 2024
Bioethics Program, FLACSO Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Respect for autonomy is foundational to all types of clinical care, and receiving mental health care places people in a vulnerable situation that has a direct impact on their ability to live as they choose, making concerns about autonomy central. The classical understanding of personal autonomy, which still influences medical guidelines, is based on an individualistic framework and is inadequate for ethical mental health care. The goal of this Comment is to articulate why the relational autonomy model, developed in feminist bioethics, is a necessary approach for the mental health field.
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December 2024
Observational and Pragmatic Research Institute, Singapore.
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January 2025
Purdue University Northwest, Downers Grove, IL, USA.
Scholarship is an important topic for the continuation of the discipline of nursing. has asked Dr. John R.
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