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Prev Chronic Dis
December 2024
Community Impact Office, Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
Introduction: Kentucky has the highest all-site cancer incidence and death rate in the US. In 2021, the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center convened a steering committee to conduct a statewide community cancer needs assessment (CNA). The goal of the final CNA phase was to gather community input on prioritizing Kentucky's cancer-related needs and ways to address them.
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November 2024
Department of Medical Informatics, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Background: Telemedicine provides a means to deliver healthcare across distances, enhancing efficiency and accessibility, especially in low- and middle-income countries. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted its importance by reducing the risk of virus transmission while maintaining healthcare delivery. This study evaluates the telemedicine program implemented at B.
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December 2024
Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Ethnic Medicinal Resources Protection and Utilization Key Laboratory of National Ethnic Affairs Commission of the People's Republic of China, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu, China.
Background: Regel (MQ) is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) used for clearing liver and lung heat in Tibetan medicine for over a thousand years. However, the lack of quality markers that correlate with pharmacological actions and absorption limits the safety and efficacy in its clinical application and on the drug market. Furthermore, a universal and rapid method for simultaneously determining quality markers in the MQ crude drug is still lacking.
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December 2024
Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Videnska 1084, Prague 4, Czech Republic.
Exposure of cell cultures at air-liquid interface (ALI), mimicking i.e. human lung surface, is believed to be one of the most realistic means to model toxicity of complex mixtures of pollutants on human health.
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December 2024
Institute for Pulmonary Rehabilitation Research, Schön Klinik Berchtesgadener Land, Schönau am Königssee, Germany.
Background: Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is an essential element of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) management. However, access to conventional face-to-face PR programmes is limited.
Methods: This multicentre, randomised controlled trial recruited patients with COPD from 18 sites in Germany and Switzerland, aiming to evaluate the impact of 12 weeks of a mobile app (intervention group; IVG) on quality of life, measured by COPD Assessment Test (CAT), and exercise capacity, assessed by 1-minute-sit-to-stand-test (1MSTST), compared with a control group (CTG) receiving 'enhanced standard-of-care'.
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