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Soc Sci Med
December 2024
Boston University, Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Global Health, 715 Albany Street, Boston, MA, 02118, USA. Electronic address:
Social media can be a platform to spread misinformation and reinforce potentially harmful norms in the interest of commercial actors. There are norms related to obesity that commercial actors promote such as "obesity is an individual problem" and the "pharmaceuticalization of obesity". In this study, we assess the quality of information about semaglutide, and the descriptive norms related to its use as levers of commercial practices in social media.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWith hackers relentlessly disrupting cyberspace and the day-to-day operations of organizations worldwide, there are also concerns related to Personally Identifiable Information (PII). Due to the data breaches and the data getting dumped on the clear web or the dark web, there are serious concerns about how the different threat actors worldwide can misuse the data. Also, it raises the question of how hackers can create a profile of an individual starting from one data leak and getting more details on individuals with the help of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTransplant Proc
January 2025
Nephrology, Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastián, España.
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis is a potentially fatal multisystemic inflammatory syndrome that is better understood in the pediatric population. Consequently, the diagnostic criteria for adults still derives from studies conducted in the pediatric population. Several genetic mutations and secondary causes, including infections, autoimmunity, and malignancy, have been reported as significant actors in this condition, especially in adults.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnn Burns Fire Disasters
December 2024
Centre des Grands Brûlés IMTR Loverval, Grand Hôpital de Charleroi, Belgique.
Combustion of surgical drapes during surgery is a rare event which can nonetheless lead to serious consequences. Iatrogenic burns caused by this complication are often deep and lead to functional and aesthetic sequelae. Nevertheless, awareness of the triggering factors and mechanisms, as well as knowledge of the proper use of various at-risk products such as alcohol-based antiseptic agents and compressed oxygen can reduce the incidence of these undesirable events.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMalar J
December 2024
School of Microbiology, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.
Background: Gestational malaria (GM) is a serious public health problem, control of GM requires guarantee universal access to prevention, diagnosis and treatment. In Colombia, no studies have been conducted on barriers to healthcare access for pregnant women exposed to GM. The objective of this study was to analyse the barriers to healthcare access for women at risk of GM in an endemic region of Colombia.
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