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J Hist Dent
January 2025
Founding member of "Arbeitskreis für die Geschichte der Zahnheilkunde" - Chapter of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Zahn-Mund und Kieferheilkunde - DGZMK (German Society of the History of Dentistry).
In historical illustrations and caricatures, the extraction of a tooth served as a powerful metaphor and threatening gesture that extended far beyond the medical context. This article examines the symbolic significance of this dental procedure and the extracted tooth as an expression of loss, disempowerment, and territorial dispossession. The comparison covers a wide range of visual representations from the French Revolution (1789-1799), the French July Revolution (1830), the Crimean War (1853-1856), the Austro-Prussian War (1866), the Franco-Prussian War (1870/71), to the First (1914-1918) and Second (1939-1945) World Wars and places them in their respective historical contexts.
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December 2024
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Background: Co-creation methods are increasingly being used in the research and development of technologies that support older adults living with dementia and their care partners to live well. Use of collaborative methods to engage with the dementia community helps to ensure that research processes and end solutions are sensitively designed, reflective of needs and values, and responsive to priorities. Engagement also has proximal benefits for older adults: Being involved in purposeful activity has been shown to positively impact health and wellbeing outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBMC Palliat Care
January 2025
School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK.
Background: Discussing Advance Care Planning (ACP) with people living with dementia (PwD) is challenging due to topic sensitivity, fluctuating mental capacity and symptom of forgetfulness. Given communication difficulties, the preferences and expectations expressed in any ACP may reflect family and healthcare professional perspectives rather than the PwD. Starting discussions early in the disease trajectory may avoid this, but many PwD may not be ready at this point for such discussions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBMC Public Health
January 2025
Migrant Health Research Group, School of Health, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK.
Background: In The Gambia, existing research to understand and address malnutrition among adolescent girls is limited. Prior to the conduct of large-scale studies, formative research is needed. The aim of this mixed methods, cross-sectional study was to explore cultural contexts relevant to nutritional status, feasibility and appropriateness of recruitment and data collection methods (questionnaires and anthropometric measures), and plausibility of data collected.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis editorial explores the intricate landscape of supplement use in oncology, highlighting the growing interest and challenges surrounding their integration into cancer care. It discusses the disparity in regulatory oversight between supplements and pharmaceutical drugs, the blurred lines in their classification, and the ethical complexities in patient-doctor communication. The importance of transparency, shared decision-making, and realistic expectations is emphasized.
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