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J Cutan Aesthet Surg
August 2024
Department of College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Objectives: Acne scarring occurs from skin damage following acne healing. Treatments such as chemical peels, dermabrasion, and laser therapy can effectively enhance scars' appearance but could be expensive. This study aimed to reflect participants' awareness of treatment options and their willingness to pay (WTP), evaluating their association with sociodemographics, severity, and quality of life (QoL).
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September 2024
Professorship of Behavioral Science for Disease Prevention and Health Care, TUM School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Background: Individuals with high blood pressure in India often miss essential follow-up visits. Missed visits contribute to gaps across the hypertension care continuum and preventable cardiovascular disease. Widespread misconceptions around hypertension care and treatment may contribute to low follow-up attendance rates, but to date, there is limited evidence of the effect of interventions to debunk such misconceptions on health-seeking behavior.
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April 2024
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md.
Objective: The "July Effect" is a theory that the influx of trainees from July to September negatively impacts patient outcomes. We aimed to study this theoretical phenomenon in lung transplant recipients given the highly technical nature of thoracic procedures.
Methods: Adult lung transplant hospitalizations were identified within the National Inpatient Sample (2005-2020).
Sex Health
February 2024
Healthy Populations Institute, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada; and School of Health and Human Performance, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Background: Misinformation, defined as a claim that is false or misleading, considers information that is both shared with the intention of causing harm, and information that is false with no ill intent. Early attempts to downplay the risk of monkeypox (mpox) by singling out men who have sex with men (MSM) may have had the ill effect of stigmatising this group in discussions online. The aim of this study was to evaluate themes present on Instagram related to the 2022 mpox outbreak under #monkeypox.
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March 2023
Department of Urology, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
5-alpha reductase inhibitors (5-ARIs) are commonly used and widely available, with benefits observed from their effect on androgen signalling. Their effect relies on the inhibition of the 5-alpha reductase enzyme which aids in the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone. 5-ARIs have increasing clinical relevance outside of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).
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