Download full-text PDF |
Source |
---|---|
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.11.030 | DOI Listing |
Trop Med Health
December 2024
School of Life Sciences, College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville, 4001, South Africa.
Background: Sub-Saharan Africa faces one of the highest burdens of venereal diseases (VDs) globally. This review aims to critically evaluate the existing literature on the diverse Indigenous knowledge and medicinal plants utilised for treating VDs in sub-Saharan Africa.
Methods: We used the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) protocol to guide the execution of the review.
World J Surg Oncol
December 2024
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Navy Medical University First Affiliated Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Objective: To explore the relationship between vessel invasion (VI) and clinicopathological features and prognosis in patients with gastric cancer (GC).
Methods: A total of 3600 cases of patients with GC who underwent radical gastrectomy in gastrointestinal surgery department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University from June 2014 to June 2019 were retrospectively analyzed, and filtering them based on specific inclusion and exclusion criteria. To reduce the possibility of selection bias about the impact of VI, patients were divided into two groups according to the presence or absence of it, and performed a one-to-one propensity score matching (PSM), resulting in 724 patients in each group.
Med Humanit
December 2024
Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
This article explores the complicated relationship between feminism and women's mental health. I discuss the differences and convergences between neurodiversity and mental health and how feminist theory has approached these topics. While contrasting the pathologisation that mental health disciplines can apply to women, feminism has often reduced mental health conditions to mere manifestations of patriarchy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBMJ Open
December 2024
Edinburgh Cancer Centre, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.
Background: Although rare, uterine sarcomas account for a high proportion of uterine cancer mortality. Treatment options and robust trial data are limited.
Objectives: The TOURISM study (Treatment Outcomes in UteRIne SarcoMa) is a UK-wide study by the National Oncology Trainees Collaborative for Healthcare Research which aimed to characterise this patient cohort.
Georgian Med News
October 2024
2Tbilisi State Medical University, Clinical Professor, Tbilisi, Georgia.
The neoplasms of the organ of vision are characterized by significant polymorphism, which is due to the histological diversity of the structures in the eye socket. Almost all types of neoplasms described in humans are found in the orbit. The study aimed to determine the diagnostic value of magnetic resonance imaging in patients with tumors in the eyeball and the eye socket, as well as to determine the superiority of the MRI procedure compared to other instrumental methods of research.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!