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Background: Acquired brain injury (ABI), including traumatic brain injury and hypoxic/anoxic injury, presents significant public health concerns; however, existing literature has focused primarily on male populations, such as military personnel and contact sports participants. Sex-related differences in ABI outcomes necessitate focused research due to potential heightened risk and distinct physiological responses among females.
Objectives: This pilot study aims to explore fluid-based biomarkers for neurological injury and inflammation in females experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV)-related assaults to the head, neck, or face.
Teach Learn Med
March 2025
Center for Measurement Justice, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Physicians from racially and ethnically minoritized (REM) populations are woefully under-represented in the medical profession. The consequences of under-representation are far reaching, with profound impacts on social justice efforts and public health. One solution to remedy this crisis involves the aggressive recruitment of students from REM backgrounds.
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March 2025
Orthopedics, Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Objective: To investigate the prevalence of scoliosis and congenital heart disease (CHD) in the same area and to explore the relationship between them according to a joint school screening.
Methods: All students aged 6-15 years in 20 schools in Jinghong City, Yunnan Province, China was screened for scoliosis and CHD. Scoliosis screening completed through the Adam's forward bending test with scoliometer measurement, and CHD screening completed through auscultation combined with portable echocardiography (ECHO).
Front Comput Neurosci
February 2025
Department of Neurology, Second Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Background: Depressive disorders are one of the most common mental disorders among young people. However, there is still a lack of objective means to identify and evaluate young people with depressive disorders quickly. Cognitive impairment is one of the core characteristics of depressive disorders, which is of great value in the identification and evaluation of young people with depressive disorders.
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