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J Family Med Prim Care
December 2024
Founder and Chairman Emeritus, Academy of Family Physicians of India, New Delhi, India.
The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Undergraduate (NEET-UG) in India serves as a unified admission examination for undergraduate medical courses, aiming to standardize assessment across diverse educational backgrounds. Despite its goals, NEET-UG has faced criticism over fairness, excessive reliance on coaching, and its impact on students' holistic development. The article reviews the limitations of the current NEET-UG format and proposes reforms, emphasizing the need to align the syllabus more closely with medical requirements by reducing physics and chemistry content and prioritizing biology.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Trauma Acute Care Surg
October 2024
From the Department of Surgery (S.W.S., C.R.C.-L., S.D., T.W.C., M.A.N., J.R., J.B.H., J.O.J.), Center for Injury Science, and Department of Epidemiology (R.L.G.), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; Avania Clinical (S.G.), Marlborough, Massachusetts; CSL Behring (A.S., J.C., S.R.S., B.G., J.R., J.D.), King of Prussia, Pennsylvania; Office of Institutional Review Board (A.J.M.), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; Advarra (L.G., A.H.), Columbia, Maryland; and Department of Surgery (B.J.), University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
Background: The interactive media-based approach to community consultation and public disclosure (CC/PD), a key step when conducting exception from informed consent (EFIC) clinical trials, is intended to be completed in 4 months. This analysis characterizes the process, from initiation of CC/PD activities to institutional review board approval, to better understand the barriers and how these can be mitigated.
Methods: This is a retrospective post hoc analysis of data collected as part of the CC/PD campaigns conducted for a large trial involving up to 90 trauma centers in the United States.
Background: Aging is the strongest risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Accordingly, identifying biomarkers of accelerated aging is a major focus of AD prevention research. Current MRI-based "aging clocks" (i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Aging is the strongest risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Accordingly, identifying biomarkers of accelerated aging is a major focus of AD prevention research. Current MRI-based "aging clocks" (i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlzheimers Dement
December 2024
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical Inc., Princeton, NJ, USA.
Background: Over the past 3 years, the Global Council on Alzheimer's Disease (GCAD) has conducted research on lived experience and care partner journeys. Specifically, this research has focused on the experiences of individuals from historically underrepresented populations, including LGBTQ+, Black, Hispanic/Latino, and Asian communities. The goal has been to identify how these journeys might diverge across communities, understand various nuances that exist across cultures, and recognize the impact these might have on seeking diagnosis, care, and support.
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