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Reprod Biomed Online
October 2024
CellOxess Biotechnology, Research and Development, Ewing, NJ, USA.
The importance of oxidative stress in the aetiology of male infertility has occasioned numerous clinical trials designed to assess the potential of antioxidants for treating this condition. These trials have not returned definitive results, probably because they have never selected participants on the basis of oxidative stress. Clearly, if a moderate to severe state of oxidative stress does not exist in semen, antioxidants can hardly be expected to improve fertility.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRisk Manag Healthc Policy
December 2024
Department of Health Management and Policy, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
The interrelationality of health and peace is complex, multifactorial, and imbued with political and economic challenges. Peace and health outcomes reflect shared fundamental values related to the achievement of a balanced holistic condition on the individual and collective level. This causal relationship between social inequity and health requires special attention be paid to the impact of political instability and structural violence on undermining health systems in conflict zones.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Eat Disord
November 2024
Center of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (KIND), Department of Women's and Children's Health, Centre for Psychiatry Research, Karolinska Institutet & Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden.
The recent mixed-methods review by Nimbley et al. (2024) raises important and concerning, yet not unexpected, insights into the usefulness of eating disorder (ED) treatment for autistic populations. In their review, Nimbley et al.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRadiographics
December 2024
From the Division of Abdominal Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, 899 W. 12th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada (E.H.T.P.); Departments of Radiology (E.H.T.P.) and Obstetrics and Gynaecology (C.E.L., A.L.), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; British Columbia Women's Hospital Center for Pelvic Pain and Endometriosis, Vancouver, BC, Canada (C.E.L.); and Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt (E.A.K.).
A delayed diagnosis of endometriosis can significantly impact a patient's quality of life. To facilitate an earlier diagnosis, we implemented a modified pelvic US protocol that included use of the dynamic sliding sign (SS) maneuver to screen at-risk populations. The aim of this initiative was to improve both SS maneuver performance and SS reporting consistency to 80% and determine the number of new endometriosis cases identified after US.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg
October 2023
Department of Plastic Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address:
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