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Cureus
December 2024
Dental Public Health, College of Dentistry, University of Ha'il, Ha'il, SAU.
Aims and background This study aims to evaluate Basic Life Support (BLS) knowledge among residents of the Ha'il region. It will reveal the public's familiarity with BLS and identify sources of BLS knowledge. The findings can guide policymakers in improving BLS training, potentially saving lives, especially during cardiac emergencies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Recent research reveals that Alzheimer’s Disease blood‐based biomarkers (BBB) are influenced by demographics as well as kidney function and comorbidities. Data on differences in BBBs by race and ethnicity are sparse. We examined whether racial/ethnic differences in BBBs persist after controlling for kidney function and comorbidities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlzheimers Dement
December 2024
Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study (ADCS), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Background: Randomized clinical trials for AD increasingly use composite continuous cognitive endpoints to establish efficacy. While these endpoints provide necessary research and clinical evidence, they do not inform the potential impact on incident MCI/AD. Similarly, studies designed with disease progression as an endpoint fail to incorporate within‐person longitudinal cognitive and functional changes in assessment of disease risk, often relying on baseline measures only, or explore cognitive and functional performance change in separate analyses, independent of conversion.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLaryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol
February 2025
Objective: To identify differences in timing of exposure and demographic characteristics between medical students who did and did not consider Otolaryngology as a career choice.
Methods: This cross-sectional study involved developing and distributing a survey by an interdisciplinary team to assess exposure to Otolaryngology and individual consideration of pursuing Otolaryngology. The survey was administered electronically to third- and fourth-year medical students at a single medical school, with a small monetary incentive for completion.
ESC Heart Fail
January 2025
Cardiology Unit, University Hospital 'Paolo Giaccone', Palermo Italy and Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (ProMISE) University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Aims: Knowledge of the effects of sex in cardio-oncology is limited, particularly in patients treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) for chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML). This study aims to evaluate the influence of gender differences on the incidence of cardiovascular toxicity in patients with CML.
Methods: The study population consisted of 148 patients (45% women, mean age: 58 ± 14.
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