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Diabetol Metab Syndr
January 2025
Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University,Internal Medicine Diabetes and Endocrinology Department, Cairo, Egypt.
For patients considering bariatric surgery, it is essential to have clear answers to common questions to ensure the success of the procedure. Patients should understand that surgery is not a quick fix but a tool that must be complemented by lifestyle changes, including dietary adjustments and regular physical activity. The procedure carries potential risks that should be weighed against the potential benefits.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeurosci Biobehav Rev
January 2025
Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, 43126, Parma, Italy.
Breast milk (BM) is the main nutrition source for infants that plays a key role on growth and development. Human milk composition includes endogenous and exogenous substances, including endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). EDCs are man-made environmental chemicals present in everyday environment and food that can disrupt the programming of endocrine signalling pathways during development, resulting in adverse effects that may not be apparent until much later in life.
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January 2025
College of Nursing, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; Center for World-leading Human-care Nurse Leaders for the Future by Brain Korea 21 (BK 21) four project, College of Nursing, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
Objectives: This systematic review aimed to identify effective components and assess the statistical, practical, and clinical significance of tailored interventions for enhancing cancer survivors' quality of life.
Methods: Twenty-four clinical trials were selected based on search results from five databases. Study quality was assessed using the Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool 2.
Eur J Oncol Nurs
January 2025
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, PR China. Electronic address:
Purpose: To investigate symptom burden and symptom cluster trajectories in patients undergoing surgery for esophageal cancer.
Methods: A convenience sample of 210 patients who underwent thoracoscopic surgery for esophageal cancer was included from July to December 2023. The symptoms of the patients were evaluated at the following time points: preoperatively (T0), 1-3 days postoperatively (T1), 7 days postoperatively (T2), 1 month postoperatively (T3), and 3 months postoperatively (T4).
J Environ Manage
January 2025
Department of Environmental Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju, 27469, Republic of Korea. Electronic address:
This study investigates the use of nano-sized oxygen bubbles (NOBs) to enhance BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene) biodegradation in groundwater. Optimized NOBs, averaging 155 nm and at a concentration of 6.59 × 10⁸ bubbles/mL, were found to provide sustained oxygen release with a half-life of approximately 50 days.
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