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The importance of addressing intergenerational trauma in refugees
Intergenerational trauma, passed down through generations, is a significant concern for refugees and their descendants. Millions of people are forcibly displaced worldwide, with profound effects on mental and ...
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To develop ligamentous vertebral stabilization techniques (“vertebropexy”) that can be used after microsurgical decompression (intact posterior structures) and midline decompression (removed posterior structur...
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Hypoplastic Right Heart Syndrome
“Hypoplastic right heart syndrome is a rare collection of congenital heart defects characterized by the hypoplasia of right heart structures and subsequent cyanosis in neonates.” Its etiology is still unknown ...
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Tricuspid Atresia
Tricuspid atresia (TA) “is a rare cyanotic congenital heart defect, defined by total agenesis or absence of the tricuspid valve, resulting in an obstruction of the blood flow between the right atrium and ventr...
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Wolff–Parkinson–White Syndrome
Wolff–Parkinson–White (WPW) is a rare syndrome in which an accessory conduction pathway causes a form of ventricular pre-excitation. To date, the genetics and the origin of the syndrome have not been completel...
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Atrial Septal Defect
“Atrial septal defects (ASDs) are a frequent type of congenital heart disease characterized by an abnormal communication between the two atria of the heart, which leads to a left-to-right shunt.” They are form...
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Open AccessThe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on language deserves more attention: evidence from university students in Greece—a research note
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Correction to: The thyroid gland might have been misspelled for centuries: a recommendation for the reinstatement of the legitimate term “thyreoid” and/or introduction of the hybrid term “thyr(e)oid”
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Open AccessKinematics of the Cervical Spine Under Healthy and Degenerative Conditions: A Systematic Review
Knowledge of spinal kinematics is essential for the diagnosis and management of spinal diseases. Distinguishing between physiological and pathological motion patterns can help diagnose these diseases, plan sur...
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Religious fasting (RF) is practiced annually by millions of Christian and Muslim followers worldwide. Scarce data exist on the impact of RF on the metabolic and hematological profile of individuals with or wit...
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Open AccessGlycemic control and atrial fibrillation: an intricate relationship, yet under investigation
Atrial fibrillation (AF) and diabetes mellitus (DM) constitute two major closely inter-related chronic cardiovascular disorders whose concurrent prevalence rates are steadily increasing. Although, the pathogen...
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IoT for Better Mobile Health Applications
Using big data in health is booming. Recently, several novel innovations and techniques applying big data to Bioinformatics and health research are released. Nowadays, devices such as smartphones, sensors; ind...
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Climate Change Impacts on North Africa: Public Health Perspectives
Northern Africa is experiencing warmer and longer summers, more frequent and extreme heat waves, and changed precipitations. This is coupled with considerable socio-economic factors, rapid population growth, a...
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Current Trends of Stem Cells in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Currently, there is extensive interest in stem cell technology. While the management of neurodegenerative diseases is still an open problem for the patients and the public health systems, this book chapter aim...
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Hypoxic-Hyperoxic Training in Dementia
The treatment of dementia spectrum disorders has been long debated. Pharmacological, cognitive, and behavioral interventions have strived to change the landscape of dementia treatment, while a considerable amo...
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Spiritual Health and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Impacts on Orthodox Christianity Devotion Practices, Rituals, and Religious Pilgrimages
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on multiple aspects of physical and social health, including spiritual and religious dimensions, has been discussed not only by numerous theologians, scientists, and politic...
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Nearly two-thirds of migrants residing in camps in Europe are women and children. Many of these children, being born on the way without essential newborns screening, are at some point admitted to pediatric war...
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Open AccessEmergence of highly infectious SARS-CoV-2 variants in Bangladesh: the need for systematic genetic surveillance as a public health strategy
Bangladesh, a low-middle-income country in South Asia is facing one of its worst public health emergencies due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The increase in the number of cases from the disease, since the second h...
