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Admiration and motivation: key factors in managing PTSD among firefighters
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) presents a significant challenge for firefighters. While research suggests that admiration may have a positive...
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Intracranial dissemination of Klebsiella pneumoniae originating from pulmonary infection: a case report
BackgroundMetastatic brain abscesses caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae are extremely rare but life-threatening conditions. To depict a unique case of...
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Butyricimonas faecihominis: an atypically resistant bacterium implicated in abscess formation - a case report
BackgroundThis case report presents a unique instance of abscesses with an uncommon pathogen isolated from blood cultures.
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Religious Belief Among Women in Australia: Characteristics and Role in Influencing Children’s Health-Related Quality of Life and Lifestyle
Religiosity can be an important factor in women’s health-related behaviour, attitudes, and decision-making. Evidence however, regarding the...
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Doing a double take: when transthoracic echocardiography fails for mitral valve annuloplasty ring endocarditis with Streptococcus pyogenes: a case report
BackgroundThis case highlights several complications of a late and rare presentation of culture-negative Streptococcus pyogenes endocarditis of a...
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Social costs associated with fibromyalgia in Spain
BackgroundFibromyalgia is a chronic rheumatic disease of unknown aetiology, highly disabling and mainly affecting women. The aim of our work is to...
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Young People’s Barriers and Facilitators of Engagement with Web-Based Mental Health Interventions for Anxiety and Depression: A Qualitative Study
BackgroundThe prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms in young people have increased in many countries around the world. Web-based mental...
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The addition of mycoprotein to a mixed-meal impacts postprandial glucose kinetics without altering blood glucose concentrations: a randomised controlled trial
BackgroundMycoprotein is a high-fibre food previously shown to reduce postprandial glucose concentrations when ingested within a mixed-meal. We...
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Association between body mass index and semen quality: a systematic review and meta-analysis
The continuous decline of human semen quality during the past decades has drawn much concern globally. Previous studies have suggested a link between...
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Assessing risk for severe domestic violence and related homicides perpetrated by partners and in-laws: adapted danger assessments for women in abusive relationships in India
Despite domestic violence and related homicides perpetrated by partners and/or in-laws being a significant public health problem in India, there are...
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Multiple lung abscesses and cold agglutinin syndrome following coronavirus disease 2019: a case report
BackgroundCold agglutination syndrome is a subtype of autoimmune hemolytic anemia. The condition is referred to as “cold” because the antibodies...
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Incentivizing adherence to pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention: a randomized pilot trial among male sex workers in Mexico
Low adherence to preventative medications against life-long health conditions is a major contributor to global morbidity and mortality. We...
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Predictors of High Healthcare Cost Among Patients with Generalized Myasthenia Gravis: A Combined Machine Learning and Regression Approach from a US Payer Perspective
BackgroundHigh healthcare costs could arise from unmet needs. This study used random forest (RF) and regression methods to identify predictors of...
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Lessons Learned Implementing Syringe Services Programs at Rural Health Departments in Kentucky
Until recently, most syringe services programs (SSPs) in the United States operated in metropolitan areas. This study explores how SSP implementers...
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The effect of the exit of an insurer, due to government liquidation, on access to health care: evidence from Colombia
Our study evaluates the liquidation effect of a health insurer from a subsidized scheme, with the largest number of members in Colombia, on...
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Prevalence of interarm blood pressure difference is notably higher in women; the Viborg population-based screening program (VISP)
BackgroundBilateral blood pressure (BP) measurement is important in cardiovascular prevention for identifying systolic interarm BP difference (IAD)...
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Urban Scaling Functions: Emission, Pollution and Health
Urban scaling is widely used to characterize the population dependence of city indicators including greenhouse gas emission. Here we analyze the...
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“Older people will die of old age. I’ll die of climate change”: engaging children and young people in climate decision making for public health
BackgroundThe climate crisis is a significant risk to the health and wellbeing of children, young people, and future generations. While there are...
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Assessing seropositivity of MMR antibodies in individuals aged 2–22: evaluating routine vaccination effectiveness after the 2003 mass campaign-a study from Iran’s National Measles Laboratory
Background and purposeThe seroprevalence of antibodies against measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) was evaluated 17 years following a mass vaccination...