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Will the Russian war in Ukraine unleash larger epidemics of HIV, TB and associated conditions and diseases in Ukraine?
The Russian war in Ukraine poses many risks for the spread of HIV, TB and associated conditions, including possible increases in the numbers of...
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The International Abstract of Surgery and the migration of scientific leadership from Europe to America
PurposeThe International Abstract ( s ) of Surgery ( IAS ) was a monthly supplement to Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics ( SG&O , later Journal of the...
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Paul Clairmont and his connections to American surgery
PurposeTo examine the life and influences of Paul Clairmont (1875–1942).
MethodReview and analysis of published and archival information.
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The environmental health impacts of Russia’s war on Ukraine
BackgroundRussia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 ignited the largest armed conflict in Europe since World War II. Ukrainian government...
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Entwicklung der Medizin in Lwów (Lemberg, Lviv)
The beginnings of medicine and Polish urology in Lemberg (Lviv) were described in part 1 of the previous publication. The aim of this article is to...
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Universal health coverage and capital accumulation: a relationship unveiled by the critical political economy approach
ObjectivesTo analyze the fundamentals of the global health agenda from 1944 to 2018, especially regarding Universal Health Coverage, in order to...
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General practice in the German Democratic Republic (1949–1990)
BackgroundIn the 1950s the socialist health policy in East Germany did not follow a clear-cut course with regard to outpatient medical care. Whilst...
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Rethinking collective trauma in the 20th century: Memory, victimhood and the temporality of the Spanish Civil War
This paper aims to address the conceptual and ethical problems that arise when scholars of contemporary European history resort to the notion of...
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Open science at the science–policy interface: bringing in the evidence?
Part of the current enthusiasm about open science stems from its promises to reform scientific practice in service of the common good, to ensure that...
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Mortality trends in chronic liver disease and cirrhosis from 1981 to 2015 in Taiwan
BackgroundGlobally, the morbidity and mortality rates for chronic liver disease and cirrhosis are increasing. The National Viral Hepatitis Therapy...
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Encouraging death communication in a death-avoidant society: analysis of interviews with death café organizers
BackgroundPost-war Japanese tend to avoid discussion of death, resulting in a lack of death communication within clinical settings. However, with the...
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Is desire a matter of probability?
I read the clash between predictive psychoanalytic theories and destabilizing queer theories on the subject of desire as a disagreement over...
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Why has Japan become the world’s most long-lived country: insights from a food and nutrition perspective
In an international comparison of recent mortality statistics among G7 countries, Japan had the longest average life expectancy, primarily due to...
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Twenty-five years on: revisiting Bosnia and Herzegovina after implementation of a family medicine development program
BackgroundThe wars that ravaged the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the 1990’s resulted in the near destruction of the healthcare...
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Ernst Bertner: A Surgeon with Prescient Vision for the Largest Medical Center in the World
More than 75 years ago, surgeon Ernst Bertner envisioned the Texas Medical Center (TMC) as “breathtaking in the scope and breadth of its conception,”...
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Institutional trust is a distinct construct related to vaccine hesitancy and refusal
BackgroundVaccine hesitancy is driven by a heterogeneous and changing set of psychological, social and historical phenomena, requiring...
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Environmental and health-related research on application and production of rare earth elements under scrutiny
BackgroundUnlike most other commodities, rare earth elements (REEs) are part of a wide range of applications needed for daily life all over the...
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The epidemiology of NAFLD and lean NAFLD in Japan: a meta-analysis with individual and forecasting analysis, 1995–2040
BackgroundNAFLD is increasing in Asia including Japan, despite its lower obesity rate than the West. However, NAFLD can occur in lean people, but...
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Systematic review on chronic non-communicable disease in disaster settings
BackgroundNon-communicable diseases (NCDs) constitute the leading cause of mortality globally. Low and middle-income countries (LMICs) not only...
