Safety Assessment of Glucose-Lowering Drugs and Importance of Structured Education during Ramadan: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Rashmi Shiju, Ayesha Akhil, Smitha Thankachan, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Monira Al Arouj, Abdullah Bennakhi

“…Muslims with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) who choose to fast during Ramadan encounter major risks such as hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia, diabetic ketoacidosis, dehydration, and thrombosis. …”
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Changes in grocery shopping behaviour among low-income households during the COVID-19 pandemic by Angela CB Trude, Caitlin M Lowery, Gabriela M Vedovato, Shahmir H Ali, Josephine M Dudzik

“…Conclusions: Most participants who shopped online started during the COVID-19 pandemic and considered the pandemic a key motivator. …”
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Liver Transplantation for Acute Liver Failure due to Mushroom Poisoning by Hayri Canbaz, Attila Bestemir, Sami Akbulut, Sezai Yilmaz, Yusuf Yavuz

“…The aim of this study is to retrospectively evaluate the results of patients who underwent liver transplantation due to mushroom poisoning. …”
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Preference and determinants of delivery mode in pregnant women with one cesarean scar: a cross-sectional study in two urban Ugandan public hospitals by Brenda Nabawanuka, Tom Ngabirano, Joyce Nankumbi

“…Methods A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted among pregnant women who were attending antenatal care in two public hospitals in Uganda from 1st September to 1st October 2022. …”
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Preconception Care Uptake and Immediate Outcomes among Discordant Couples Accessing Routine HIV Care in Kenya by Nyawira Gitahi, Sheila Juliet Eshiwani, Kenneth Mutai, Jared Ongechi Mecha, James Njogu Kiarie

“…Pregnancy rates did not significantly (p = 0.06) differ among those who took up preconception care versus those who did not. …”
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Evaluation of change in emergency care knowledge and skills among front-line healthcare providers in Ukraine with the Basic Emergency Care course: a pretest/post-test study by Sean M Kivlehan, Amy Allen, Olha Viun, Dmitry A Makarov, Daniel Schnorr, Sonny Patel, Sergii A Ryzhenko, Phuong Pham, Timothy B Erickson

“…The course was open to healthcare providers of any level who assess and treat emergency conditions as part of their practice. …”
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Persistent Nasal Skin Lesions in Pemphigus Patients and the Role of Methotrexate in Treatment: A Case Series Study by Mohamad Reza Kavyani, Maryam Daneshpazhooh, Sama Heidari, Navid Namakizadeh Esfahani, Sarina Ahmadian, Arghavan Azizpour, Kamran Balighi

“…Out of the 8 pemphigus vulgaris (PV) patients who underwent RTX treatment, a total of 18 treatment sessions were carried out. …”
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Behavioural patterns of university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study of the effects of active transportation, uninterrupted sitting time, and screen us... by Nicolas Jacquemond, Andrés Ladino, Guillaume Chevance, Brice Lefèvre, Gonzalo Marchant

“…Students who combined-long periods of uninterrupted sitting time with high screen use could be a riskier profile for health. …”
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Anti-SARS-Cov-2 S-RBD IgG Formed after BNT162b2 Vaccination Can Bind C1q and Activate Complement by Anas H. A. Abu-Humaidan, Fatima M. Ahmad, Dima Awajan, Raba’a F. Jarrar, Nader Alaridah

“…A total of 151 samples were collected from vaccinated (n=116) and nonvaccinated (n=35) participants. Participants who received either one or two doses of BNT162b2 formed higher levels of anti-RBD IgG and IgA than participants who received BBIBP-CorV. …”
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Short-Term Clinical Outcomes After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction In Adolescents During The COVID-19 Pandemic by Adam Weaver, Brandon Ness, Dylan Roman, Nicholas Giampetruzzi, Joshua Cleland

“… # Design Retrospective cohort # Methods A retrospective review of records occurred for patients who underwent ACLR with a quadriceps tendon autograft. …”
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The Effect of Inferior Rectus Muscle Thickening on Intraocular Pressure in Thyroid-Associated Ophthalmopathy by Xiuhong Li, Xu Bai, Zhibin Liu, Ming Cheng, Jia Li, Nian Tan, Hongfeng Yuan

“…We analyzed 33 patients with TAO (50 eyes) who presented with hypotropia in the primary position. …”
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Road Traffic Injuries and Related Safety Measures: A Multicentre Analysis at Military Hospitals in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia by Umar Yagoub, Nasrin S. Saiyed, Bahaa-eldin E. A. Rahim, Nizar Musawa, Attiya Mohammed Al Zahrani

“…A total of 342 male drivers who had injuries due to road traffic collision took part in this multicentre, cross-sectional study. …”
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Assessment of factors predicting the nutritional status of geriatric people in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia by Samar Lafi Aljohani

“…Compared with participants who were living alone, those living with their spouse were at 86% lower risk for malnutrition (aOR: 0.14, 95% CI: 0.03–0.62, P = 0.010). …”
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PERIODONTAL DISEASE STATUS AMONG ADULT POPULATIONATTENDING PRIVATE DENTAL HOSPITALAT GADAP TOWN KARACHI by Raza Abbas et al

“…A few personnel who attended the dental clinic in the hospital they had a periodontal pocket depth 4-5mm and gingivitis were 3.8%. …”
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Why are women still leaving academic medicine? A qualitative study within a London Medical School by Christopher J Peters, Lesley Regan, Victoria Salem, Clare Lloyd, Dhruti Hirani

“…Objectives To identify factors that influenced women who chose to leave academic medicine.Design and main outcome measures Independent consultants led a focus group of women in medicine who had left academia after completion of their postgraduate research degree at Imperial College London Faculty of Medicine. …”
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Tensions within the British Conservative Party in the Context of Brexit by R. I. Blagoveshchenskii

“…Alongside with the Eurosceptics, who advocated a substantive revision of the EU-UK relations, up to their complete severance, there was a strong faction of the so-called integrationists, who emphasized economic benefits from the continuation of membership in the EU. …”
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Oral lactoferrin as a treatment of pediatrics’ anemia resulted from chronic kidney diseases: a randomized controlled trial by Sahar Kamal Hegazy, Mai Salah El-Din Koura, Mohamed Shokry Elharoun

“…The study involved 60 children diagnosed with CKD-related anemia who were allocated into two separate groups. Group 1 consisted of 30 pediatric patients who received 100 mg of oral lactoferrin daily for a period of 3 months. …”
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Why do the Acehnese migrate? A study of the Hikayat Ranto from the socio-cultural perspective of Acehnese society by Mukhlis Mukhlis, Herman Rusli, Budi Arianto

“…(2) What are the social characteristics of Acehnese people who migrate versus those who stay in their hometowns? …”
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Pregnancy Outcomes of Infertile Patients Presenting to Our Assisted Reproductive Technology Center by Hasan Ali Inal, Zeynep Ozturk Inal

“…STUDY DESIGN: The original files of 949 patients who underwent assisted reproductive technology treatment were analyzed between January 2012 and December 2017. …”
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IRISS '98: The Intranet as a Learning Tool: A Preliminary Study by K. J. Garland, S. J. Anderson, J. M. Noyes

“…Results showed that the amount of historical knowledge acquired by the end of the study was greatest for those paticpants who learnt using traditional methods, and that over the four test sessions this group consistently outperformed both computer groups. …”
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