Educational “Looking Glass”, or “They” and “We” by Vladimir F. Zubarev, Gennadiy A. Bondarev

“…The comparatively low demand of the recommended to students main academic teaching manuals of the studied disciplines (56%) and the actually unclaimed lectures delivered to them (8%) can be to a great extent explained by their competitive disability in comparison with the short in form but superficial in the contents various kinds of “homebrew” guidance-manuals permanently ranking first in the teachers’ annual rating reports.…”
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Lean body mass and stroke volume, a sex issue by Bertil Delsaut, Anissa Abderrakib, Noémie Ligot, Gilles Naeije

“…IntroductionLarge vessel occlusions (LVO) account for over 60% of stroke-related mortality and disability. Lean body mass (LBM) represents metabolically active body tissue and has been associated with reduced mortality. …”
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Drug Adherence in Patients Attending Non-Communicable Disease Clinic: A Cross- Sectional Study by M. Janaki, R.Parameswary, S. Dhamodharan, G. Harissh

“…Introduction: Non communicable diseases are leading causes of Morbidity, Mortality and disability in worldwide. Non adherence to the medication plays a vital role for the inadequate control of NCDs. …”
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A Natural Flavonoid Glucoside, Icariin, Regulates Th17 and Alleviates Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Murine Model by Liqun Chi, Wenyuan Gao, Xiangrong Shu, Xin Lu

“…Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease that causes deformity of the joints and physical disability. Icariin, a natural flavonoid glucoside isolated from plants in the Epimedium family, has been proven to have various pharmacological activities. …”
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The Life Adjustment Process in Chronic Pain: Psychosocial Assessment and Clinical Implications by Ann-Christine Gullacksen, Jan Lidbeck

“…In Stage I, there was increasing pain, disability, and physical and mental exhaustion. Alongside frustration and chaos there was a struggle to restore daily life; therefore, the picture of a healthy future was still intact. …”
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Mowat-Wilson Syndrome: The First Clinical and Molecular Report of an Indonesian Patient by Farmaditya E. P. Mundhofir, Helger G. Yntema, Ineke van der Burgt, Ben C. J. Hamel, Sultana M. H. Faradz, Bregje W. M. van Bon

“…Mowat-Wilson syndrome (OMIM 235730) is a genetic condition characterized by moderate-to-severe intellectual disability, a recognizable facial phenotype, and multiple congenital anomalies. …”
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Association between Pan‐Immune Inflammation Value and Sarcopenia in Hypertensive Patients, NHANES 1999–2018 by Lu Long, Bingquan Xiong, Zhidan Luo, Haiyan Yang, Qiang She

“…ABSTRACT Sarcopenia worsens the prognosis in hypertensive patients, leading to complications such as proteinuria, osteoporosis, disability, and cognitive impairment. Early screening and intervention for sarcopenia in these patients may improve outcomes. …”
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Neuroprotective and Anti-inflammatory Effects of Pioglitazone on Traumatic Brain Injury by Mohammad Yassin Zamanian, Niloofar Taheri, Maria Jade Catalan Opulencia, Dmitry Olegovich Bokov, Sharif Y. Abdullaev, Mohammadreza Gholamrezapour, Mahsa Heidari, Gholamreza Bazmandegan

“…Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is still a major cause of concern for public health, and out of all the trauma-related injuries, it makes the highest contribution to death and disability worldwide. Patients of TBI continue to suffer from brain injury through an intricate flow of primary and secondary injury events. …”
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A study comparing energy consumption and environmental emissions in ostrich meat and egg production by Behrooz Behboodi, Mohammad Gholami Parashkoohi, Davood Mohammad Zamani, Saeed Firouzi

“…This study delves into the impact of egg and meat production on human health, revealing a slight difference of 0.23 disability adjusted life years (DALY), hinting that egg production could potentially have marginally more negative health effects than meat production. …”
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Molecular genetic analysis of Rubinstein–Taybi syndrome in Russian patients by Olga R. Ismagilova, Tagui A. Adyan, Tagui A. Adyan, Tatiana S. Beskorovainaya, Alexander V. Polyakov

“…IntroductionRubinstein–Taybi syndrome (RSTS) is one of the many forms of syndromic intellectual disability, occurring in the population with a frequency of 1: 100–125 thousand newborns. …”
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Radiofrequency-Targeted Vertebral Augmentation: Case Report of a Patient with 7 Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures in a Variant of Osteogenesis Imperfecta by Leonard Westermann, Peer Eysel, Marvin Simons, Kourosh Zarghooni

“…However, overall pain relief dropped only slightly from 7 to 5 on the numerical rating scale (NRS) at the 6-week follow-up, and there was only a small decrease in the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) from 72% to 63%. An MRI at the 3-month follow-up revealed hyperintensity at levels T11 and T12, indicating slight recollapsing. …”
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Characterization of Pregnant Women treated at the Center for Assisted Reproduction by Linett León Díaz, Aimé María Reyes Pérez, Práxedes Rojas Quintana, Aida María Reyes Pérez, Neysi Matilde Chávez González

“…<p><strong>Background:</strong> infertility is a health problem that does not cause death, disability or physical pain. However, it represents a crisis for couples whose life projects are threatened, suffering not only at the time of diagnosis and during treatment, but also in many everyday situations.…”
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Predictive value of the angiogenic test (sFlt / PIGF ratio) in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Perinatal results in Cienfuegos by Vivian Rosa Vázquez Martínez, Cristóbal Jorge Torres González, Greter Torres Vázquez

“…<p><strong>Background</strong>: Preeclampsia is the main cause of morbidity, mortality, maternal and perinatal disability, making its diagnosis and prevention important.…”
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The Case for Musical Instrument Training in Cerebral Palsy for Neurorehabilitation by Ana Alves-Pinto, Varvara Turova, Tobias Blumenstein, Renée Lampe

“…Several of these changes correlate with behavioral measures of motor and sensory disability. It is now widely acknowledged that management of sensory deficits is relevant for rehabilitation in CP. …”
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Effects on Kidney and Liver and their Correlations with CDAI by Tamara Salman Mohammed, Raya Ezat Maroof, Ali Hussein Al-Hafidh

“… Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a disease characterized by chronic autoimmune inflammation of body joints, causing movement disability, loss of functions, joint damage, and many complications. …”
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A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Single-Session Digital Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Intervention by Michael E. Levin, Miriam N. Mukasa, Emily M. Bowers, Korena S. Klimczak, Ty B. Aller

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Characteristics of Low Back Pain Patients at The West Aceh Health Center for The Period January 2022 - June 2023 by Adico Notareza Aulia, Safrizal Rahman, Laila Apriani Hasanah Harahap

“…LBP frequently results in disability in sufferers, which affects many facets of life. …”
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Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Complicated by Atypical Coarctation of the Thoracic Aorta by Masato Kimura, Shuhei Kakizaki, Kengo Kawano, Shinichi Sato, Shigeo Kure

“…Clinical features are café-au-lait macules, intertriginous freckling, dermal neurofibroma, iris hamartoma (Lisch nodules), and learning disability. NF1 vasculopathy is a serious but underrecognized complication involving the cerebrovascular and cardiovascular systems. …”
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Clinical Outcome and Fusion Rates after the First 30 Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusions by Gregory M. Malham, Ngaire J. Ellis, Rhiannon M. Parker, Kevin A. Seex

“…Outcome measures included pain, disability, and quality of life assessment. Radiographic assessment of fusion was performed by computed tomography. …”
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Social innovations to increase health coverage: evidence from a crowdsourcing contest in Ghana by Joseph D Tucker, Phyllis Dako-Gyeke, Phyllis Awor, Emmanuel Asampong, Kwabena Opoku-Mensah, Philip Teg-Nefaah Tabong

“…These submissions can be put into three main themes: technology and strengthening (eg, mHealth for cervical cancer screening, video directly observed therapy), inclusiveness and reaching the marginalised (people with disability and infertility) and data utilisation for project improvement (seasonal calendar to reduce morbidity and mortality of children under 5 for malaria, diarrhoea and pneumonia).Conclusion In conclusion, this study shows that solutions to local problems exist. …”
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