A 29-Year-Old Man with Hospital-Acquired Cavitary Pneumonia by Mansoor Mehmood, Ruba A Halloush, Faisal A Khasawneh

“…Mucormycosis is an infection that can manifest in many forms and is an emerging complication in several health care procedures. Portals of entry can be attributed to surgical procedures and medical devices such as chest tubes; however, the skin and gastrointestinal tract are the most common sites of infection and outbreaks have been traced to adhesive bandages, wooden tongue depressors and ostomy bags. …”
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Doctor’s Conscience Clause and Pregnancy Termination. The Case of Poland by Michalczuk-Wlizło Marta

“…However, in Poland, women wishing to carry out a legal termination of pregnancy are often confronted with institutional abuse on the part of health care providers who deny women the possibility of carrying out the procedure because gynaecologists invoke the institution of the conscience clause. …”
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The clinical method in the practice of family medicine by Roberto Álvarez Sintes

“…This article presents some considerations on the application of the clinical method in primary health care and justifies its importance and particularities. …”
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The Art of Goodbye: Why People Are Talking About the End of Life by Suzanna Smith, Lynda Spence

“…This 5-page fact sheet is the first publication in a series entitled The Art of Goodbye: End of Life Education series, and it covers changes in living and dying, preferences for the end of life, roles of substitute decision makers in health care, and communication. Written by Suzanna Smith and Lynda Spence, and published by the UF Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, October 2016.  …”
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Does Routine Pain Assessment Result in Better Care? by Thomas Hadjistavropoulos, Ying C MacNab, Amanda Lints-Martindale, Ronald Martin, Heather Hadjistavropoulos

“…BACKGROUND: Although a variety of national organizations such as the Canadian Pain Society, the American Pain Society and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations have advanced the idea that pain should be assessed on a routine basis, there is little evidence that systematic pain assessment information is used routinely by clinicians even when it is readily available.…”
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Association of outpatient use of renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system blockers on outcomes of acute respiratory illness during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cohort study by Molly Moore Jeffery, Lucas Oliveira J e Silva, Fernanda Bellolio, Nathan W Cummins, Timothy M Dempsey, Vesna D Garovic, Andrew Limper

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Cost-Effectiveness of Bariatric Surgery versus Medication Therapy for Obese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in China: A Markov Analysis by Bin Wan, Nan Fang, Wei Guan, Haixia Ding, Ying Wang, Xin Ge, Hui Liang, Xin Li, Yiyang Zhan

“…Bariatric surgery was associated with a mean health-care savings of 26,869.39 CNY and 2.51 additional QALYs per patient compared to medication therapy. …”
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Policy and practice implication of - and tools to address - mental health and psychosocial support needs in Sierra Leone by Alastair Ager, Rebecca Horn, Abdulai Bah, Abdulai Bah, Haja Wurie, Mohamed Samai, Mohamed Samai

“…In terms of policy, findings reinforce key principles regarding community-based provision, integration of mental health care into primary health care, and actions to reduce stigma associated with mental health.…”
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Bibliometric analysis of glycolysis and prostate cancer research from 2004 to 2024 by Congxu Zhu, Jingjing Yang, Lumei Liu, Bonan Li, Tiansong Sun, Wen Sheng, Qinghu He

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Impact of Amarogentin on Gastric Carcinoma Cell Multiplication, Apoptosis and Migration via circKIF4A/miR-152-3p by Zhi Tan, Weining Wang, Jin Peng, Zhen Zhou, Jia Pan, Aiming Peng, Hui Cao, Wenling Fan

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Satisfaction toward Quality of Care and Associated Factors among Patients Admitted to Gambella General Hospital, Gambella Region, Southwest Ethiopia by Natnael Animut, Temesgen Kabeta chala, Waju Beyene Salgedo, Muluneh Getachew Geredew, Bekalu Getachew

“…Patient satisfaction, the concept continues to become a crucial and commonly used indicator in the sector of health care delivery for determining the quality of health care services. …”
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The Use of Artificial Intelligence and Wearable Inertial Measurement Units in Medicine: Systematic Review by Ricardo Smits Serena, Florian Hinterwimmer, Rainer Burgkart, Rudiger von Eisenhart-Rothe, Daniel Rueckert

“…Now, by combining with wearable inertial measurement units (IMUs), AI could transform health care again by opening new opportunities in patient care and medical research. …”
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Nutritional and General Awareness of Vitamin D Status among Adult Population in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq: A Cross-Sectional Study by Reder Rafiq Mohammed Salih, Fadhluddin Nasruddin Shakor, Dalia Ardal Ali, Rafiq Mohammed Salih Rashid

“…The majority of participants, 90.9%, were aware of vitamin D. Media and primary health care centers were major vitamin D information sources (57.3 and 32%, respectively). …”
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Timing of risk factors, prodromal features, and comorbidities of dementia from a large health claims case–control study by Stefan Teipel, Manas Akmatov, Bernhard Michalowsky, Steffi Riedel-Heller, Jens Bohlken, Jakob Holstiege

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Co-designing action-oriented mental health conversations between care providers and ageing Canadians in the community: a participatory mixed-methods study protocol by Carrie McAiney, Paul Holyoke, Heather McNeil, Justine L Giosa, Elizabeth Kalles, Nelly D Oelke, Katie Aubrecht, Olinda Habib Perez

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Inexperienced Evaluator Identification of Hand Ischemia Via Video Processed with Pigment-Enhancing Technology by Max Horowitz, BS, Aygul Iskandarova, MD, Gabriel Yohe, MS, Shihab Rahman, BS, Nicholas Durr, PhD, Aviram M. Giladi, MD, MS

“…The purpose of this study is to determine whether EVM+waveform technology will support improved accuracy in identifying hand ischemia for less experienced persons, regardless of the evaluator’s health care experience or the melanin content of the hand in the video. …”
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Mobile Phone App to Promote Lifestyle Change in People at Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: Feasibility 3-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial by Gyri Skoglund, Gunvor Hilde, Pernille Lunde, Venessa Vera Cruz Naceno, Cecilie Fromholt Olsen, Birgitta Blakstad Nilsson

“… Abstract BackgroundThe use of mobile health interventions, such as apps, are proposed to meet the challenges faced by preventive health care services due to the increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D). …”
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The effects of psychosocial aftercare following pediatric chronic pain treatment withstand the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: long-term outcomes of a randomized controlled tria... by Lisa-Marie Rau, Meltem Dogan, Gerrit Hirschfeld, Markus Blankenburg, Michael C. Frühwald, Rosemarie Ahnert, Sarah Braun, Ursula Marschall, Boris Zernikow, Julia Wager

“…Integrating PAC into routine health care to support families after IIPT should be prioritized to yield enduring treatment effects, acting as a buffer against the impacts of unpredictable adverse events.…”
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Sleep quality and cognitive functioning among Chinese older adults living in the US: a mixed-effects model analysis by Fengyan Tang, Yuyang Zhu, Dasuni Jayawardena, Guoping Jin, Yanping Jiang

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The Use of AI in Mental Health Services to Support Decision-Making: Scoping Review by Hassan Auf, Petra Svedberg, Jens Nygren, Monika Nair, Lina E Lundgren

“… BackgroundRecent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have changed the care processes in mental health, particularly in decision-making support for health care professionals and individuals with mental health problems. …”
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