COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: A telephonic survey in patients with systemic lupus erythematosusxs by Reuben Praharsh Kumar, Sandra Manuel, D Elizabeth, Vineeta Shobha

“…This highlights that the mistrust and negative perceptions of the vaccine still persists. The role of health-care providers in vaccine acceptance in SLE patients is crucial.…”
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Validation of a New Cognitive Screening Method for Stroke Patients by Katri Saar, Hannu Nyrkkö, Asko Tolvanen, Pekka Kuikka, Erja Poutiainen, Tuija Aro

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Demographic study: Aging in the context of urban decline in Vojvodina cities by Pogrmić Zorica, Bubalo-Živković Milka, Đerčan Bojan, Sekulić Milena

“…This trend has significant implications for the economic structure, social resources and the health sector, given the needs of the elderly population for health care and support. The research emphasizes the importance of looking at the demographic dynamics and the process of population aging and the necessity of creating adequate policies to face the challenge of declining cities in Vojvodina.…”
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Medical and Psychological Risk Factors for Incident Hypertension in Type 1 Diabetic African-Americans by Monique S. Roy, Malvin N. Janal, Alec Roy

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Critical mobility in policy making for epidemic containment by Jesús A. Moreno López, David Mateo, Alberto Hernando, Sandro Meloni, José J. Ramasco

“…Finally, we propose a mitigation framework based on the critical nature of mobility in an epidemic, able to suppress incidence and oscillations at will, preventing extreme incidence peaks with potential to saturate health care resources.…”
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Predictors of Diabetes Self-Management among Type 2 Diabetes Patients by Azylina Gunggu, Chang Ching Thon, Cheah Whye Lian

“…Multiple logistic regression tests showed significant linear relationship between DSM and belief in treatment effectiveness (p=0.001), family support (p=0.007), and self-efficacy (p=0.027). Health care personnel must convince patients with T2DM of the effectiveness of the treatment, empower and enhance their self-efficacy, and enlist the family support so as to ensure patients sustain their DSM efforts.…”
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Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Carriage State among Elderly Nursing Home Residents in Beirut by M. A. Jallad, R. Naoufal, J. Irani, E. Azar

“…The rate of carriage changes rapidly and significantly over time either with multiple factors playing a possible role like outbreak spreading, antibiotic, and health care system exposure.…”
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Increased Circulating Betatrophin Concentrations in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Daniel Espes, Mats Martinell, Per-Ola Carlsson

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Over-the-counter drug consumption and related factors, evidence from the European Health Interview Survey by Aida Isabel Tavares

“…When considering individual country and cluster of countries controls, there are some relevant results such as the role played by accessibility to pharmacies and OTC retailers; the positive correlation between OTC drugs and prescribed drug consumption, and the positive correlation between unmet health care needs due to financial household constraints and OTC drugs use.Conclusions There is no clear relationship between OTC drug use and OTC retail market regulation. …”
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How Do Low-Income Urban African Americans and Latinos Feel about Telemedicine? A Diffusion of Innovation Analysis by Sheba George, Alison Hamilton, Richard S. Baker

“…This difference may reflect lower levels of trust in new health care innovations among African Americans resulting from a legacy of past abuses in the US medical system as compared to immigrant Latinos who do not have this particular historical backdrop. …”
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Potential Therapies by Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes in CNS Diseases: Focusing on the Neurogenic Niche by Alejandro Luarte, Luis Federico Bátiz, Ursula Wyneken, Carlos Lafourcade

“…Neurodegenerative disorders are one of the leading causes of death and disability and one of the biggest burdens on health care systems. Novel approaches using various types of stem cells have been proposed to treat common neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, or stroke. …”
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Progress in programmatic management of drug-resistant TB, WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region, 2018-2023 by K. Bennani, M. van den Boom, M.G. ElMedrek, Y. Hutin

“…They must now enhance diagnostic capacity using WHO-recommended diagnostics, decentralise services while integrating them into primary health care, and prioritise the BPaL(M) regimen.…”
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eHealth Literacy and Cyberchondria Severity Among Undergraduate Students: Mixed Methods Study by Wan -Chen Hsu

“… Abstract BackgroundWith the development of the internet, health care websites have become increasingly important by enabling easy access to health information, thereby influencing the attitudes and behaviors of individuals toward health issues. …”
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Assessment of Child Immunization Coverage and Associated Factors with Full Vaccination among Children Aged 12–23 Months at Mizan Aman Town, Bench Maji Zone, Southwest Ethiopia by Asrat Meleko, Mesfin Geremew, Frehiwot Birhanu

“…Mothers/caretakers educational level, fathers’ educational level, place of delivery, maternal health care utilization, and mothers/caretakers knowledge about vaccine and vaccine-preventable disease showed significant association with full child immunization. …”
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The Role of Higher Education in the Formation of a Healthy Lifestyle: Results of Sociological Research by A. N. Pokida, N. V. Zybunovskaya, I. A. Gazieva

“…In this regard, the activation of health care resources is of particular importance, but no less important is the attitude of people themselves to their health, manifested in the way of life, various everyday practices of behavior.The purpose of the article is to analyze, on the basis of sociological data, the dependence of the state of health of citizens, their lifestyle, various behavioral practices associated with saving and promoting health, on the presence of a high level of education. …”
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Helicobacter pylori: From Bench to Bedside by N Chiba, A Matisko, P Sinclair, ABR Thomson

“…For persons with known peptic ulcer disease there should be unequivocal acceptance that the good clinical practice of eradicating H pylori will result in substantial savings in health care expenses. The original 'classical triple therapy' (bismuth, metronidazole and tetracycline [BMT]) has now been surpassed by the combination of a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) plus two antibiotics (metronidazole plus clarithromycin; amoxicillin plus clarithromycin; or amoxicillin plus metronidazole), each given twice a day for one week. …”
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Meconium aspiration syndrome, fetal heart rate, and stillbirth. Literature review by Jésser M. Herrera-Salgado, Luis E. Reyes-Mendoza, Jesús C. Briones-Garduño

“…It is important for health-care providers to closely monitor and provide care to babies with MAS to ensure the best possible outcomes. …”
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Role of Extracellular Vesicles in Placental Inflammation and Local Immune Balance by Zengfang Wang, Ruizhen Yang, Jiaojiao Zhang, Pingping Wang, Zengyan Wang, Jian Gao, Xue Liu

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Analysis of Travel Mode Choice To Hospitals concerning Socio-Economic Attributes (Case Study: Shiraz Downtown) by sanam afaridi, fereshte ahmadi, ali soltani, mahmood mohamdi

“…This study benefits the analytic and quantitative research methods in developing mode choice model to evaluate the movement pattern of travel to health care centers in Shiraz central district (district 1). …”
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Effect of Cannabis seeds on Some biomedical parameters in male rats by Karwan Anwar Hassan

“…Identifying the relationship(s) between liver and renal functions and cannabis seeds, as well as the anti-inflammatory effect of cannabis seeds and possible of using cannabis seeds as herbal medicine for health care in male rats. …”
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