Association of sildenafil use with age-related macular degeneration: a retrospective cohort study by Nicola Jaime Adderley, Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar, Anuradhaa Subramanian, Alastair K Denniston, Wen Hwa Lee, Ji Eun Diana Han, Jesse Coker

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Prevalence Of Suboptimal Health Status Amongst General Population of Residential Area, Heavy Industries Taxila, Taxila by Aashi Mughal, Anwar Bibi, Mehwish Riaz, Roma Salman, Nadia Nisar, Mohsin Raza

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The fate and transport of pesticide seed treatments and its impact on soil microbials by Kaiye Li, Qing Cheng, Chao Zeng, Hong Shen, Chensheng Lu

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The impact of Sudan armed conflict and coping strategies on the mental health of the older adult internally displaced persons in Darfur camps by Saif A. Musa, Abdalla A. R. M. Hamid

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Economic and relationship-strengthening intervention to reduce alcohol use in couples living with HIV in Malawi: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of Mlambe by Torsten B Neilands, Lynae A Darbes, James Mkandawire, Derek S Brown, Fred M Ssewamala, Judith A Hahn, Amy A Conroy, Nancy Mulauzi, Scott Tebbetts

“…Programmatic costs will be ascertained throughout the study and incremental cost-effectiveness ratios will be computed for each arm.Ethics and dissemination The RCT has been approved by the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) (Human Research Protection Program; Protocol Number 23-40642), and the study has been approved by the National Health Sciences Research Committee (NHSRC; Protocol Number 24/05/4431) in Malawi. …”
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Individual-Level Determinants of Self-Care Behaviors and Adaptation to Chronic Illness in Turkish Patients With Chronic Disease: A Single-Center Cross-Sectional Study by Kılıç YF, Yardımcı Gürel T

“…Yasin Furkan Kılıç,1 Tuğba Yardımcı Gürel2 1Coronary Intensive Care Unit, Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Samsun, Turkey; 2Department of Nursing, Sinop University, Sinop, TurkeyCorrespondence: Tuğba Yardımcı Gürel, Department of Nursing, Sinop University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Sinop, 57100, Turkey, Email yardimci.tugba@gmail.comPurpose: The study aimed to investigate the relationship between self-care management behaviors of individuals with chronic disease and their adaptation to chronic illness.Methods: This cross-sectional and correlational study was conducted with 312 patients treated at a Training and Research Hospital in Turkey between December 2023 and March 2024. …”
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Taper of the Appendix and Lymphoid Distribution in the Zimbabwean Adult Male Population: A Cadaveric Study by Maimoona Khan, Morris Govo, Tapera Makosa

“…Study design: A cross-sectional descriptive study Place and duration of study:  A six-month study carried out in the Anatomy Department (Gross Anatomy Laboratory), University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, Harare (from October 2021 to March 2022). …”
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Viable Ileosigmoid Knotting, A Very Phenomenon Finding and Rare Cause of Intestinal Obstruction: A Case Report and Literature Review by Beyene SA, Bogale NT, Abdinasir MM, Desalegne AZ, Wossen MA

“…Sintayehu Asrat Beyene,1 Nahom Tadesse Bogale,1 Mahad Mohammed Abdinasir,1 Addisu Zegeye Desalegne,2 Megdelawit Ayalew Wossen3 1General Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Jigjiga University Sheik Hassen Yabare Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Jigjiga, Ethiopia; 2Department of Radiology, Jigjiga University Sheik Hassen Yabare Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Jigjiga, Ethiopia; 3School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Jigjiga University Sheik Hassen Yabare Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Jigjiga, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Sintayehu Asrat Beyene; Nahom Tadesse Bogale, Email sintayehubeyene54@gmail.com; Tadnahi2@gmail.comIntroduction: Ileosigmoid knotting is the wrapping of an active component of either the ileum or the sigmoid colon over each other. …”
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Hybrid azole-based conjugates as upcoming anticancer and antimicrobial agents by Luís M. T. Frija, Bruno E. C. Guerreiro, Inês C. C. Costa, Vera M. S. Isca, Lucília Saraiva, Beatriz G. Neves, Mariana Magalhães, Célia Cabral, Maria L. S. Cristiano, Patrícia Rijo

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Photoaging smartphone app promoting poster campaign to reduce smoking prevalence in secondary schools: the Smokerface Randomized Trial: design and baseline characteristics by Michael Kreuter, Fabian N Fries, Titus J Brinker, Ute Mons, David A Groneberg, Anil Batra, Werner Seeger, Felix Herth, Julia Holzapfel, Tanja G Baudson, Katharina Sies, Lena Jakob, Hannah Maria Baumert, Marlene Heckl, Ana Cirac, Janina L Suhre, Verena Mathes, Hannah Spielmann, Nancy Rigotti, Tobias Raupach, Henning Gall, Claudia Bauer, Pat Marek, Chase H Harrison, Lava Taha, Andreas Owczarek, Felix J Hofmann, Roger Thomas

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Comparative Analysis In The Treatment Of Myocardial Infarcted Patients In The Tertiary Care Hospital Of Peshawar Against American Heart Association (ASA) Treatment Guidelines by Sher Afghan Khan, Qadeer Nawaz, Sameer Ahmad, Zainab Khattak, Sana Khan, Attiya Munir

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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation practices amid COVID-19 in four Gauteng public hospitals by Almien Smit, Andreas Engelbrecht, Suma Rajan

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MECHANISMS AND CLINICAL PERSPECTIVES OF ALLERGEN-SPECIFIC IMMUNOTHERAPY by Leila Akhvlediani, Marina Izmailovich, Meruyert Gazaliyeva, Anna Skvortsova, Kanan Tanriverdiev

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Key components in the professional ethics of sign language interpreters in healthcare contexts: a qualitative study in Colombia by Nora Ellen Groce, Samia Hurst, Laura Catalina Izquierdo Martínez, Angela Martínez-R, Jessica Cuculick, Minerva C Rivas Velarde

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Potential and mechanisms of indigenous Indonesian medicinal plants in treating sexual dysfunction: A systematic review and pharmacological network overview by Sukardiman, Roihatul Mutiah, Rosita Handayani

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Image-guided orbital surgery: a preclinical validation study using a high-resolution physical model by Andrew Dickson, Kealan McElhinney, Conor Murphy, Rizwana I Khan, Ronan P Kileen, Donncha F O’Brien

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A pooled analysis of the side effects of non-invasive Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (taVNS) by Manon Giraudier, Carlos Ventura-Bort, Christoph Szeska, Mathias Weymar, Mathias Weymar

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Can handheld ultrasound probes reliably measure transabdominal prostate and bladder volumes? A prospective randomized point-of-care ultrasound study by Henry C. Wright, Dillon Corrigan, Smita De

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Estimation of malondialdehyde and catalase activity in pregnant women at IIMS&R Hospital, Lucknow, India by Niharika Singh, Saba Khan, Mohammad Mustufa Khan, Haseeb Ahsan, Roshan Alam

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Resource constraints, patient emotions, and therapy: experiences of healthcare providers in the screening and management of gestational diabetes mellitus in northern Ghana by Mohammed Bukari, Abdulai Abubakari, Hawa Malechi, Thomas Hinneh, Humphrey Garti, Faith Agbozo

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