Facilitators and Barriers of Treatment Compliance among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients Attending the Diabetes Clinic of a Tertiary Care Hospital, Kolkata: A Mixed- Methods Study by Abhipsa Dey, Baishakhi Paria, Moumita Mandal, Aparajita Mondal, Nabanita Bhattacharyya, Mausumi Basu

“…Introduction: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a disease of epidemic proportions and has emerged as a major healthcare problem. Compliance to medication plays a crucial role in achieving success in medical treatment and preventing complications. …”
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Optimal Pathways to Lung Cancer Screening in Primary Care Settings: A Scoping Review by Emmanouil K. Symvoulakis, Izolde Bouloukaki, Antonios Christodoulakis, Antonia Aravantinou-Karlatou, Ioanna Tsiligianni

“…Barriers to implementation included the lack of provider familiarity with guidelines, time constraints, and patient factors. Healthcare professionals and policy makers in primary care settings can leverage this information to integrate the most effective screening strategies into their care, thus enhancing early detection rates and subsequently reducing global lung cancer morbidity and mortality.…”
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Quality of Life and Psychometric Characteristics of Syrian Refugee Physicians Who Migrated to Turkey: A Cross-Sectional Study by Ahmet Keskin, Basri Furkan Dagcioglu

“…Having primary care experience, having knowledge about the Turkish healthcare system, believing that they can adapt to work in refugee health centers, and not having a plan to return to their country were found to be associated with a higher score in at least one of the WHOQOL-BREF subdomains. …”
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Effect of muscle energy technique versus Pilates on functional outcomes among physiotherapy students with non-specific neck pain by Janani Arul, Rachana R

“…Abstract Background Neck pain is a prevalent musculoskeletal condition that can impact the academic performance and well-being of college students, particularly those in healthcare programs. While both muscle energy technique (MET) and Pilates have shown promise in treating non-specific neck pain, their comparative effectiveness remains unclear. …”
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Justification of Body Mass Index cutoffs for hip and knee joint arthroplasty among California orthopedic surgeons by Sophie V. Orr, Gavin C. Pereira, Blaine A. Christiansen

“…This will help reduce healthcare disparities while also identifying clinical facilities, equipment, training, and procedures that require improvements to accommodate larger individuals. …”
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Assessment of Stroke Case-fatality, Disability, Perceived Needs and Barriers for Care among First-ever Stroke Patients Attending a Tertiary Care Neuro-specialty Center in India: A... by Azad Devyani, Pradeep S. Banandur, Gautham Melur Sukumar, Girish Baburao Kulkarni, S. Mythirayee, Himani Rathore

“…After discharge, the majority preferred healthcare facilities close to their homes (60%). Conclusions: This study emphasizes the need for stroke survivors to have follow-up and compliance with medication, along with various unmet needs such as de-addiction services, vocational training, and emotional support. …”
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Epidemiological Characteristics and Maternal Risk Factors of Microtia and Aural Atresia in Kazakhstan by Assel Imangaliyeva, Rimma Suatbayeva, Tatyana Slazhneva, Aigul Medeulova, Zhanetta Mukanova, Amangeldy Kulimbetov, Neilya Mileshina, Natalya Glushkova, Marina Izmailovich, Yuliya Semenova

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Combating antibiotic resistance: mechanisms, challenges, and innovative approaches in antibacterial drug development by Aiswarya M. Rajesh, Shraddha Subhash Pawar, Kruthi Doriya, Rambabu Dandela

“…As bacteria adapt to evade current drugs, managing bacterial infections has become increasingly challenging, leading to prolonged illnesses, higher healthcare costs, and increased mortality. This review explores the critical role of antibiotics in fighting infections and the mechanisms that enable bacteria to resist them. …”
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Review of models for estimating 3D human pose using deep learning by Sani Salisu, Kamaluddeen Usman Danyaro, Maged Nasser, Israa M. Hayder, Hussain A. Younis

“…The review identifies key applications of HPE in industries like healthcare, security, and entertainment. Our findings suggest that while deep learning models have made significant strides, challenges in handling occlusion, real-time estimation, and generalization remain. …”
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Chikungunya: From Hypothesis to Evidence of Increased Severe Disease and Fatalities by Carlos Brito, Melissa Barreto Falcão, Maria de Fatima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque, Thiago Cerqueira-Silva, Maria Glória Teixeira, Rafael Freitas de Oliveira Franca

“…These findings aim to expand disease classifications in international guidelines and raise awareness among healthcare professionals to better identify severe CHIKV cases and related deaths. …”
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Fractures and Chronic Recurrence are Commonly Associated with Ankle Sprains: a 5-year Population-level Cohort of Patients Seen in the U.S. Military Health System by Daniel I Rhon, Tina A Greenlee, Chad E Cook, Richard B Westrick, Jon A Umlauf, John J Fraser

“…Patient characteristics, frequency of recurrence, operative cases, and injury-related healthcare costs were analyzed. # Results Of 30,910 patients included, 68.4% were diagnosed with unspecified ankle sprains, 22.8% with concomitant fractures, (6.9%) with isolated lateral sprains, (1.7%) with isolated medial sprains and 0.3% with combined medial/lateral sprains. …”
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Clustering long-term health conditions among 67728 people with multimorbidity using electronic health records in Scotland. by Adeniyi Francis Fagbamigbe, Utkarsh Agrawal, Amaya Azcoaga-Lorenzo, Briana MacKerron, Eda Bilici Özyiğit, Daniel C Alexander, Ashley Akbari, Rhiannon K Owen, Jane Lyons, Ronan A Lyons, Spiros Denaxas, Paul Kirk, Ana Corina Miller, Gill Harper, Carol Dezateux, Anthony Brookes, Sylvia Richardson, Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar, Bruce Guthrie, Lloyd Hughes, Umesh T Kadam, Kamlesh Khunti, Keith R Abrams, Colin McCowan

“…By taking these factors into account, the healthcare system may be better equipped to develop tailored interventions that address the needs of complex patients.…”
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COVID-19 and the Black Death: Nutrition, frailty, inequity, and mortality by Katherine D. VAN SCHAIK, Sharon N. DeWITTE

“…Introduction: COVID-19 has challenged governments, healthcare systems, and individuals, drawing at- tention to the limits of modern technology and the extent of social inequity. …”
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Machine learning for medical image classification by Gazi Husain, Jonathan Mayer, Molly Bekbolatova, Prince Vathappallil, Mihir Matalia, Milan Toma

“…It navigates through various ML methods utilized in healthcare, including Supervised Learning, Unsupervised Learning, Self-Supervised Learning, Deep Neural Networks, Reinforcement Learning, and Ensemble Methods. …”
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Vaccinating Adult Patients with Cirrhosis: Trends over a Decade in the United States by Abhijeet Waghray, Nisheet Waghray, Hicham Khallafi, K. V. Narayanan Menon

“…Ultimately, the use of electronic medical record (EMR) reminders improved communication between healthcare professionals and public health programs to increase awareness are fundamental to reducing morbidity, mortality, and health-care related costs of vaccine preventable diseases in patients with cirrhosis.…”
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PEDIATRIC FRACTURES IN A TERTIARY PUBLIC HOSPITAL: WHAT ARE WE DEALING WITH? by Leonardo Lima de Almeida, Edgard Eduard Engel, Jose Batista Volpon

“…Abstract Objective: Orthopedic trauma is significant in modern society due to its incidence and its impact on healthcare and social interactions. Concerns include the risk of permanent sequelae affecting individual development and causing social stigma. …”
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A pediatric emergency prediction model using natural language process in the pediatric emergency department by Arum Choi, Chohee Kim, Jisu Ryoo, Jangyeong Jeon, Sangyeon Cho, Dongjoon Lee, Junyeong Kim, Changhee Lee, Woori Bae

“…This study demonstrates the potential of advanced DL techniques for NLP in emergency medical settings, offering a more precise and efficient approach to managing healthcare resources and improving patient outcomes.…”
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The liminal space between hope and grief: The phenomenon of uncertainty as experienced by people living with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. by Eva C van Reenen, Inge A M van Nistelrooij, Leo H Visser, Janet W K de Beukelaar, Stephan T F M Frequin, Alistair R Niemeijer

“…The findings imply the need for a continuous attunement of healthcare practitioners to the expectations, fears, avoidance techniques, and other uniquely personal circumstances of people with Multiple Sclerosis.…”
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Evaluation of Inhaler Technique in Patients with Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Andaman and Nicobar Islands – An Observational Study by M. Natraj, Vishal Singh, T. Anbarasan

“…We requested the patients to demonstrate the inhaler technique in the presence of the healthcare professional which was subsequently assessed using a standard validated checklist. …”
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An agent-based model of patient flow to improve operating room efficiency by Seyedeh Raahil Mousavi, Mohammad Mehdi Sepehri, Esmaeil Najafi

“…To this end, we seek ways of accelerating the patient flow in order to save time and cost in healthcare facilities.Methodology: In this study, we use agent-based simulation to simulate patient care in the operating room. …”
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