In pursuit of evidence: A need to transform Ayurvedic education by Sruthi G, Megha

“…Ayurveda, like other traditional systems, is often criticized for its lack of evidence upto the standard expected for modern day healthcare drugs and practices. This gap in evidence has led to Ayurveda being viewed as inferior to biomedicine. …”
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Fostering Caring Attributes to Improve Patient Care in Nursing Through Small-Group Work: Perspectives of Students and Educators by Florence Mei Fung Wong

“…Notably, the cultivation of respectful communication skills among students emerged as pivotal for enriching interactions with healthcare professionals, patients, and families, ultimately enhancing the quality of care provided. …”
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Gastroenterological Surgery and Management of Clostridioides difficile Infection: A Review by Tomonori Takano, Hiroyuki Aiba, Mitsuo Kaku, Hiroyuki Kunishima

“…Thus, they are often the causative pathogens of healthcare-associated infections. Rapid diagnostic tests based on glutamate dehydrogenase and toxins are the mainstay of CDI laboratory diagnosis owing to their simplicity. …”
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Prevalence And Social Factors Associated With Postpartum Depression In Urban Areas Of Pakistan: Cross-Sectional Study by Muhammad Moeed Azwar Bhatti, Muhammad Saarim Ashraf, Hafsa Bhatti, Mahwash Jamil, Kaniz Mukhdooma, Zainab Ibrahim

“…During postpartum visits, healthcare providers should frequently screen new mothers for depression and utilize instruments like the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale to identify those experiencing symptoms. …”
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Towards developing new private sector obstetric care and contracting models in South Africa: Insights from public hospitals using private general practitioners to provide caesarean... by G C Solanki, T Doherty, V Brijlal, E Daviaud, S Fawcus

“… Maternal healthcare in South Africa faces huge private and public health systems challenges. …”
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3D-Printing of Artificial Aortic Heart Valve Using UV-Cured Silicone: Design and Performance Analysis by Atila Ertas, Erik Farley-Talamantes, Olkan Cuvalci, Ozhan Gecgel

“…The range of materials accessible for 3D printing within the healthcare industry is significantly narrower when compared with conventional manufacturing techniques. …”
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Venous thromboembolism in bullous pemphigoid: current evidence and update on systematic review by Atheer G. Almutairi, Abeer G. Almutairi, Rahaf R. Almutairi, Asem Shadid, Alhanouf A. Bin Dakhil, Lamia Alakrash

“…Given the morbidity, VTE risk in BP patients warrants greater attention in public healthcare. …”
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Enhancing breast cancer prediction through stacking ensemble and deep learning integration by Fatih Gurcan

“…This stacking integration model offers significant potential for healthcare decision support systems with high accuracy, F1 score, and receiver operating characteristic area under the curve (ROC AUC), along with reduced training times. …”
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Experiences in the application of a triage system in the health institutions of the province of Cienfuegos, 1998-2016 by Víctor René Navarro Machado, Arelys Falcón Hernández, Omar Bárbaro Rojas Santana, Raúl Nieto Cabrera

“…The red code was similar for the entire healthcare network. Main indicators: average time of arrival-triage 2.5 minutes; duration of the triage <5 min; arrival time-medical attention (red 0-7 minutes, yellow 7-14 minutes, green 28 minutes); percentage of patients attended but not classified 10.5%; agreement index between nurse-sorter and doctors for patients with green or yellow code 77.6%; percentage of income for patients with a red code, 98%; percentage of income for patients with a yellow code of 19.5%. …”
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Correction: Huntington Disease Health Related Quality of Life, Function and Well Being: The Patient’s Perspective by Jesús Pérez-Pérez, Sofía García-López, Tamara Fernández Valle, Cèlia Painous, Maria Rosa Querol-Pascual, Pedro J. García Ruiz, Elena Bellosta Diago, Esther Cubo Delgado, Barbara Vives Pastor, María Carmen Peiró Villaplana, Idaira Martín Santana, Marta Blázquez Estrada, Matilde Calopa Garride, Pablo Mir, Carmen Álvarez, Jorge Maurino, Anna de Prado, José Luis López-Sendón

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<i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> Phage M198 and Its Therapeutic Potential by Lika Leshkasheli, Ia Kusradze, Darejan Bolkvadze, Lia Askilashvili, Maria Chichashvili, Giorgi Tsertsvadze, Elisabed Zaldastanishvili

“…The rapid worldwide spread of antibiotic resistance is quickly becoming an increasingly concerning problem for human healthcare. Non-antibiotic antibacterial agents are in high demand for many Gram-negative bacterial pathogens, including <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i>. …”
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On Zero-Inflated Hierarchical Poisson Models with Application to Maternal Mortality Data by Kassim Tawiah, Samuel Iddi, Anani Lotsi

“…Additionally, there is a need for increased investment in Community Health Planning Services and related healthcare infrastructure and systems within the context of the Ouagadougou Declaration, that is, improve the training of skilled birth workers (midwives and doctors) and employ them at clinics to deal with labour complications without referring them to major hospitals. …”
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Burden of benign prostatic hyperplasia in the Middle East and North Africa Region, 1990–2021 by Saeid Safiri, Fikrettin Şahin, Reza Aletaha, Mark J. M. Sullman, Reza Shekarriz-Foumani, Ali-Asghar Kolahi

“…These findings underscore the need for tailored public health policies and strategies to enhance early detection, prevention, and management of BPH, thereby reducing its impact on healthcare systems and individuals.…”
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Classification and detection of Covid-19 based on X-Ray and CT images using deep learning and machine learning techniques: A bibliometric analysis by Youness Chawki, Khalid Elasnaoui, Mohamed Ouhda

“…During the COVID-19 pandemic, it was crucial for the healthcare sector to detect and classify the virus using X-ray and CT scans. …”
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Health symptoms and associated factors in times of a pandemic: a population-based study by J. Gerbecks, C. Plevier, C. J. Yzermans, M. L. A. Dückers, C. Baliatsas

“…Understanding symptom patterns and risk factors can assist healthcare professionals and policymakers in identifying vulnerable groups, symptoms profiles, and improving care and support during and after pandemics.…”
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Smartphone-based health monitoring in India: Data collection and evaluation for pulse rate estimation by Achal Shetty, Sanjana S. Narasimhamurthy, KS Nataraj, Srilakshmi M. Prabhu, Neha Jagadeesh, Kunal Katre, Sumit Kumar, Neelesh Kapoor, Sudhir P. Haladi, Sankalp Gulati

“…Results: The smartphone-based PPG algorithm provides reasonably accurate estimations of pulse rate when compared to traditional pulse oximeters under varied healthcare settings (mean absolute error < 5, intraclass correlation coefficient > 0.90). …”
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Patient satisfaction toward doctor communication in medical clinics: a study from northern Sri Lanka by Shanjeeban Ponnuthurai, Suganthan Navaneethakrishnan, Rajeshkannan Nadarajah

“…Inadequate communication is a significant factor in determining patients’ discontentment and frustration, which ultimately leads to poor healthcare quality. This is an outpatient clinic-based cross-sectional study, conducted among medical clinic patients in northern Sri Lanka. …”
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Lived experiences of life with newly diagnosed advanced cancer – a qualitative interview study by Johanna Swenne, Ricko Damberg Nissen, Torben Frøstrup Hansen, Lars Henrik Jensen, Jens Søndergaard, Mette Stie

“…It is essential that healthcare professionals address existential concerns within clinical care. …”
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ECG heartbeat classification using progressive moving average transform by Rabah Mokhtari, Samir Brahim Belhouari, Khelil Kassoul, Abderraouf Hocini

“…These findings underscore the effectiveness and stability of the proposed approach in accurately classifying heartbeats across different datasets, suggesting its potential for practical implementation in medical diagnostics and healthcare systems.…”
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Rule-based ai system for early paediatric diabetes diagnosis using backward chaining and certainty factors by Al-Hakim Rosyid R., Setiawan Retno Agus, Hidayat Rachman, Arkananta Edgina R., Samodra Galih, Jayusman Hadi, Suryani Riska, Famuji Tri Styo

“…Testing shows accurate diagnoses about 79.2% for 10 validation tests with patients, aiding healthcare in underresourced areas. Future work includes expanding the dataset and integrating machine learning for improved adaptability.…”
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