Does pregabalin offer potential as a first-line therapy for generalized anxiety disorder? A meta-analysis of efficacy, safety, and cost-effectiveness by Narcis Cardoner, Narcis Cardoner, Narcis Cardoner, Narcis Cardoner, Luis Gutiérrez-Rojas, Luis Gutiérrez-Rojas, Pilar Saiz, Pilar Saiz, Pilar Saiz, Pilar Saiz, Pilar Saiz, Guillermo Lahera, Guillermo Lahera, Guillermo Lahera, Guillermo Lahera, Miguel Ángel Álvarez-Mon, Miguel Ángel Álvarez-Mon, Miguel Ángel Álvarez-Mon, Miguel Ángel Álvarez-Mon, Pino Alonso Ortega, Pino Alonso Ortega, Pino Alonso Ortega, Pino Alonso Ortega, María Pérez-Páramo

“…GAD is often underdiagnosed, leading to negative consequences for individuals, healthcare systems, and society. The economic burden and impaired quality of life associated with GAD underscores the need for effective treatment. …”
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A systematic review of the cost-effectiveness of anti-VEGF drugs for the treatment of diabetic retinopathy by Robert Hodgson, Matthew Walton, Helen Fulbright, Laura Bojke, Ruth Walker, Alexis Llewellyn, Sofia Dias, Lesley Stewart, David Steel, John Lawrenson, Tunde Peto, Mark Simmonds

“…A limitation of most of the studies identified in the review is that they were conducted in the United States, making it challenging to apply their findings to the UK healthcare context. In patients with non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy, we identified two studies. …”
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Implementation of in utero laparotomy-assisted fetoscopic spina bifida repair in two centers in Latin America: rationale for this approach in this regionAJOG Global Reports at a Gl... by Jezid Miranda, PhD, Miguel A. Parra-Saavedra, PhD, William O. Contreras-Lopez, PhD, Cristóbal Abello, MD, Guido Parra, MD, Juan Hernandez, MD, Amanda Barrero, MD, Isabela Leones, MD, Adriana Nieto-Sanjuanero, MD, Gerardo Sepúlveda-Gonzalez, MD, Magdalena Sanz-Cortes, PhD

“…In Latin America, the birth prevalence of SB is notably high, often exacerbated by limited healthcare resources and poor access to advanced medical care. …”
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Application of cellular microstructural diffusion MRI (cell size imaging) in rectal lesions: a preliminary study by Peisi Kou, Liangjie Lin, Ying Li, Hui Qin, Kun Zhang, Wenhua Zhang, Juan Li, Yong Zhang, Jingliang Cheng

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The Knee-SCHOOL: a brief patient-centered multidisciplinary educational program for knee osteoarthritis by Denise Vianna Machado Ayres, Sabrina Saemy Tome Uchiyama, Andréa Oliveira Prates, Rosana Aparecida Freitas Lopes, Antenor Bispo Santos Silva, Denise Rodrigues Tsukimoto, Rosimeire Alves Amorim, Taynah Souza Ribeiro, Artur Cesar Aquino Santos, André Tadeu Sugawara, André Tadeu Sugawara, Marcos Montagnini, Linamara Rizzo Battistella, Linamara Rizzo Battistella, Marta Imamura, Marta Imamura

“…BackgroundKnee osteoarthritis (KOA) is the most common form of arthritis in adults and a leading cause of years lived with disability, representing a significant burden on healthcare worldwide.ObjectiveDescribe the structure and educational elements of the Knee-SCHOOL, a brief patient-centered multidisciplinary educational program for patients with KOA.DesignObservational prospective study.SettingAcademically affiliated rehabilitation outpatient center in Brazil.MethodsThe program consisted of three in-person educational sessions (4.5 hr each) for 55 community dwelling adults, aged ≥50 years, with primary KOA-related pain. …”
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GDNF family receptor alpha-like (GFRAL) expression is restricted to the caudal brainstem by Cecilia Hes, Lu Ting Gui, Alexandre Bay, Fernando Alvarez, Pierce Katz, Tanushree Paul, Nadejda Bozadjieva-Kramer, Randy J. Seeley, Ciriaco A. Piccirillo, Paul V. Sabatini

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Olanzapine for young PEople with aNorexia nervosa (OPEN): results of a feasibility study by Olena Said, Dominic Stringer, Ece Sengun Filiz, Hiba Mutwalli, Sevgi Bektas, Melahat Nur Akkese, Vanessa Kellermann, Katie Ireland, Elizabeth Tyrrell-Bunge, Demelza Beishon-Murley, Joel W. T. Khor, Lee Allman, Joanna Barker, Nicus Kotze, Ben Carter, Mima Simic, Dilveer Singh Sually, Jessica Bentley, Allan H. Young, Sloane Madden, Sarah Byford, Sabine Landau, Vanessa Lawrence, Janet Treasure, Ulrike Schmidt, Dasha Nicholls, Hubertus Himmerich

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Mental health disorder symptom changes among public safety personnel after emotional resilience skills training by R.N. Carleton, S. Sauer-Zavala, T.A. Teckchandani, K.Q. Maguire, L. Jamshidi, R.E. Shields, T.O. Afifi, J. Nisbet, K.L. Andrews, S.H. Stewart, A.J. Fletcher, R. Martin, R.S. MacPhee, J.C. MacDermid, T.M. Keane, A. Brunet, M. McCarron, L.M. Lix, N.A. Jones, G.P. Krätzig, J.P. Neary, G. Anderson, R. Ricciardelli, H. Cramm, J. Sareen, G.J.G. Asmundson

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Outcomes and risk factors of transported patients with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: An ECMO center experience by Lingjuan Liu, Dingji Hu, Tong Hao, Shanshan Chen, Lei Chen, Yike Zhu, Chenhui Jin, Jing Wu, Haoya Fu, Haibo Qiu, Yi Yang, Songqiao Liu

“…These results form the basis for the creation of specialized ECMO network hubs within healthcare regions.…”
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Maternal prepregnancy overweight/obesity increase the risk of low Apgar scores in twins: a population-based cohort study in China by Zhoushan Feng, Zhoushan Feng, Xiaohong Wu, Xiaomei Tong, Zheng He, Chunxia Yang, Wei Shen, Yueqin Ding, Jin Liu, Qiong Meng, Aiqin Zhang, Hong Jiang, Wenkang Yan, Jianwu Qiu, Xian Wei, Yayu Zhang, Xiaobo Lin, Lijun Liu, Ya Jin, Youfen Wei, Xiufang Yang, Yitong Wang, Yangfan Cai, Xinzhu Lin, Qiliang Cui

“…Therefore, we conducted a nationwide, multicenter retrospective study to investigate the association between maternal prepregnancy weight and health outcomes in twins.Study designThis study collected data from 22 healthcare units across 12 regions in China between January 2018 and December 2020. …”
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Phase I study of intratumoral administration of CV8102 in patients with advanced melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, or ade... by Lucie Heinzerling, Michael Fluck, Caroline Robert, Celeste Lebbe, Erika Richtig, Sven D Koch, Ulrike Gnad-Vogt, Tobias Seibel, Thomas Eigentler, Juan Martin-Liberal, Sebastian Ochsenreither, Peter Mohr, Patrick Terheyden, Carsten Weishaupt, Michael Erdmann, Lukas Koch, Ainara Soria, Igor Samoylenko, Jürgen Krauß, Peter Brossart, Franz Georg Bauernfeind, Marina Gonzalez, Peter Wengenmayer, Ioannis Thomas, Artem Poltoratskiy, Marina Sekacheva, Beate Schmitt-Bormann, Gianluca Quintini, Martin Falk, Paula Codó, Arjun Oberoi, Jana Hess, Yulia Semiletova, Casilda Llacer Perez, Oliver Schönborn-Kellenberger

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Real-world outcomes with tisagenlecleucel in aggressive B-cell lymphoma: subgroup analyses from the CIBMTR registry by Frederick L Locke, Grant Schofield, Marcelo Pasquini, Matthew J Frigault, Cameron J Turtle, Stephen Lim, Brian Hill, Samantha Jaglowski, Caron A Jacobson, Gunjan Shah, Daniel J Landsburg, Michael Heim, Stephen Ronan Foley, Ron Ram, Peter A Riedell, Leslie L Popplewell, Ranjan Tiwari, Marta Majdan, Aisha Masood

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Association of chronic heart failure with mortality in old intensive care patients suffering from Covid‐19 by Raphael Romano Bruno, Bernhard Wernly, Georg Wolff, Jesper Fjølner, Antonio Artigas, Bernardo Bollen Pinto, Joerg C. Schefold, Detlef Kindgen‐Milles, Philipp Heinrich Baldia, Malte Kelm, Michael Beil, Sigal Sviri, Peter Vernon vanHeerden, Wojciech Szczeklik, Arzu Topeli, Muhammed Elhadi, Michael Joannidis, Sandra Oeyen, Eumorfia Kondili, Brian Marsh, Finn H. Andersen, Rui Moreno, Susannah Leaver, Ariane Boumendil, Dylan W. De Lange, Bertrand Guidet, Hans Flaatten, Christian Jung, COVIP study group

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GWAS of CRP response to statins further supports the role of APOE in statin response: A GIST consortium study by Emma F. Magavern, Harshal Deshmukh, Geraldine Asselin, Elizabeth Theusch, Stella Trompet, Xiaohui Li, Raymond Noordam, Y.-D. Ida Chen, Teresa E. Seeman, Kent D. Taylor, Wendy S. Post, Jean-Claude Tardif, Dirk S. Paul, Emelia J. Benjamin, Nancy L. Heard-Costa, Ramachandran S. Vasan, Jerome I. Rotter, Ronald M. Krauss, J.Wouter Jukema, Paul M. Ridker, Patricia B. Munroe, Mark J. Caulfield, Daniel I. Chasman, Marie-Pierre Dubé, Graham A. Hitman, Helen R. Warren

“…Combined with suggestions in the literature that APOE also leads to differential statin benefit in Alzheimer’s, the APOE locus warrants further investigation for potential genetic effects on healthcare with statin treatment.…”
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Prevalence and determinants of home delivery among pregnant women in Somaliland: Insights from SLDHS 2020 data by Hodo Abdikarim, Abdisalam Hassan Muse, Mukhtar Abdi Hassan, Yahye Hassan Muse

“…Strategies should focus on improving access to and quality of maternal healthcare services, empowering women's decision-making, and engaging men to address gender norms within households. …”
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New Horizons In The Treatment Of Metastatic Castrate Resistant Prostate Cancer by Zein El Amir

“…If anything, the conditions of anatomy learning, despite the incorporation of novel technologies, are worsening in medical institutions, leading to potentially grave consequences for the future of healthcare. The stakeholders need to take urgent and applicable steps in the right direction. …”
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Neutralizing antibody immune correlates in COVAIL trial recipients of an mRNA second COVID-19 vaccine boost by Bo Zhang, Youyi Fong, Lauren Dang, Jonathan Fintzi, Shiyu Chen, Jing Wang, Nadine G. Rouphael, Angela R. Branche, David J. Diemert, Ann R. Falsey, Daniel S. Graciaa, Lindsey R. Baden, Sharon E. Frey, Jennifer A. Whitaker, Susan J. Little, Satoshi Kamidani, Emmanuel B. Walter, Richard M. Novak, Richard Rupp, Lisa A. Jackson, Chenchen Yu, Craig A. Magaret, Cindy Molitor, Bhavesh Borate, Sydney Busch, David Benkeser, Antonia Netzl, Derek J. Smith, Tara M. Babu, Angelica C. Kottkamp, Anne F. Luetkemeyer, Lilly C. Immergluck, Rachel M. Presti, Martín Bäcker, Patricia L. Winokur, Siham M. Mahgoub, Paul A. Goepfert, Dahlene N. Fusco, Robert L. Atmar, Christine M. Posavad, Jinjian Mu, Mat Makowski, Mamodikoe K. Makhene, Seema U. Nayak, Paul C. Roberts, Peter B. Gilbert, Dean Follmann, Coronavirus Variant Immunologic Landscape Trial (COVAIL) Study Team

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Anatomy In The Undergraduate Medical Curriculum; Blending The Old And New by Ayesha Yousaf

“…If anything, the conditions of anatomy learning, despite incorporation of novel technologies, are worsening in medical institutions, leading to potentially grave consequences for the future of healthcare. The stakeholders need to take urgent and applicable steps in the right direction. …”
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A comparative study on disinfection effect of three different disinfectants for oral dental chair water lines (三种不同消毒剂对口腔综合治疗台水路消毒效果的比较)... by WANG Wenjuan (王文娟), LI Yajuan (李雅娟), LI Pei (李培), KONG Li (孔莉), WANG Ting (王婷)

“…Three days after disinfection, except for experimental group C, the total number of bacterial colonies in experimental groups A and B exceeded the standard for oral healthcare water as stipulated in the Beijing "Technical specification for the disinfection of water circuits in comprehensive oral treatment tables (DB11_T 1703-2019)". …”
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Features of surgical treatment for gunshot wounds of the heart and great vessels with migration of foreign bodies by I.A. Lurin, E.M. Khoroshun, V.V. Makarov, V.V. Nehoduiko, O.V. Buchnieva, I.V. Veryovkin

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