Acute Posterior Multifocal Placoid Pigment Epitheliopathy Associated with Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor and Hurthle Cell Tumor by Daniel D. Kim, Ghassan Ghorayeb

“…The pathogenesis is controversial but is associated with a recent viral illness and can involve the central nervous system with concern for cerebral vasculitis. …”
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Chickenpox at Ninety Four: A Case for Extending the Use of Varicella Vaccine in the UK by Justin Bendig, Fiona Sindall

“…Chickenpox in older people is relatively rare—this case may be the oldest case of laboratory-proven chickenpox described—but it is a life-threatening illness. The varicella vaccine is licensed for use in immunocompetent persons of 12 months of age or older but in the UK is only offered to susceptible healthcare workers and close contacts of immunocompromised patients. …”
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Considering Patients’ Mental Capacity When Giving Them Bad News May Help Their Well-Being: A Case of Suicide Attempt after Being Informed of Lung Cancer Diagnosis by Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Satoshi Kato, Mitsuo Takeuchi

“…Physicians should be cognizant of this when giving patients bad news in efforts to help them to cope with the illness and to avoid a deterioration of their mental well-being. …”
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A First Aid Information Mobile Application. by Kabere, July Smith

“…Lack of Knowledge about first aid applications among people caused by lack of awareness and inability to find real-time information concerning the cause of the illness. Many people neglect the correct ways of administering the right first aid procedures when an emergency happens. …”
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Enhancing HIV Prevention: social support, access to, and use of HIV testing, treatment, and Care Services in fishing Communities around Lake Victoria, Uganda. by Christopher, Tumwine, Peter, Aggleton, Stephen, Bell

“…Prior to HIV diagnosis, this usually took the form of advice on what illness they were dealing with and remedies to use. …”
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Developing a clinical prediction model to modify empirical antibiotics for non-typhoidal Salmonella bloodstream infection in children under-five in the Democratic Republic of Congo by Bieke Tack, Daniel Vita, Jules Mbuyamba, Emmanuel Ntangu, Hornela Vuvu, Immaculée Kahindo, Japhet Ngina, Aimée Luyindula, Naomie Nama, Tito Mputu, Justin Im, Hyonjin Jeon, Florian Marks, Jaan Toelen, Octavie Lunguya, Jan Jacobs, Ben Van Calster

“…Methods Data were collected during a prospective cohort study in children (> 28 days—< 5 years) admitted with severe febrile illness to Kisantu district hospital, DR Congo. The outcome variable was blood culture confirmed NTS bloodstream infection; the comparison group were children without NTS bloodstream infection. …”
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Subclinical patterns of cardiac involvement by transthoracic echocardiography in individuals with mild initial COVID-19 by Anastasia Shchendrygina, Mame Madjiguène Ka, Carlos Rodriguez, Safaa Alsoufi, Jedrzej Hoffmann, Parveen Kumar, Maria Ludovica Carerj, Byambasuren Vanchin, Niels Holm, Argyro Karyou, Mijidsuren Ganbat, Eike Nagel, Valentina O. Puntmann

“…In the present cohort of COVID-19-infected individuals with mild initial illness, echocardiographic measurements revealed significant yet subclinical differences in systolic and diastolic function compared with controls, as well as between individuals with cardiac symptoms and those without. …”
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Presence and Absence in Margaret Atwood’s Dearly by Pilar Sánchez-Calle

“…In Morning in the Burned House (1995), Margaret Atwood includes a sequence of elegiac poems mourning the process of her father’s illness and death. Her subsequent collection, The Door (2007), while not explicitly elegiac, explores topics such as memory, aging, death, loss, and decay. …”
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La part oubliée de l’étude des pharmacopées traditionnelles africaines by Claudie Haxaire

“…A reversal of perspective such as the one operated by Marc Augé (1986) concerning the anthropology of illness has been attempted, proposing an anthropology of the remedy. …”
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The Importance Of Literary Works An As Alternative To Spiritul Therapy In The Formation Of Soft Skills by Rosnani Ripin, Amrina Rasyada Kamaruzaman

“…Every individual now recognizes the importance of mental therapy in society, given the increasing prevalence of stress, mental illness, and suicide symptoms. Counseling sessions, motivation, and religious guidance conducted by certain parties are necessary, as are mental treatment efforts to support the integrity of a person's soul. …”
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Pas de Deux: Active Ulcerative Colitis in an HIV-Positive Patient by David C Pearson, Lloyd R Sutherland, Stephan Urbanski

“…He has not had an acquired immune deficiency syndrome-defining illness. CD4 cells fell below normal as his colitis worsened. …”
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Worker Protection Standard: Additional Requirements for Agricultural Employers of Workers by Frederick M. Fishel

“…This regulation is primarily intended to reduce the risks of illness or injury to workers and handlers resulting from occupational exposures to pesticides used in the production of agricultural plants on agricultural establishments (i.e., farms, forests, nurseries and enclosed space production facilities, such as greenhouses). …”
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Antenatal Corticosteroids: A Risk Factor for the Development of Chronic Disease by Elizabeth Asztalos

“…The long-term effects of ACS exposure on HPA axis activity and neurological function are well documented in animal studies, and it appears that ACS, regardless of dose exposure, is capable of affecting fetal HPA axis development causing permanent changes in the HPA axis that persists through life and is manifested by chronic illness and behavioral changes. The challenge in human studies is to demonstrate whether an intervention such as ACS administration in pregnancy contributes to developmental programming and how this is manifested in later life.…”
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Bucco-dental health state in the aged by Beatriz García Alpízar, Arturo Guerra Alfonso, Mikhail Benet Rodríguez

“…More than 40 % had periodontal illness and a 44,3 % presented consumed and disarranged prosthesis. …”
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A Preliminary Survey of Mycotoxins Identified from Florida Bahiagrass Pastures by Hui-Ling Liao, Ko-Hsuan Chen, Florencia Marcon, Robert (Robbie) Jones, Brittany Justesen, Joseph Walter, Ann Blount, Cheryl Mackowiak, Doug Mayo, Marcelo Wallau

“… The beef cattle ranchers in Florida reported some health issues related to cattle grazing on warm-season grass pastures, such as bahiagrass and bermudagrass. The illness was not attributable to nutritional imbalances, or other possible causes. …”
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Causes of death among the Ceasars (27 BC-AD 476) by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“…During the Early Empire 55,6% of the emperors died of natural causes or illness, as against 25,4% during the Late Empire. …”
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Complete Remission of Methotrexate-Related Epstein-Barr-Virus-Associated Hodgkin-Like Lymphoma following Withdrawal of MTX Coupled with Clarithromycin Administration by Nobuo Takemori, Hiroyuki Kaneko, Masaya Nakamura, Masaru Kojima

“…Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are known to develop lymphoproliferative disorders (LPDs) during the course of illness, particularly in cases treated with methotrexate (MTX) for long periods. …”
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From business to caring: the conceptualisation of holistic coaching for cancer patients by Andrew Marren, Yi-Ling Lai, Caroline Strevens, Darren van Laar, Natalie Silverdale

“…This review covers current health coaching research, illness identity, and communication processes to highlight how coaching holistically (placing emphasis on values and narrative over behavioural models) is appropriate for cancer patients facing uncertainty and changes in their life. …”
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A Case of Tick-Borne Paralysis in a Traveling Patient by Kevin Ha, Kathryn Lewis, Vandan Patel, Jennifer Grinceri

“…Tick paralysis is a neurotoxic tick-borne illness that causes ascending paralysis and may lead to respiratory failure. …”
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Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus Using iPS Cells and Spice Polyphenols by Qi Ge, Liang Chen, Keping Chen

“…The disease is caused by a metabolic disorder of the endocrine system, and long-term illness can lead to tissue and organ damage to the cardiovascular, endocrine, nervous, and urinary systems. …”
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