A Retrospective Study on Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes of Adolescent Pregnancies at a Referral Hospital in Bengaluru by Ramegowda Chethana, Divyarajan Vinitha Kiruffi, K. S. Seema, Anwith Huluvadi Shivalingaiah

“…Adolescent pregnancy has shown association with preterm birth, low birth weight, perinatal death, miscarriage, puerperal sepsis, mental illness, and maternal death. With this background, this study was taken up with the objective to delineate the maternal and neonatal complications seen in teenage pregnant women. …”
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Protective effect of rhizome extracts of the herb, vacha (Acorus calamus) against oxidative damage: An in vivo and in vitro study by M. Devaki, R. Nirupama, M. Nirupama, H.N. Yajurvedi

“…The rhizome of Acorus calamus, an herb widely used in Indian system of medicine for many ailments including epilepsy, mental illness and rheumatism, was subjected to soxhlet extraction to elucidate antioxidant property of different solvent extracts using in vitro assays. …”
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Incidence of Typhoid Fever in Nineveh Province from 2018-2022 by Ali Adel Dawood

“…Objective: Typhoid fever is a grave and highly contagious illness caused by Salmonella typhi that is primarily spread through mucosal exposure to bacteria typically found in the gastrointestinal tract. his study focused on identifying the causes of the epidemic, predicting which populations are more susceptible to the disease, and evaluating the effectiveness of health measures set in place to prevent its spread in the Nineveh province. …”
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The Mismatch Negativity: An Indicator of Perception of Regularities in Music by Xide Yu, Tao Liu, Dingguo Gao

“…Since MMN can serve as an index of neural plasticity, it thus can be widely used in clinical and other applied areas, such as detecting music preference in newborns or assessing wholeness of central auditory system of hearing illness. Finally, we pointed out some open questions and further directions. …”
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Substance Abuse: A Public Health Concern by Ulfat Amin, Adil Mudasir Malla, Ishrat Amin, Roohi Jan

“…It refers to the harmful or hazardous use of psychoactive substances, including drugs and alcohol, that can lead to various health problems, such as addiction, mental health disorders, and physical illness. Alcohol, nicotine, and other illicit drugs are frequently used in excess in substance use disorders, which can impair social, academic, and professional functioning. …”
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Mortality, Work and Migration. A Consideration of Age-specific Mortality from Tuberculosis in Scotland, 1861-1901 by Alice Reid, Eilidh Garrett

“…We show that the age and gender-specific pattern of mortality in the rural area is consistent with higher male than female out-migration together with return migration of those who had contracted the disease elsewhere and needed care during their lengthy illness. We argue that the observed patterns are difficult to reconcile with the ‘bargaining-nutrition’ account of gendered patterns in tuberculosis mortality, and that they provide little support for nutrition as a key influence on the disease. …”
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Key labor law aspects of work-related stress by Molović Marija

“…Although work-related stress is neither directly regulated by domestic legal provisions nor classified as an illness, it can significantly harm employees' health in multiple ways. …”
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Redefining Creativity and Well-being: A Feasibility Study for a New Course at a Small Liberal Arts College in Japan by Lee Friederich, Yuko Taniguchi, Naoko Araki, Naeko Naganuma, Joel Friederich, Kathryn R. Cullen

“…Considering the escalating mental health needs of college students and the stigma surrounding mental illness in Japan, this study explores how creativity impacts student well-being. …”
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Spasmodic Torticollis—A Multicentre Study on Behavioural Aspects III: Psychosocial Changes and Coping by T. Nickel, F. Heinen, C. E. Scheidt, O. Rayki, J. Wissel, W. Poewe, R. Benecke, T. Gasser, W. Oertel, R. Dengler, G. Deuschl

“…Concerning social life, 84.6% of the patients felt that they attracted considerable public attention due to their neurological illness and 65% had reduced participation in social events. …”
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PEDIATRIC ENTEROCOLITIS: CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES by Ginel Baciu, Carmen Baciu, Cristina Maria Mihai, Tatiana Chisnoiu, Ramona Mihaela Stoicescu, Adriana Luminita Balasa, Adriana Mocanu, Lorenza Forna, Alexandru Paul Baciu

“…Diarrhea is a leading cause of illness and death in children under five years old. …”
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Study of Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor in Drug-naive Patients with Schizophrenia by Partik Kaur, Virendra Singh Pal, Vijay Niranjan, Varchasvi Mudgal

“…Conclusion: The index study found BDNF levels to be reduced in patients of schizophrenia and BDNF was found to correlate with severity of illness, especially positive symptoms. Thus, developing therapeutic strategies that can activate BDNF signaling may prove beneficial in improving the clinical outcome of schizophrenia.…”
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A Unique Case of Metformin-Associated Lactic Acidosis by Benjamin Gershkovich, Christopher McCudden, Kevin D. Burns

“…From a safety standpoint, health care providers should advise and educate their patients about discontinuing metformin and other potentially harmful medications in the context of acute illness with volume contraction.…”
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Stress and Coping Among Elderly During The COVID-19 Pandemic in Sulaimanya City in Kurdistan Region of Iraq by Yousif Abdalla Qadr, Azad Ali Ismail

“…These results may also inform the elder's caregivers that elder's stress level and illness anxiety was not very high, strengthening their social support and spiritual connection may help them to reduce their distress into a lesser degree. …”
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"Magic Dirt": Transcending Great Divides in Scott McClanahan's Crapalachia by Eva-Maria Müller

“…McClanahan tells family stories of deforestation and disability, mining disasters and mental illness, structural poverty and opportunities denied. …”
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Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia and Immune Thrombocytopenia: A Unique Presentation of Kawasaki Disease by Chloe Kupelian, Bindu Sathi, Deepika Singh

“…Hence a high index of suspicion should be maintained for this relatively common pediatric illness, even in absence of more commonly seen laboratory findings.…”
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Endothelial-Leukocyte Interaction in Severe Malaria: Beyond the Brain by Mariana C. Souza, Tatiana A. Padua, Maria G. Henriques

“…Severe malaria is a systemic illness characterized by dysfunction of brain tissue and of one or more peripheral organs as lungs and kidney. …”
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Update on Babesiosis by Edouard Vannier, Peter J. Krause

“…The severity of infection ranges from asymptomatic infection to fulminant disease resulting in death, although the majority of healthy adults experience a mild-to-moderate illness. People over the age of 50 years and immunocompromised individuals are at the highest risk of severe disease, including those with malignancy, HIV, lacking a spleen, or receiving immunosuppressive drugs. …”
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Depression in adolescence and the understanding of health-A phenomenographic study. by Klara Danielsson, Mikael Ahlborg, Rebecca Mortazavi, Håkan Jarbin, Ingrid Larsson

“…The results were interpreted into four metaphors to embody the understanding of health as described by adolescents with depression: 1) establishing sound routines by managing everyday life, 2) connecting to others by having access to social resources, 3) managing depression symptoms by having control over the mental illness, and 4) attaining inner drive by experiencing joy in everyday life. …”
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Late-Onset Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase Deficiency Accompanying Acute Pancreatitis and Hyperammonemia by Marcel Cerqueira Cesar Machado, Gilton Marques Fonseca, José Jukemura

“…In clinical care settings, patients with neurological symptoms unexplained by the present illness should be assessed for serum ammonia levels to disclose any urea cycle disorders to initiate timely treatment and improve outcome.…”
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Food Safety Challenges towards Safe, Healthy, and Nutritious Street Foods in Bangladesh by Md. Khairuzzaman, Fatema Moni Chowdhury, Sharmin Zaman, Arafat Al Mamun, Md. Latiful Bari

“…For the sake of public health, it is important to understand the epidemiology of foodborne illnesses that help in prevention and control efforts, appropriately allocating resources to control foodborne illness, monitoring and evaluation of food safety measures, development of new food safety standards, and assessment of the cost-effectiveness of interventions. …”
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