In Captivity of the Body: Intersex(-uality) in the First Half of the 20th Century by Denisa Vídeňská

“…The study also examines the literary work of the Czech physician Emil Tréval (a.k.a. Walter), who, in his novel Maia, presented the story of a man who was born as a hermaphrodite and struggled with this stigma throughout the plot. …”
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Pediatric Functional Constipation: A New Challenge by Samina Khan Bashir, Muhammad Bashir Khan

“…For early identification of functional constipation in children, a physician must exclude organic causes in children by history, physical examination, and lab studies. …”
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pitolisant, a novel histamine-3 receptor competitive antagonist, and inverse agonist, in the treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness in adult patients with narcolepsy by Noeen Sarfraz, David Okuampa, Hannah Hansen, Mark Alvarez, Elyse M. Cornett, Juyeon Kakazu, Adam M. Kaye, Alan D. Kaye

“…Common causes of delayed and incorrect diagnoses of these conditions include lack of physician familiarity with narcolepsy symptoms and comorbidities which mask narcolepsy signs and symptoms. …”
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Canadian Guidelines for the Management of Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Bronchitis by Meyer S Balter, Jacques La Forge, Donald E Low, Lionel Mandell, Ronald F Grossman, the Chronic Bronchitis Working Group

“…Acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis (AECB) account for over 1.5 million physician visits annually in Canada and are a cause of significant morbidity and mortality. …”
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Helicobacter pylori Eradication in Non-Ulcer Dyspepsia: Clearing up the Controversy by Carlo A Fallone

“…Nor were there differences in any of the individual symptoms, in the proportion of patients who achieved a certain MDSS score or in health care utilization, such as physician visits, need for additional prescriptions or days lost from work. …”
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A Case of Cryptorchidism with Ipsilateral Congenital Unilateral Absence of the Vas Deferens and Contralateral Renal Agenesis by Young Dong Yu, Young Kwon Hong

“…Cryptorchidism or absent vas deferens found incidentally should lead the physician to evaluate the status of the contralateral vas deferens and conduct a renal tract ultrasound study.…”
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Evaluating the Outcome of an Unnecessary Request for CT Scan in Be’sat Hospital of Hamadan by Hossein Khosravi, Mohammad Hamidi, Safoora Nikzad, Leili Tapak

“…Patient information, including gender, age, type of CT scan test, the reason for requesting the test, the expertise of the requesting physician, and the result of the radiologist’s report on each test, was extracted and collected. …”
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Choice and Duration of Antimicrobial Therapy for Neonatal Sepsis and Meningitis by Sindhu Sivanandan, Amuchou S. Soraisham, Kamala Swarnam

“…Traditionally, the choice of antimicrobial agents is based on the local policy, and the duration of therapy is decided by the treating physician based on clinical symptoms and blood culture results. …”
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Rosuvastatin-Induced Oral Ulcer: A Case Report and Review of Literature by Metab Algeffari, Mansour Alsharidah

“…With such widespread usage of statins, physicians may be ignoring or misdiagnosing the association of oral side effects with these medications. …”
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SOCIOECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF PRESCRIPTION ANTIBIOTIC AND MEDICINE USE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH FAMILY MEDICINE by Abdullah Tirgil

“…We examine the relationship between family medicine and physician-prescribed antibiotic consumption over the years. …”
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Socioeconomic indicators related to the global burden of breast cancer in women in 2020: an analysis of WHO data by Tingting XU, Ruoyu YANG, Jingjing LI, Yiying FANG

“…Correlation analysis showed that the global MIR of breast cancer in women was positively correlated with urban particulate matter (r = 0. 480) and net ODA per capita (r = 0. 516) (both P < 0. 001) and negatively correlated with physician density (r = – 0.782), pharmacist density (r = – 0.639), average core capacity score (r = – 0.635), percentage of government health expenditure (r = – 0.614), population using sanitation services (r = – 0.624), and HDI (r = – 0.900) (all P < 0.001). …”
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Diabetes distress among immigrants of south Asian descent living in New York City: baseline results from the DREAM randomized control trial by Farhan Mohsin, Laura Wyatt, Hayley Belli, Shahmir Ali, Deborah Onakomaiya, Supriya Misra, Yousra Yusuf, Shinu Mammen, Jennifer Zanowiak, Sarah Hussain, Haroon Zafar, Sahnah Lim, Nadia Islam, Naheed Ahmed

“…High emotional burden, regimen-related distress and physician-related distress were reported by 25.9%, 21.9%, and 6.2% of participants, respectively. …”
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Level-8 Ph.D. Programs In Medical Sciences: High Time For The Higher Education Commission (HEC) Of Pakistan To Establish A Medical Wing by Wafa Omer

“…A physician cannot be asked to opt out of clinical setups and hospitals upon completion of a PhD degree labelling it as an academic or research degree because the doctors who are opting for this level-8 degree are primarily physicians and they cannot be detached from the clinical environment. …”
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BPH Procedural Treatment: The Case for Value-Based Pay for Performance by Mark Stovsky, Irina Jaeger

“…The concept of “pay for performance” (P4P) applied to the practice of medicine has become a major foundation in current public and private payer reimbursement strategies for both institutional and individual physician providers. “Pay for performance” programs represent a substantial shift from traditional service-based reimbursement to a system of performance-based provider payment using financial incentives to drive improvements in the quality of care. …”
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Analysis of the Approach to Sleep Disorders in the First Year Medical Curriculum by Sandra Cecilia Williams Serrano, Oziel Oxier González, Arlan Machado Rojas, Ian Díaz López

“…We concluded that sleep disorders are not reflected in the curricula as health problems to be addressed by the family physician, which poses a risk for proper screening of these disorders and leads to their underreporting. …”
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Opioid Therapy for Chronic Nonmalignant Pain by Russell K Portenoy

“…This is true despite concerns that the regulatory agencies that oversee physician prescribing of opioid drugs continue to stigmatize the practice. …”
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Reflections on the current context and assessment of undergraduate medical education in Brazil by GERSON ALVES PEREIRA JÚNIOR, RAMIRO COLLEONI NETO, ROSANA ALVES, HERMILA TAVARES VILAR GUEDES, JORGE CARVALHO GUEDES, PEDRO TADAO HAMAMOTO FILHO, JOSÉ EDUARDO LUTAIF DOLCI, CESAR EDUARDO FERNANDES

“…The second part discusses the possibilities of evaluating medical training, which is terminal in Brazil, enabling the newly graduated physician to claim the professional registration and to practice medicine, being evaluated only by their own medical course. …”
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Transvaginal Ultrasound in Fertile Patients with Suspected Appendicitis: An Experience Report of Current Practice by Malek Tabbara, Nikolaos Evangelopoulos, Luigi Raio, Vanessa Banz, Heinz Zimmermann, Corinne Kim-Fuchs, Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos

“…TVU is a helpful tool if performed by a physician who is well trained in TVU.…”
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Peritonitis due to Moraxella Osloensis: An Emerging Pathogen by Sreedhar Adapa, Purva Gumaste, Venu Madhav Konala, Nikhil Agrawal, Amarinder Singh Garcha, Hemant Dhingra

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Pancreatic Function, Type 2 Diabetes, and Metabolism in Aging by Zhenwei Gong, Radhika H. Muzumdar

“…As per the NHANES III (Third National Health and Nutrition Examination) survey, the percentage of physician-diagnosed diabetes increased from 3.9% in middle-aged adults (40–49 years) to 13.2% in elderly adults (≥75 years). …”
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