Qualitative Study of Barriers to Adherence to Antihypertensive Medication among Rural Women in India by Shreya Gupta, Jas Pal Dhamija, Indu Mohan, Rajeev Gupta

“…Local follow-up at rural community health centres was not practiced due to physician nonavailability and about half used alternative systems of medicine. …”
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Association between Sleep Habits and Metabolically Healthy Obesity in Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study by Thirumagal Kanagasabai, Ramandeep Dhanoa, Jennifer L. Kuk, Chris I. Ardern

“…Those with MHO tended to be younger, female, Non-Hispanic Black, never smokers, more physically active, and with less physician diagnosed sleep disorders than MAO. Neither sleep duration nor overall sleep quality was related to MHO in crude or multivariable adjusted analyses; however, reporting “almost always” to having trouble falling asleep (OR (95% CI): 0.40 (0.20–0.78)), waking up during the night (0.38 (0.17–0.85)), feeling unrested during the day (0.35 (0.18–0.70)), and feeling overly sleepy during the day (0.35 (0.17–0.75)) was related to lower odds of MHO. …”
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Menstrual Changes after COVID-19 Infection and COVID-19 Vaccination by Işılay Taşkaldıran, Emre Vuraloğlu, Yusuf Bozkuş, Özlem Turhan İyidir, Aslı Nar, Neslihan Başçıl Tütüncü

“…Only 10.9% of women who reported a change in their menstrual pattern after vaccination or infection consulted a physician. Conclusion. COVID-19 infection and vaccination can affect the menstrual cycle in women. …”
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Venipuncture-Induced Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Foad Elahi, Chandan G. Reddy

“…The inciting incident in complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) can often seem far too trivial to result in a condition with such severe pathophysiologic effects. The practicing physician has little information available to enable early recognition of the condition, initiation of multidisciplinary treatment modalities, and proper referral to pain specialists. …”
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Clinical Holistic Medicine: Chronic Infections and Autoimmune Diseases by Søren Ventegodt, Joav Merrick

“…From our clinical experiences, there is hope for improvement from a number of diseases caused by disorders affecting the regulation of the immune system when the physician includes the holistic medical approach.Our scientific understanding of the connection between consciousness and cellular order is still limited. …”
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A Case of a Spinal Extradural Arachnoid Cyst by Yousuke Kojimahara, Shintaro Tsuge, Keiji Hasegawa, Katsunori Fukutake, Kazumasa Nakamura, Akihito Wada, Hiroshi Takahashi

“…Percussion tenderness of the spinous process was observed and a T1-low, T2-high cystic lesion was detected on the dorsal side of the dural canal at the 12th thoracic vertebral level on MRI performed by a previous physician. Plane CT showed severe scalloping at the same level. …”
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Active Liver Bleed Caught During FAST Exam from Spontaneous Hemangioma Rupture: A Case Report by Raul Rodriguez, Nicole Aviles

“…During the resuscitative efforts, a FAST exam performed by the emergency physician showed grossly positive free fluid in various quadrants and active flow around the liver concerning for active bleeding. …”
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Social and structural factors that influence refugee women’s use of mental health care services in Canada: A narrative review by Shreya Mahajan, Samantha B. Meyer

“…Additionally, culture and cultural competency as they are regarded in health care offer insightful explanations for understanding the relationships between patient and physician which ultimately influences use of services. …”

Vitreous Hemorrhage following High-Altitude Retinopathy by Arjun Shrestha, Rinkal Suwal, Biju Shrestha

“…The Mantoux test and chest X-ray also revealed normal findings. Physician consultation did not reveal other abnormalities. …”
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Novel Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques for Surveillance of Dysplasia in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease by M Iacucci, T Uraoka, M Fort Gasia, N Yahagi

“…However, there are several limitations to this approach including poor physician adherence, poor sensitivity, increased procedure time and considerable cost. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Iguratimod for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis by Jiangtao Li, Hejuan Mao, Yan Liang, Yanrong Lu, Shuo Chen, Nanping Yang, Guixiu Shi

“…Meta-analyses showed that, after 24-week therapy, ACR20, tender joint count, swollen joint count, rest pain, physician and patient global assessment of disease activity, HAQ score, ESR, and CRP in iguratimod group were better than those in placebo group and that the difference between those of iguratimod group and those of other DMARDs (MTX and SASP) group was not significant. …”
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Opinions and Practice of US-Based Obstetrician-Gynecologists regarding Vitamin D Screening and Supplementation of Pregnant Women by Sara A. Mohamed, Ayman Al-Hendy, Jay Schulkin, Michael L. Power

“…An online questionnaire regarding physician practice patterns for screening and supplementing pregnant women was administered to 225 randomly selected practicing obstetrician-gynecologists of whom 101 (45%) completed the questionnaire. …”
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A CADAVERIC STUDY OF THE BRANCHING PATTERN OF RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY IN PAKISTANI POPULATION by Qazi Waheedullah, Farah Deeba, Sadia Shaukat, Samina Zahir, Shazia Iftikhar, Zainab Rehman

“…The knowledge about these variations is unequivocally important for a cardiac surgeon and physician. However, the prevalence of such variations varies among different populations. …”
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Improving the evaluation of non-accidental trauma across multiple specialties at a single institution by Courtney Port, Lani Kroese, William Hauda

“…The aim of this quality improvement project was to increase the percentage of patients for whom there is a concern for NAT who receive a guideline-adherent evaluation from 7.7% to 50% in 6 months’ time.Methods A committee of physician stakeholders developed criteria for a complete NAT evaluation which were integrated into an order panel with built-in clinical guidance for test selection within our electronic medical record. …”
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The Association of Sleep Disorder, Obesity Status, and Diabetes Mellitus among US Adults—The NHANES 2009-2010 Survey Results by Jian Liu, John Hay, Brent E. Faught

“…Diabetes was defined as having one of a diagnosis from a physician; an overnight fasting glucose > 125 mg/dL; Glycohemoglobin > 6.4%; or an oral glucose tolerance test > 199 mg/dL. …”
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A Woman with Double Intra Uterine Device: A Case Report by Işık Gönenç, Zeynep Tuzcular Vural, Nurettin Aka, Can Ertuğrul Tüfekçi, Gültekin Köse

“…The patient’s medical history revealed that a copper-T intra uterine device (IUD) had been inserted ten years ago, and that she had a normal vaginal delivery seven years after, when she was informed by her physician that her IUD had been expelled and she conceived afterwards. …”
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Clinical Diagnosis of Scapular Dyskinesis in a Youth Softball Pitcher: A Case Report by Connor Skoumal, Matt Dewald

“…The subject was clinically diagnosed with scapular dyskinesis by her referring physician and demonstrated abnormal scapular movement when elevating and lowering her upper extremity. …”
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Density of Langerhans Cells in Nonmelanoma Skin Cancers: A Systematic Review by Joanna Pogorzelska-Dyrbuś, Jacek C. Szepietowski

“…Finally, as at present, there is a paucity of available risk scores for the recurrence or progression of BCC or SCC, the creation of classification stratifying that risk including the density of LCs could bring additional information both for the physician and the patient.…”
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Evaluation of the Relationship between Knowledge Level and Anxiety Level of Cancer Patients with Port Catheter by Buse Sekmen, Anita Karaca

“…The data was collected by the Patient Information Survey, Port Catheterization Patient Information Survey, and the Beck Anxiety Inventory.Results: Of the patients, 15.4% received training before port catheterization and the physician gave 9.6% of the training. The total mean scores of both scales were determined 20.12 ± 2.44 for the Port Catheterization Patient Information Survey and 8.17 ± 4.85 for the Beck Anxiety Inventory. …”
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Apremilast generic for the treatment of active psoriatic arthritis: A single-center real-life experience from India by Sanjiv Amin, Aneesa Kapadia, Dhiraj Dhoot, Hanmant Barkate

“…Patients were classified as responders and nonresponders based on the overall physician judgment of clinical status, especially improvement of symptoms as per the disease activity in PsA (DAPSA) criteria. …”
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