Facial Papulopustular Eruption during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Patients Treated with EGFR Inhibitors by Eleonora De Luca, Pietro Sollena, Lucia Di Nardo, Ettore D’Argento, Emanuele Vita, Giampaolo Tortora, Ketty Peris

“…Although often mild in severity, it can impair patients’ quality of life and may also be a reason for discontinuing or changing the dose of the antineoplastic treatment. …”
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Probiotics to Prevent the Need for, and Augment the Use of, Antibiotics by Gregor Reid

“…In some cases, probiotics will be the difference between a good quality of life and a bad one, or perhaps even life over death. …”
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Technical Feasibility of Acoustic Coordinated Reset Therapy for Tinnitus Delivered via Hearing Aids: A Case Study by Christian Hauptmann, Mark Williams, Federica Vinciati, Markus Haller

“…Primary tinnitus has a severe negative influence on the quality of life of a substantial portion of the general population. …”
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Adolescent and Adult Children of Parents with Parkinson's Disease: Incorporating Their Needs in Clinical Guidelines by David Morley, Caroline Selai, Anette Schrag, Marjan Jahanshahi, Alan Thompson

“…Purpose. To compare the quality of life (QoL) and emotional well-being of the offspring of parents with Parkinson's disease (PD) and multiple sclerosis (MS) and to consider results in light of current UK clinical guidelines. …”
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The Opportunity for a Sustainable Social Economy in Vacant Spain: An Empirical Analysis in COVID-19 Confinement by Natividad Buceta-Albillos, Esperanza Ayuga-Téllez

“…By perceiving reality through a lens that values nature and creative intelligence, a new avenue of opportunities may be opened up, leading to an improvement in quality of life and well-being, and potentially retaining the rural population. …”
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Examining the epigenetic transmission of risk for chronic pain associated with paternal post-traumatic stress disorder: a focus on veteran populations by James Freeman, Sabrina Salberg, Melanie Noel, Richelle Mychasiuk

“…Abstract Chronic pain is a public health problem that significantly reduces quality of life. Although the aetiology is often unknown, recent evidence suggests that susceptibility can be transmitted intergenerationally, from parent to child. …”
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Noncultured Autologous Adipose-Derived Stem Cells Therapy for Chronic Radiation Injury by Sadanori Akita, Kozo Akino, Akiyoshi Hirano, Akira Ohtsuru, Shunichi Yamashita

“…Increasing concern on chronic radiation injuries should be treated properly for life-saving improvement of wound management and quality of life. Recently, regenerative surgical modalities should be attempted with the use of noncultured autologous adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) with temporal artificial dermis impregnated and sprayed with local angiogenic factor such as basic fibroblast growth factor, and secondary reconstruction can be a candidate for demarcation and saving the donor morbidity. …”
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Ketamine-Induced Cystitis: A Comprehensive Review of the Urologic Effects of This Psychoactive Drug by Danyon J. Anderson, Jessica Zhou, David Cao, Matthew McDonald, Maya Guenther, Jamal Hasoon, Omar Viswanath, Alan D. Kaye, Ivan Urits

“…Common KIC-related problems are urinary pain and discomfort, bladder epithelial barrier damage, reduced bladder storage and increased pressure, ureter stenosis, and kidney failure, all of which significantly impact patients' quality of life. Furthermore, it becomes a vicious cycle when KIC patients attempt to manage their urinary pain with increased ketamine use. …”
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Rat models of frozen shoulder: Classification and evaluation by Hezirui Gu, Wenqing Xie, Hengzhen Li, Shuguang Liu, Yusheng Li

“…These symptoms and poor prognosis affect people's physical health and quality of life. Currently, the specific mechanisms of FS remain unclear, and there is variability in treatment methods and their efficacy. …”
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Rare Mental Health Disorders Affecting Urologic Care: A Comprehensive Review by Abrahim N. Razzak, Nicholas A. Orlando, Alexis Angelette, Vinay Kumar, Danyon J. Anderson, Jamal Hasoon, Omar Viswanath, Alan D. Kaye, Joseph S. Fitz-Gerald, Nazih Khater, Ivan Urits

“…Additionally, as these mental health illnesses may carry a rare incidence compared to other well-known mental health illness such as generalized depression or generalized anxiety disorder, we have found that the lack of provisions and recognition of the diseases can prolong the timeline for diagnosis and lead to an increased cost in both healthcare and quality of life of patients with these mental health illnesses. …”
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Clinical Trials of Immunogene Therapy for Spontaneous Tumors in Companion Animals by Gerardo Claudio Glikin, Liliana María Elena Finocchiaro

“…In general terms, minor or no adverse collateral effects appeared during this kind of therapies and treated patients usually displayed a better course of the disease (longer survival, delayed or suppressed recurrence or metastatic spread, and improvement of the quality of life). This suggests the utility of these methodologies as standard adjuvant treatments. …”
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Secukinumab-Induced Inflammatory Bowel Disease in a Patient Treated for Chronic Plaque Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis: A Case Report and Review of the Role of Novel Biologic Age... by K. M. Darch, T. L. Holland, L. J. Spelman

“…Chronic plaque psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis are common autoimmune inflammatory conditions, often existing as comorbidities that have a significant impact on a patient’s quality of life. The availability of a range of novel, targeted therapies for their treatment, most notably the availability of biologic agents, has revolutionised management of these conditions and allowed for significant improvements in patient outcomes. …”
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The Role of Vitamin D in the Management of Chronic Pain in Fibromyalgia: A Narrative Review by Hannah W. Haddad, Allison C. Jumonville, Katarina J. Stark, Shavonne N. Temple, Chukwudum C. Dike, Elyse M. Cornett, Alan D. Kaye

“…Some studies have documented the beneficial effects of vitamin D supplementation on reducing pain symptoms and improving the overall quality of life in those with FM. Despite these positive findings, many of the studies regarding this topic lack adequate power to make substantial conclusions about the effects of vitamin D on FM…”
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Vulnerability of the elderly with traumatic cervical injury by Yanmara Betharte Sotomayor, Delvis Serra Reyes

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions</strong>: population aging requires the development of specialized therapies, where the morphophysiological characteristics of this group are taken into account, which will allow better functional recovery and an adequate quality of life.</p>…”
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Choice of Unmanipulated T Cell Replete Graft for Haploidentical Stem Cell Transplant and Posttransplant Cyclophosphamide in Hematologic Malignancies in Adults: Peripheral Blood or... by Shatha Farhan, Edward Peres, Nalini Janakiraman

“…However, there are still lots of unanswered questions, like the effect of use of bone marrow versus peripheral blood as the source of stem cells on graft-versus-host disease, graft versus tumor, overall survival, immune reconstitution, and quality of life. Here we review the available publications on bone marrow and peripheral blood experience in the haploidentical SCT setting.…”
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Auditing Clinical Outcomes after Introducing Off-Licence Prescribing of Atypical Antipsychotic Melperone for Patients with Treatment Refractory Schizophrenia by Frank Röhricht, Seema Gadhia, Rinku Alam, Melissa Willis

“…Seven of those currently remain on Melperone (41%), and for six patents, the BPRS symptom scores reduced significantly over time (24–61%) additionally patients displayed improvements of their quality of life. Six patients were discontinued due to noncompliance and/or side effects. …”
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Manajemen Fisioterapi pada Asma : Laporan Kasus by Irianto Irianto, Dian Sukma Putri, Kamrawati Kamrawati, Alfi Syahar

“…Asma ditandai dengan gejala adanya obstruksi jalan napas yang bersifat tidak menetap, peradangan saluran napas, dan hiperresponsif bronkus menyebabkan dyspnea, mengi, sesak dada, batuk, serta gangguan kualitas hidup (Quality of Life). Tujuan dari studi kasus ini adalah untuk memberikan gambaran manajemen fisioterapi pada kasus asma. …”
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Diagnosis of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders and Choice of Treatment Regimen in Constipation Patients by I. V. Maev, A. N. Kazyulin, Yu. A. Kucheryavy, S. V. Cheryomushkin, A. Yu. Goncharenko, А. V. Gilyuk

“…Functional constipation commonly afflicts different ages and negatively impacts the quality of life. The current diagnostic algorithm in chronic constipation includes the disease identification according to Rome Criteria IV, red-flag symptom detection and instrumental laboratory examination. …”
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A grounded theory based kano model to develop age-friendly housing retrofit strategies for older people in China by Erxin Tu, Ying Zhou

“…Age-friendly housing (AFH) is a key measure to improve their quality of life, yet a systematic decision-making framework remains lacking. …”
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Mental Health in Urologic Oncology by Danyon Anderson, Abrahim N. Razzak, Matthew McDonald, David Cao, Jamal Hasoon, Omar Viswanath, Alan D. Kaye, Ivan Urits

“…For all pathologies, a focus on increasing quality of life post-treatment demonstrated a positive impact in reducing Mental Health Illness (MHI) prevalence. …”
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