The Conspiracist Strategy: Lessons from American Alternative Health Promotions by Gad Yair

“…By manipulating fears and conspiratorial suspicions, entrepreneurs promise suffering 'patriots' that by choosing their alternative cures they would win back their liberty and health. …”
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K. H. Ahmad Dahlan: Konsep dan Implementasi “Kemanusiaan” (1912-1936) by Wasno Wasno, Rhoma Dwi Aria Yuliantri

“…A more real realization of that idea was the establishment of General Suffering Helpers (later to become PKO Muhammadiyah Hospital), orphanages, and others.…”
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First Report of Nocardia asiatica Presenting as an Anterior Mediastinal Mass in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Rima I. El-Herte, Souha S. Kanj, George F. Araj, Hassan Chami, Walid Gharzuddine

“…We describe an unusual presentation of Nocardia asiatica (N. asiatica) in an Iraqi patient with myasthenia gravis suffering from a disseminated infection and presenting with an anterior mediastinal cystic mass. …”
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Ultrasound-Guided Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy of Pancreatic Ductal Stones: Six Years’ Experience by Werner Johanns, Christian Jakobeit, Lucas Greiner, Jan Janssen

“…Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) and endoscopic sphincterotomy (EST) was performed in 35 patients suffering from pancreatic duct stones. Calculi disintegration and resolution of obstruction were achieved in all cases. …”
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Collagenous Colitis and Spondylarthropathy by Kaouther Ben Abdelghani, Hana Sahli, Leila Souabni, Selma Chekili, Salwa Belhadj, Selma Kassab, Ahmed Laatar, Leith Zakraoui

“…We describe two cases: one man and one woman of 33 and 20 years old were suffering from spondylarthropathy. They then developed collagenous colitis, 4 and 14 years after the onset of spondylarthropathy. …”
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Uterine Rupture in Pregnancy following Fall from a Motorcycle: A Horrid Accident in Pregnancy—A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Wondimagegnehu Sisay Woldeyes, Demisew Amenu, Hailemariam Segni

“…Uterine rupture occurs in 1.6% of patients suffering blunt abdominal trauma. Here we report a unique case of complete fundal rupture of the unscarred uterus following fall from motorcycle in 39-week-pregnant mother who was managed with total abdominal hysterectomy and left salpingo-oophorectomy and survived, though fetus died before intervention. …”
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Complications Associated with the Use of Expandable Gases in Vitrectomy by Piotr Kanclerz, Andrzej Grzybowski

“…Nevertheless, gas tamponade remains a reasonable choice for patients suffering from retinal detachment.…”
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Imaging methods in monitoring gout – a pictorial essay by Korzeń Maria, Nowakowska-Płaza Anna, Leszkiewicz Marek, Sudoł-Szopińska Iwona

“…We present a pictorial essay based on the case of a 52-year-old man suffering from chronic gout, who was followed up for seven years. …”
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Peter Singer’s Speciesist Notion of Animal Conservation Vis-a-Vis Genetic Manipulation by Gabriel Bubu Ncha, Emmanuel E. Etta, Lawrence Odey Ojong

“…Singer’s notion of speciesism frowns at all forms of animal maltreatment and emphasizes that animals are sentients, and they are capable of suffering and feeling pain. The central problem here is whether animal’s life has intrinsic value and whether they can be used for experiment. …”
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When Operating on Dead People Saves Lives: Benefits of Surgical Organ Donor Intensivists by Kristin Long, Cynthia Talley, Rebecca B. Yarrison, Andrew Bernard

“…Solid organ transplantation has emerged as a life-saving treatment for many patients suffering from end-stage organ failure. Organs have been successfully recovered after a variety of aggressive interventions. …”
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Christianity and medical science: A historical quest for remedy in time of epidemics by V.U. Iheanacho

“…For its part, reason dictates what needs to be done in terms of practical and necessary measures to alleviate pain and suffering while waiting for divine intervention. This article explores the historical response of Christianity during epidemic outbreaks. …”
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Healthcare Providers’ Knowledge and Current Practice of Pain Assessment and Management: How Much Progress Have We Made? by Khawla Nuseir, Manal Kassab, Basima Almomani

“…Despite improvement in pain management and availability of clinical treatment guidelines, patients in Jordan are still suffering from pain. Negative consequences of undertreated pain are being recognized as a reason for further illnesses and poor quality of life. …”
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Midventricular Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy during Pregnancy Complicated by Pulmonary Embolism: A Case Report by Leila Abid, Ahmed Tounsi, Dorra Abid, Mourad Hentati, Samir Kammoun

“…Briefly, this case presents an unusual clinical scenario where a young pregnant woman suffering from hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy presents with dyspnea hemodynamic compromise related to pulmonary embolism illustrating hemodynamic challenges created by pregnancy and surgery. …”
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Prolonged exposure to heat enhances mosquito tolerance to viral infection by Hugo D. Perdomo, Ayda Khorramnejad, Nfamara M. Cham, Alida Kropf, Davide Sogliani, Mariangela Bonizzoni

“…We show that the length of the thermal challenge influences the outcome of the infection with warm-evolved mosquitoes being more tolerant to CFAV infection, while warm-acclimated mosquitoes being more resistant and suffering from extensive fitness costs. These results highlight the importance of considering fluctuations in vector immunity in relation to the length of a thermal challenge to understand natural variation in vector response to viruses and frame realistic transmission models.…”
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Erosões em estradas não-pavimentadas da bacia hidrográfica do Rio Formoso, Bonito/MS: diagnóstico e medidas de controle by Rafael Brugnolli Medeiros, Alex Dias de Jesus, Lorrane Barbosa Alves

“…The latter has been suffering from recurrent turbidity and displays countless tourist potentials that have scenic surface water as their main attraction. …”
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THE STUDY OF NATURALISM ON A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUN NOVEL by Nida Mufidah

“…It tells the story of two women who are suffering due to war and forced marriage. It also deals with an infinite love, incredible affection, sacrifice and struggle of different ages of two women, but became one family because of a polygamous marriage. …”
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A Comparative Study of Platelet-Rich Fibrin (PRF) and Titanium-Prepared Platelet-Rich Fibrin (T-PRF) in Management of Endo-Perio Lesion by Kamlesh P. Talesara, Rini G. Aroli Veetil, Soham M. Brahmbhatt, Mridul Sharma, Deepika Khandelwal, Divya Jyoti, Miral Mehta

“…Methodology: The present study was conducted on 180 patients suffering from endo-perio lesion. They were divided into two groups namely the ones treated by PRF and the other one treated with T-PRF. …”
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Improvement of in Vivo Quantification of [I]-Iodobenzovesamicol in Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography/Computed Tomography Using Anatomic Image to Brain Atlas Nonrigid Regis... by Frederic Lamare, Joachim Mazere, Mathieu Attila, Willy Mayo, Henri De Clermont-Gallerande, Wassilios Meissner, Philippe Fernandez, Michele Allard

“…For both subject groups, elastic registration achieved better quantitative performance compared to the affine model. For patients suffering from neurogenerative disease, this study demonstrates the importance and relevance of MRI to atlas registration in quantification of neuronal integrity. …”
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Safety of Ovarian Tissue Autotransplantation for Cancer Patients by Laurence Bockstaele, Sophie Tsepelidis, Julie Dechene, Yvon Englert, Isabelle Demeestere

“…Cancer treatments can induce premature ovarian failure in almost half of young women suffering from invasive neoplasia. Cryopreservation of ovarian cortex and subsequent autotransplantation of frozen-thawed tissue have emerged as promising alternatives to conventional fertility preservation technologies. …”
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Distance without Remoteness: The Objectivist Poetics of Nonmimetic Pain by Xavier Kalck

“…This article concludes that, while such poetics may seem far removed from today’s emphasis on reading as a sensory and indeed somatic event, these poets’ practice of mitigating and even of attempting to heal from the suffering that had accumulated still does hold precious insights into what and how literature can or should make us feel.…”
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