Effects of Cinnamomum zeylanicum (Ceylon cinnamon) extract on lipid profile, glucose levels and its safety in adults: A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial. by Dimuthu Muthukuda, Chamini Kanatiwela de Silva, Saumiyah Ajanthan, Namal Wijesinghe, Anuradha Dahanayaka, Arunasalam Pathmeswaran

“…There was a significant interaction effect between the supplement and participants' glycemic status, with individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) who received C. zeylanicum extract experiencing a notable reduction in FBS levels (standardized coefficient: -63, 95% CI: -102 to -25; p = 0.002).…”
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The Association between Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Thyroid Cancer by Young-Gyun Seo, Ho-Chun Choi, Ah Reum An, Do Joon Park, Young Joo Park, Kyu Eun Lee, Sue K. Park, Yunji Hwang, Belong Cho

“…Among patients with thyroid cancer who were enrolled in T-CALOS, 415 patients were matched to the control group according to age and sex. …”
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The Efficacy of Adalimumab Treatment in Pediatric Non-Infectious Uveitis: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Kübra Özdemir Yalçınsoy, Osman Özen, Yasemin Özdamar Erol, Pınar Çakar Özdal

“…Materials and Methods: The records of 91 NIU patients aged ≤16 years who received ADA therapy were evaluated retrospectively. …”
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Exploring the Needs and Preferences of Users and Parents to Design a Mobile App to Deliver Mental Health Peer Support to Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes: Qualitative Study by Titilola I Yakubu, Poonamdeep Jhajj, Samantha Pawer, Nicholas C West, Shazhan Amed, Tricia S Tang, Matthias Görges

“…ResultsFocus group participants included 10 adolescents (mean 16, SD 1 years; 8/10, 80% female; who had been living with diabetes for an average of 9, SD 5 years) and 10 parents (mean age 51, SD 7 years; 9/10, 90% female). …”
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Supervised and Unsupervised Screen Time and Its Association With Physical, Mental, and Social Health of School-Going Children in Dhaka, Bangladesh: Cross-Sectional Study by Shahria Hafiz Kakon, Tanjir Rashid Soron, Mohammad Sharif Hossain, Rashidul Haque, Fahmida Tofail

“…Headache was significantly higher among the unsupervised digital screen users compared to those who used digital screens with parental supervision (175/336 students, 52.1% versus 161/336 students, 47.9%; P ConclusionsThe findings of the study showed that the lack of screen time supervision is associated with negative health effects in children. …”
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HIV risk perception and changes in sexual behavior and sexual satisfaction following male circumcision among circumcised males and their female partners from a traditionally noncir... by Barbara Burmen, Kennedy Mutai, George Otieno Olilo

“…Of 4,171 women interviewed, 976 (24%) had primary partners who were circumcised of whom 151 (15%) had ‘recently circumcised’ primary partners. …”
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The Value of Voltage Histogram Analysis Derived Right Atrial Scar Burden in the Prediction of Left Atrial Scar Burden by Szilvia Herczeg, Joseph Galvin, John J. Keaney, Edward Keelan, Roger Byrne, Claire Howard, Laszlo Geller, Gabor Szeplaki

“…We have included 36 patients who underwent catheter ablation for AF in a prospective observational study. …”
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Quantifying intratumoral heterogeneity within sub-regions to predict high-grade patterns in clinical stage I solid lung adenocarcinoma by Zhichao Zuo, Jinqiu Deng, Wu Ge, Yinjun Zhou, Haibo Liu, Wei Zhang, Ying Zeng

“…Methods In this retrospective study, we enrolled 457 patients who were postoperatively diagnosed with clinical stage I solid LADC from two medical centers, assigning them to either a training set (n = 304) or a test set (n = 153). …”
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Nomograms based on ratio indexes to predict severity and prognosis in immune checkpoint inhibitors-related myocarditis: a retrospective analysis by Zhenli Li, Tiezhu Yao, Guang Liu, Zhengkun Guan, Jing Liu, Ling Guo, Jingtao Ma

“…Methods We retrospectively examined patients with advanced cancers who were also diagnosed with ICI-M at the Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University. …”
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Incidence and Risk Factors for Early Acute Kidney Injury in Nonsurgical Patients: A Cohort Study by Javier Enrique Cely, Elkin José Mendoza, Carlos Roberto Olivares, Oscar Julián Sepúlveda, Juan Sebastián Acosta, Rafael Andrés Barón, Juan José Diaztagle

“…The median length of hospital stay was higher among patients who developed EAKI (8 [IQR 5–14] versus 6 [IQR 4–10], p=0.008) and was associated with an increased requirement for dialysis (4.87 OR 95% CI 2.54 to 8.97, p<0.001) and in-hospital death (3.45 OR; 95% CI 2.18 to 5.48, p<0.001). …”
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Estimating health state utilities for aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase deficiency (AADCd) in the United States by Berrin Monteleone, Katie Forster, Gin Nie Chua, Rongrong Zhang, Andrew Lloyd, Paul Castellano, Ioannis Tomazos

“…Results Following revision of the vignettes, 120 participants completed the TTO task (mean age: 47 years; 50% female; 70% White); characteristics were not significantly different from US population norms in terms of age, sex, race or ethnicity. Six participants who appeared to misunderstand the exercise were excluded. …”
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Considerations and experiences with healthcare-seeking during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Denmark by Isabella Raasthøj Holst, Lisa Maria Sele Sætre, Gitte Bruun Lauridsen, Kirubakaran Balasubramaniam, Peter Haastrup, Sonja Wehberg, Dorte Ejg Jarbøl

“…Being worried about burdening the healthcare system was most frequently reported (45%), followed by being in doubt about acceptable contact reasons (33%), and concern about infection (24%). Although 44% of those who needed to contact their GP found the digital solutions advantageous, individuals frequently found it difficult to discuss symptoms by telehealth (29%) and that they were examined less thoroughly. …”
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Medication Administration Through Feeding Tubes in a Tertiary Hospital: A Retrospective Observational Study by Zhu Y, Zhu B, Jin P

“…All inpatients aged of 18 and above who received at least one oral medication via FTs were included. …”
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Strengthening public health education and humanitarian response through academic volunteerism by Faiza Rab, Mekdes Assefa, Salim Sohani, Ilja Ormel, Farwa Arshad, Ahmad Firas Khalid

“…Academic volunteerism within the Movement includes contributions from students, volunteers and professionals from academic institutions who offer their time and expertise. In this study we aimed to understand the process of embedding academic volunteers in humanitarian organizations such as the Canadian Red Cross (CRC) and assess the impact of their activities within the realm of public health education. …”
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Onchocerciasis is not a major cause of blindness in two endemic villages in Sierra Leone by Ibrahim Kargbo-Labour, Victoria Redwood-Sawyerr, Abdulai Conteh, Doris Harding, Mohamed S. Bah, Patricia Houck, Sugandh Juneja, Achille Kabore, Darin Evans, Angela M. Weaver, Yaobi Zhang

“…There were 40.7% of all adults (N = 54) tested and 29.0% of 31 persons with self-reported vision loss who were positive for Ov-16 IgG4 antibodies, suggesting a history of exposure to onchocerciasis. …”
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Changes in Vitamin D Status in Overweight Middle-Aged Adults with or without Impaired Glucose Metabolism in Two Consecutive Nordic Summers by Petra Lundström, Kenneth Caidahl, Maria J. Eriksson, Tomas Fritz, Anna Krook, Juleen R. Zierath, Anette Rickenlund

“…These findings were verified in a subgroup of the study population during the subsequent summer. Participants who reported use of vitamin D supplements had higher initial concentrations (64.2 ± 20.1 nmol·L−1) compared to nonusers (53.7 ± 21.7 nmol·L−1; P=0.04). …”
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Prognostic Value of Tumor Regression Grade Combined with Pathological Lymph Node Status in Initially Node-Positive Rectal Cancer Treated with Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy by Dakui Luo, Yajie Chen, Zhouyu Luo, Huangbo Gong, Qingguo Li, Xinxiang Li

“…Here, we explored whether TRG combined with ypN status could be a prognostic factor for MRI-based lymph node-positive (cN+) rectal cancer following neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy.Methods 671 cN + rectal cancer patients who received neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by radical resection were enrolled. …”
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Spectrum of bacterial keratitis at a tertiary eye center in Indonesia by Rifna Lutfiamida, Rien Widyasari, Kara Citra Kalandra

“…A retrospective cross-sectional analytic review of medical records was conducted for patients with bacterial keratitis who underwent corneal cultures over an 8-year period. …”
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Ischemic colitis presenting as a colonic mass: a case report and diagnostic challenges by Lin Xu, Yuqi Wu, Yuqi Wu, Shangjin Li, Shangjin Li, Xinbo Chen, Dong Zhang, Boqian Chen, Shaoju Guo

“…Illustrating these challenges is the case of a 53-year-old male patient who arrived at the hospital exhibiting abdominal pain and diarrhea. …”
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«THE CONSCIENCE OF THE WORLD» OR «CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE»? TO THE ANNIVERSARIES OF THE EVIAN AND BERMUDA CONFERENCES by D. V. Ivanov, A. V. Krylov, V. M. Morozov, V. O. Pechatnov, S. A. Sklyarov, E. O. Shebalina

“…The leaders of the Zionist movement provided assistance only to those refugees who agreed to settle in Palestine.…”
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