Feasibility and effectiveness of a group therapy combining physical activity, surf therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to treat adolescents with depressive disorders: a pilot... by Bettina Hearn, Monica Biscaldi, Reinhold Rauh, Christian Fleischhaker

“…The aim of the current study was to investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of a group therapy program that combines physical activity, including surf therapy, with cognitive behavioral therapy for treating depression among adolescents.MethodsThirty-two outpatients (28 female, four male) aged 13–18 years with a mean age of 15.58 years (SD = 1.52) and a primary diagnosis of depression were included. …”
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Multicystic renal dysplasia, a histomorphological spectrum: Seven years experience from a tertiary care hospital by Kanika Gupta, Shramana Mandal, Varuna Mallya, Meeta Singh, Nita Khurana, Yogesh K. Sarin

“…Twenty-one cases were males. All the cases had unilateral kidney involvement with the left kidney being involved in 20 out of 30 cases. …”
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Effects of treadmill running on anxiety- and craniofacial pain-like behaviors with histone H3 acetylation in the brain of mice subjected to social defeat stress. by Kajita Piriyaprasath, Mana Hasegawa, Yuya Iwamoto, Rantaro Kamimura, Andi Sitti Hajrah Yusuf, Noritaka Fujii, Kensuke Yamamura, Keiichiro Okamoto

“…This study examined the effects of treadmill running (TR) regimens on craniofacial pain- and anxiety-like behaviors, as well as their effects on neural changes in specific brain regions of male mice subjected to repeated social defeat stress (SDS) for 10 days. …”
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Long-Term Dietary Nitrate Supplementation Does Not Prevent Development of the Metabolic Syndrome in Mice Fed a High-Fat Diet by V. B. Matthews, R. Hollingshead, H. Koch, K. D. Croft, N. C. Ward

“…Following 1 week of acclimatisation, male (6–8 weeks) C57BL6 mice were randomly assigned to the following groups (10/group) for 12 weeks: (i) normal chow + NaCl (1 mmol/kg/day), (ii) normal chow + NaNO3 (1 mmol/kg/day), (iii) high-fat diet + NaCl (1 mmol/kg/day), and (iv) high-fat diet + NaNO3 (1 mmol/kg/day). …”
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Utilisation of ChatGPT and other Artificial Intelligence tools among medical faculty in Uganda: a cross-sectional study [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reserva... by Job Kuteesa, Faith Oguttu, Ian Guyton Munabi, Aloysius Gonzaga Mubuuke, Sarah Kiguli, Ritah Nantale, David Mukunya, Elizabeth Ajalo, Frank Kayemba, Jonathan Babuya, Kennedy Pangholi, Amelia Margaret Namiiro, Suzan Langoya Akuu, Steven Ekak, Ronald Tweheyo, Kirsten Nantongo, Brenda Nakitto, Milton W. Musaba, Joseph Luwaga Mpagi

“…Results We recruited 224 medical faculty, majority [75% (167/224)] were male. The median age (interquartile range) was 41 years (34–50). …”
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First report of MDR virulent Pseudomonas aeruginosa in apparently healthy Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) in Bangladesh. by Alamgir Hasan, Md Tanjir Ahmmed, Bushra Benta Rahman Prapti, Aminur Rahman, Tasnim Islam, Chandra Shaker Chouhan, A K M Anisur Rahman, Mahbubul Pratik Siddique

“…Female quail birds had almost four times higher odds (OR: 3.77; 95% CI: 1.30-10.93) of harboring Pseudomonas species than males. All 25 P. aeruginosa isolates exhibited multi drug-resistance (MDR) patterns. …”
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Pulmonary artery catheter use in acute myocardial infarction‐cardiogenic shock by Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula, Aditi Shankar, Sri Harsha Patlolla, Abhiram Prasad, Malcolm R. Bell, Jacob C. Jentzer, Shilpkumar Arora, Saarwaani Vallabhajosyula, Bernard J. Gersh, Allan S. Jaffe, David R. Holmes Jr, Shannon M. Dunlay, Gregory W. Barsness

“…Greater proportion of admissions to urban teaching hospitals received PACs (9.5%) compared with urban non‐teaching (7.1%) and rural hospitals (5.4%); P < 0.001. Younger age, male sex, white race, higher comorbidity, noncardiac organ failure, use of mechanical circulatory support, and noncardiac support were independent predictors of PAC use. …”
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Acute Effects of Handheld Vibration Massage on Posterior Shoulder Soft Tissues by Takaki Imai, Takashi Nagamatsu, Yushin Yoshizato, Kodai Miyara, Megumi Sumizono, Masatoshi Nakamura

“… # Methods A crossover study with a 5-min vibration massage and passive control condition was conducted in healthy male volunteers (mean age 20.5 ± 1.7 years). Vibration massage was applied to the posterior shoulder soft tissues of the dominant arm, with no intervention under control conditions. …”
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Dietary supplementation with Epimedium contributes to the improvement of hormone levels, gut microbiota, and serum metabolite composition in the Chinese forest musk deer (Moschus b... by Shan Xie, Shan Xie, Qinlin Yang, Zaixiang Ying, Zaixiang Ying, Mingcheng Cai, Wenqiao Fan, Hanyu Gao, Hanyu Gao, Xiaolan Feng, Yongjiang Wu

“…This study aimed to evaluate the effects of dietary supplementation with Epimedium on the hormone levels, gut microbiota composition, and serum metabolism of the Chinese forest musk deer. The fourteen adult male Chinese forest musk deer with similar initial body weights (7.0 ± 0.3 kg) and an average age of 4.5 years were randomly divided into two groups, each containing seven animals. …”
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Tangeretin offers neuroprotection against colchicine-induced memory impairment in Wistar rats by modulating the antioxidant milieu, inflammatory mediators and oxidative stress in t... by Olalekan Bukunmi Ogunro, Mojisola Esther Karigidi, Gideon Ampoma Gyebi, Areej Turkistani, Ahmad H. Almehmadi

“…Methods Cognitive dysfunction was induced by administering colchicine (15 µg/rat) intracerebroventricularly (ICV) via a stereotaxic apparatus in male Wistar rats. Colchicine resulted in poor memory retention in acquiring and retaining a spatial navigation task, passive avoidance apparatus, and Morris water maze paradigms. …”
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Healthcare Resource Utilization Among Patients With Agitation in Alzheimer Dementia by Christie Teigland, Zulkarnain Pulungan, David Bruhn, Steve Hwang

“…Most patients in both groups were female, but the proportion of males was slightly higher in the agitation in Alzheimer dementia group (30.3% vs 28.2%, respectively). …”
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Involvement of Neuropeptide Y within Paraventricular Nucleus in Electroacupuncture Inhibiting Sympathetic Activities in Hypertensive Rats by Qi Zhang, Yingying Tan, Xin Wen, Fangfang Li

“…This study aimed to assess the hypothesis that EA treatment exerts a hypotensive action via suppressing sympathetic activities and modulating neuropeptide Y (NPY) function within the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of hypertensive rats. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were selected for the experiment, and the hypertensive models were established by the two-kidney, one-clip (2K1C) method. …”
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Prevalence of Depression and Sleep Disorders in Patients on Dialysis: A Cross-Sectional Study in Qatar by Fadwa Al-Ali, Mostafa Elshirbeny, Abdullah Hamad, Ahmad Kaddourah, Tarek Ghonimi, Rania Ibrahim, Tarek Fouda

“…More female patients had depression than male patients (52% vs. 25%, p<0.0001; odds ratio: 3.27 (95% confidence interval: 1.9–5.6), p<0.0001). …”
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Body Mass Index and 1-Year Unplanned Readmission in Chinese Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Dandan Sun, Qingyun Zhang, Wei Li, Haichen Wang

“…The average age of 172 selected participants was 60.2 ± 10.8 years old, and about 68.6% of them was male. The rate of readmission in patients with AMI was 26.14%. …”
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The Role of Establishing a Multidisciplinary Team for Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis in Improving Patient Outcomes and Spreading Awareness about Recent Disease Trends by Rami J. Yaghan, Nehad M. Ayoub, Shadi Hamouri, Alia Al-Mohtaseb, Maha Gharaibeh, Lamees Yaghan, Mahmoud Al-Dari, Hiba Al-Kaff, Nabil A. Al-Zoubi

“…IGM is being reported in all age groups, and even in males. The clinical manifestations have markedly expanded. …”
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Willingness to donate eyes and associated factors among adults in Addis Ababa City, Ethiopia: a mixed-methods approach by Ejigu Gebeye Zeleke, Merkineh Markos Lorato, Wubalem Addis Tefera, Hirut Gebremeskel Mengistu

“…Significant factors influencing willingness included being male (adjusted OdR (AOR)=1.55; 95% CI 1.18, 2.03), being a Christian (AOR=2.08; 95% CI 1.42, 3.04), having a family or friends awaiting for corneal transplantation (AOR=1.78; 95% CI: 1.18, 2.68), completing higher education (AOR=2.63; 95% CI 1.88, 3.69), completing secondary education (AOR=1.77; 95% CI 1.03, 3.04), having a favourable attitude towards eye donation (AOR=4.97; 95% CI 3.70, 6.66) and being aware of eye donation (AOR=3.12; 95% CI 2.23, 4.36). …”
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Prospective cohort study of voice outcomes following secondary tracheoesophageal puncture in gastric pull-up reconstruction after total laryngopharyngoesophagectomy by Emily C. Deane, Harman Parhar, Linda Rammage, Amanda Hu, Donald W. Anderson

“…Results Ten patients (7 male, 3 female) were included, all of whom preferentially used tracheoesophageal puncture for communication. …”
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Microbes on the Mobile Phones of Healthcare Workers in Palestine: Identification, Characterization, and Comparison by Mohammad Qadi, Rasha Khayyat, Mohammed A. AlHajhamad, Yazan I. Naji, Beesan Maraqa, Kais Abuzaitoun, Ahmed Mousa, Maysa Daqqa

“…More than half of staphylococci isolates were resistant to penicillin and erythromycin. Male gender, using a mobile phone in the bathroom, and entry to the operating theatre were associated with mobile phone contamination and increased resistance against specific antibiotics. …”
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Molecular evidence of the inhibitory potential of melatonin against sodium arsenite toxicity by Ramtin Farhadi, Marzieh Daniali, Maryam Baeeri, Reza Khorasani, Hamed Haghi-Aminjan, Mahdi Gholami, Mahban Rahimifard, Mona Navaei-Nigjeh, Mohammad Abdollahi

“…Methods: Forty-eight adult healthy male wistar rats aged 7–8 weeks were divided into eight for this research. …”
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The burden and outcomes of firearm injuries at two district-level emergency centres in Cape Town, South Africa: A descriptive analysis by L Bush, C Hendrikse, C Van Koningsbruggen, K Evans

“…Of the 776 patients with firearm injuries who were included, the median age was 27 years, and 91% were male. A total of 520 (67%) patients self-presented, and there were 18 (2.3%) deaths in the emergency centre and a further 23 (3%) as inpatients. …”
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