Funding the New Biologics – CCOHTA Report on the Cost Effectiveness of Infliximab for Crohn’s Disease: Pearls and Pitfalls by John K Marshall

“…The Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment (CCOHTA) published an economic analysis, using a Markov model, of infliximab therapy for Crohn’s disease that is refractory to other treatments. …”
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Survival and Prognostic Factors in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated by Percutaneous Ethanol Injection: A 10-Year Experience by Roberto Mazzanti, Umberto Arena, Pietro Pantaleo, Lorenzo Antonuzzo, Greta Cipriani, Bruno Neri, Clara Giordano, Fabio Lanini, Serena Marchetti, Paolo Gentilini

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Malignant Pleural Effusion: Diagnosis and Management by Lucía Ferreiro, Juan Suárez-Antelo, José Manuel Álvarez-Dobaño, María E. Toubes, Vanessa Riveiro, Luis Valdés

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Risk Factors for New-Onset Diabetes Mellitus in Patients Receiving Protease Inhibitor Therapy by Christine A Hughes, Richard P Cashin, Dean T Eurich, Stan Houston

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Diabetic Foot Care Plan by Gordon Dow, The Diabetic Foot Care Plan Working Group

“…Diabetes mellitus is the number one cause of limb loss in North America, and is associated with growing, unacceptable rates of morbidity, mortality and economic loss. …”
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Increased Eligibility for Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C Infection with Shortened Duration of Therapy: Implications for Access to Care and Elimination Strategies in Canada by Sergio M Borgia, Adenike Rowaiye

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Maternal Infectious Diseases, Antimicrobial Therapy or Immunizations: Very few Contraindications to Breastfeeding by Noni E Macdonald

“…There are many benefits associated with breastfeeding, including nutritional, immunological, psychological, developmental, environmental, social, economic and health (eg, decrease in infectious diseases) (2-4). …”
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Prevalence and Detection of qac Genes from Disinfectant-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Salon Tools in Ishaka Town, Bushenyi District of Uganda by Solange Gahongayire, Adamu Almustapha Aliero, Charles Drago Kato, Alice Namatovu

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Medical Assistance in Dying for Persons Suffering Solely from Mental Illness in Canada by Chloe Eunice Panganiban, Srushhti Trivedi

“… [20] Hamer Bastidas-Bilbao et al., “Searching for Relief from Suffering: A Patient-Oriented Qualitative Study on Medical Assistance in Dying for Mental Illness as the Sole Underlying Medical Condition,” Social Science & Medicine 331 (August 1, 2023): 116075, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116075. [21] Canadian Medical Association, “Canadian Medical Association Code of Ethics and Professionalism” (Canada: Canadian Medical Association, December 8, 2018), https://policybase.cma.ca/link/policy13937…”
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Short-term evolutionary implications of an introgressed size-determining supergene in a vulnerable population by Pierre Lesturgie, John S. S. Denton, Lei Yang, Shannon Corrigan, Jeff Kneebone, Romuald Laso-Jadart, Arve Lynghammar, Olivier Fedrigo, Stefano Mona, Gavin J. P. Naylor

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Genetic markers on the distribution of ancient marine hunters in Priokhotye by B. A. Malyarchuk

“…It is known that the “Arctic” variant of the CPT1A gene is widely distributed in modern populations of the Eskimos, Chukchis, Koryaks, and other peoples of the Okhotsk Sea region, whose economic structure is associated with marine hunting. …”
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