Factors determining primary or delayed surgery for unilateral, non-metastatic Wilms tumor: a multicentric Egyptian study by Ahmed Elgendy, Amr Abdelhamid AbouZeid, Mohamed El-Debeiky, Shaimaa Abdelsattar Mohammad, Marwa Romeih, Ahmed Ebeed, Mohamed Abouheba, Mohammed Hamada Takrouney, Mahmoud Mostafa, Ahmed Khairi, Osama El-Naggar, Sameh Shehata

“…Results The study included 112 patients with a median age of 2.8 years. The median largest tumor diameter was 12 cm (range, 7–16 cm). …”
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Psilocybin-assisted therapy for reducing alcohol intake in patients with alcohol use disorder: protocol for a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled 12-week clinical trial... by Claus Thorn Ekstrøm, Patrick MacDonald Fisher, Gitte Moos Knudsen, Dea Siggaard Stenbæk, Anders Fink-Jensen, Mathias Ebbesen Jensen, Tobias Søgaard Juul

“…Ninety treatment-seeking patients, aged 20–70 years, diagnosed with alcohol use disorder will be recruited from the community via advertisement and referrals from general practitioners or specialised treatment units. …”
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Non-inferiority study to compare the efficacy of relugolix with dienogest for endometriosis-associated pain and usefulness of administering relugolix prior to dienogest (READY stud... by Fuminori Taniguchi, Motoko Fukui, Yutaka Osuga, Tasuku Harada, Jo Kitawaki

“…A total of 100 premenopausal patients aged ≥ 18 years with endometriosis, a maximum visual analog scale (VAS) score > 30 for endometriosis-associated pain, and dysmenorrhea or pelvic pain of at least moderate severity on the Biberoglu & Behrman (B&B) scale will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to either a relugolix group or dienogest group. …”
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Evaluation of Sialic Acid Levels in the Umbilical Cord Blood of Newborns of Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Mothers and the Relation with Poor Neonatal Outcome by Yuksel Kurban, İbrahim Uyar, Koza Murat, Murat Alan

“…Also mean platelet volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, platelet, bilirubin values were recorded as well as the age, gravida, parity, gestational week of the participant mothers and type of delivery, gender, weight, height and the APGAR score of the newborn, and whether insulin was used or not. …”
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Development and validation of the Multimorbidity Treatment Burden Questionnaire (MTBQ) by Daisy Gaunt, Chris Salisbury, Mei-See Man, Katherine Chaplin, Polly Duncan, Mairead Murphy

“…The scale was piloted and the final version was tested in 1546 adults with multimorbidity (mean age 71 years) who took part in the 3D Study, a cluster randomised controlled trial. …”
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The Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on Female Patients Seeking or Undergoing Fertility Treatment in a Single In Vitro Fertilisation Clinic in Greece: An International,... by Konstantina Pappa, Emmanouil M. Xydias, Apostolos C. Ziogas, Kanelina Bimba, Elias Tsakos, Efstratios Kolibianakis

“…Results: From 409 initial candidates, 106 women, with a mean age of 41.2 years, completed the questionnaire (26% response rate). …”
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Cost of Serum Versus Skin Allergy Testing Among Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries in the United States by Kenny Y. Kwong, Yang Z. Lu

“…Multivariate linear regression was performed on the association between testing patterns and each cost and utilization measure, controlling for parity, age, sex, race/ethnicity, and dual-eligible status. …”
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Assessing the Health and Economic Outcomes of a 9-Valent HPV Vaccination Program in the United Kingdom by Kwame Owusu-Edusei, Cody Palmer, Olga Ovcinnikova, Giampiero Favato, Vincent Daniels

“…**Objective:** To estimate and compare the health and economic outcomes of 2 HPV vaccination programs in the UK targeting girls and boys aged 12-13 years from the perspective of the UK National Health Service. …”
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A comparison of the acute effects of high intensity interval training and moderate intensity continuous training on working memory and emotional state in adolescent women with subt... by Shiwei Yuan, Lili Lin, Libin Liu, Xinyuan Zhang, Qian Gu

“…Therefore, this study aims to examine the effects of high intensity interval training (HIIT) and moderate intensity continuous training (MICT) on the working memory and emotional state.MethodsForty-nine female students with subthreshold depression (mean age 16.3 ± 0.5 yrs) completed 20-min group of sit (SIT), MICT, and HIIT on separate days in a counterbalanced order. …”
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Accounting for racial bias and social determinants of health in a model of hypertension control by Yang Hu, Nicholas Cordella, Rebecca G. Mishuris, Ioannis Ch. Paschalidis

“…Results The predictive model of high SBP reached an Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve of 74.49% ± 0.23%. Age, race, Social Determinants of Health (SDoH), mental health, and cigarette use were predictive of high SBP. …”
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Results of Selective Biochemical Screening for Lysosomal Acid Lipase Deficiency and Sequencing of the <i>LIPA</i> Gene in the Risk Group Patients by S. V. Shtykalova, A. A. Egorova, O. S. Glotov, A. V. Kiselev, I. Yu. Kogan

“…The variety of clinical symptoms and wide range of ages at which symptoms may begin (in the case of cholesteryl ester storage disease) can lead to errors in diagnosis. …”
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Interventional effects of different track and field sports on human cardiovascular function indicators and physiological energy metabolism by Ruibin Jing, Zhengwei Wang, Choi Mee-Seong

“…Method The research subjects were ordinary male students majoring in physical education at a certain university, aged between 18 and 25 years old. A total of 42 people were divided into four sub sample groups: sprint group (10 people), jump group (10 people), long-distance running group (10 people), and regular student group (12 people). …”
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von Willebrand factor polymorphism (rs1063856) as a risk factor for portal vein thrombosis in chronic liver diseases by Isis Samy Bedira, Olfat M. Hendy, Moones Abdelaal, Ashraf A. Basuni, Asma Ebrahim Gaber Koshoo, Alzhraa Alkhatib, Sally S. Mandour

“…Additionally, 30 healthy volunteers of the same age and gender as the patients were included in the study as a control group. …”
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Healthcare Costs and Resource Use Associated With Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia and Cervical Conization: A Retrospective Study of German Statutory Health Insurance Claims Data by Anna-Janina Stephan, Miriam Reuschenbach, Kunal Saxena, Vimalanand S. Prabhu, Christian Jacob, Kim M. Schneider, Wolfgang Greiner, Regine Wölle, Monika Hampl

“…Comparing study cohort 1 and 2 to controls, mean differences were highest in age groups 41-45 years (cohort 1: €5115 vs €3354, _P_<.01; cohort 2: €4152 vs €3354, _P_=.14). …”
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Exploration of treatment burden through examination of workload and patient capacity during transition onto kidney replacement therapy: a systematic review of qualitative research by Catrin Jones, Ross Cairns, Heather Walker, Silje Welsh, Benjamin Edgar, Karen Stevenson, Bhautesh D. Jani, Patrick B. Mark, David Kingsmore, Katie I. Gallacher

“…Studies were included if meeting the criteria of adults aged 18 or over transitioning for the first time onto any modality of KRT (haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis or kidney transplantation), using qualitative methodologies to describe any aspect of experiences of healthcare workload or any factors that affect capacity to manage workload were included. …”
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The financial toxicity of cancer: unveiling global burden and risk factors – a systematic review and meta-analysis by Addisu Getie, Alemu Birara Zemariam, Befkad Derese Tilahun, Ribka Nigatu Haile, Tegene Atamenta Kitaw, Molla Azmeraw Bizuayehu

“…Key risk factors included large family size, low income, lack of health insurance, longer disease duration, older age and multiple treatments. Higher education levels were associated with reduced CHE risk.Conclusion Over half of patients with cancer (56.1%) face catastrophic health expenditures, highlighting a severe financial burden. …”
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Clinical characteristics and outcomes in Asian patients with heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction by Julian Cheong Kiat Tay, Shaw Yang Chia, Siew Hui Michelle Koh, David Kheng Leng Sim, Ping Chai, Seet Yoong Loh, Fazlur Rehman Jaufeerally, Sheldon Shao Guang Lee, Patrick Zhan Yun Lim, Jonathan Yap

“…HFmrEF patients were more likely to be gender neutral, of mid-range age and have concomitant diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidaemia, peripheral vascular disease and coronary artery disease (P < 0.001). …”
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Treatment Patterns and Health Care Costs in Commercially Insured Patients with Follicular Lymphoma by Nathan H. Fowler, Guifang Chen, Stephen Lim, Stephanie Manson, Qiufei Ma, Frank Li

“…Of these patients, 50.2% (n=300) were female, with a mean age of 60.7 years (SD=13.1 years) when initiating their treatment with FL indicated regimens. …”
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Turismo en Mallorca by Macià Blázquez Salom

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Effects of increasing levels of rubber seed cake on growth performance, nutrient digestion metabolism, serum biochemical parameters, and rumen microbiota of Hu sheep by Huwei Zhao, Jinling Hua, Wenwen Lu, Longfei Yan, Min Zhang, Chao Chen, Xiaokang Lv

“…In this study, 48 Hu sheep, weighing 17.01 ± 0.57 kg at 3 months of age, were randomly divided into four treatments: 0% rubber seed cake (RSC0%), 6% rubber seed cake (RSC6%), 12% rubber seed cake (RSC12%) and 18% rubber seed cake (RSC18%), with 12 sheep per group. …”
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