The Comparison of Food and Nutrient Intake among Iranian Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Adults by Najmeh Maayeshi, Hassan Mozaffari-Khosravi, Sayyed Saeid Khayyatzadeh, Hossein Fallahzadeh

“…On the other hand, diabetic patients revealed significantly higher amounts of vegetables, fruits, dietary fiber, biotin, potassium, and magnesium consumption compared to non-diabetic participants. …”
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Contrasting Psychotherapeutic Treatments in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: an Exploratory Review by Carlos Enrique Zerpa

“…Future research on psychological interventions in IBD should focus on the use of trial of control and experimental groups, with random assignment of participants and compliance with parameters that guarantee comparison between groups and replicability of studies, including design of a more standardized version of intervention procedures. …”
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Transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation for hypertension complicated by anxiety or sleep disorders: A pilot randomized controlled trial by Xue-Ying Bao, Cun-Zhi Liu, Zi-Tong Qian, Lu Wang, Jian-Feng Tu, Bin-Yan Li, Xiao Wang, Fang Wan, Zhi-Han Li, Zhao-Yi Liu, Liang-Xiao Ma, Li-Qiong Wang

“…Methods: Eligible participants were randomly assigned to the 10 Hz TEAS, 2 Hz TEAS, or routine treatment groups in a 1:1:1 ratio. …”
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PERIODONTAL DISEASE STATUS AMONG ADULT POPULATIONATTENDING PRIVATE DENTAL HOSPITALAT GADAP TOWN KARACHI by Raza Abbas et al

“…A total of 104 study participants. The mean age was 2.09 and standard deviations showed 0.837, along with the three age groups were 20-25 (30.8%), 26-35 (29.8%), and 36-45 (39.4%). …”
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Quantifying the Impact of Dysmenorrhea Symptoms on Quality-of-Life and Access to Oral Contraceptives by Income by Rhea Choksey, Rohan K. Mangal, Thor S. Stead, Terrika Jones, Rosa Flores, Latha Ganti

“…Most reports of uterine contractions range between moderate to severe pain, and patients often elect to cope with their discomfort without assistance from a physician. …”
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The Evaluation of Uterine Sarcomas: Tertiary Center Experience by Onur Yavuz, Kadir Alper Mankan, Asli Akdoner, Sultan Ot, Hasan Bahadir Saatli

“…RESULTS: The median follow-up of all participants was 50 months. Recurrence was detected in 43.3% of the patients. 5-year survival ratio was 73.3%, 5-year disease-free survival ratio was 66.7%, the overall survival ratio was 70% and the overall disease-free survival rate was 56.6%. …”
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Clinical Consultation in the Workplace: Are There Implications for Response Attitudes? by Bárbara Gonzalez, Rosa F. Novo, Maria João Afonso, Matilde Fernandes, Ana Vieira

“…Five hundred and ten adult participants grouped in two samples of ambulatory patients – Clinical-Organizational Sample (COS n = 238) and Clinical Sample (CS n = 272) – were assessed with the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-RF validity and substantive scales. …”
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Sociodemographic and visual characteristics of individuals with oculocutaneous albinism in Botswana by Thanuja Panicker, Gopinath Madheswaran

“…Most participants belonged to low (35, 53.8%) to middle-income (23, 35.4%) socio-economic groups. …”
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Alcohol consumption associated with suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts in substance users: A cross-sectional study of an addiction registry in western Iran. by Vahid Farnia, Mahsa Mohebian, Omran Davarinejad, Denise A Hien, Safora Salemi, Sara Hookari, Hafez Bajoghli, Bahareh Rahami

“…<h4>Background</h4>Suicide is recognized as a major problem worldwide and is particularly prevalent among specific groups, including individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs). …”
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“Don’t leave us behind”: a qualitative study exploring the feasibility of a palliative care training program for non-health caregivers in Honduras by Sheryl Ruiz, Martin Stafström, Leda Parham, Luis Orellana

“…Data was collected through individual semi-structured interviews with 25 participants belonging to different key groups: patients diagnosed with cancer, non-health caregivers, PC experts, and health-related decision makers. …”
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Magnetic susceptibility components reveal different aspects of neurodegeneration in alpha-synucleinopathies by Oliver C. Kiersnowski, Pietro Mattioli, Lucia Argenti, Laura Avanzino, Francesco Calizzano, Andrea Diociasi, Laura Falcitano, Chunlei Liu, Mattia Losa, Federico Massa, Silvia Morbelli, Beatrice Orso, Elisa Pelosin, Stefano Raffa, Matteo Pardini, Dario Arnaldi, Luca Roccatagliata, Mauro Costagli

“…Prodromal patients were subdivided into groups with positive or negative DaT-SPECT (SBR Z-scores below or above -1, respectively). …”
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Pulp stones and kidney stones-related gene: An investigation of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the gene encoding parathyroid hormone by Prescila Mota de Oliveira Kublitski, Bruna de Souza Romano, Vania Gomes Moraes, Manoel Damião Sousa-Neto, Lívia Azeredo Alves Antunes, Erika Calvano Küchler, Leonardo Santos Antunes, João Armando Brancher, Edgard Michel-Crosato, Marilisa Carneiro Leão Gabardo

“…Results: The study included 63 patients with PS and 54 without PS, with a mean age of 32.5 years. …”
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Home-based transcranial direct current stimulation paired with cognitive training to reduce fatigue in multiple sclerosis by Leigh Charvet, Judith D. Goldberg, Xiaochun Li, Pamela Best, Matthew Lustberg, Michael Shaw, Lana Zhovtis, Josef Gutman, Abhishek Datta, Marom Bikson, Giuseppina Pilloni, Lauren Krupp

“…Both groups showed significant reductions in fatigue, with no significant difference between them. …”
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Association between sleep duration and risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Kasra Pirahesh, Ali Zarrinnia, Leila Nikniaz, Zeinab Nikniaz

“…Results: Thirty-one studies that included 836,117 participants were included in this systematic review. …”
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Stakeholders’ experiences, perceptions and satisfaction with an electronic appointment system: a qualitative content analysis by Faezeh Ostadmohammadi, Ehsan Nabovati, Fatemeh Rangraze Jeddi, Leila Shokrizadeh Arani

“…A systematic purposive sampling method was used to select the participants. The participants included 10 administrative and executive users working at the Specialty Clinic, 8 physicians working at the clinic and 18 patients and visitors to the clinic. …”
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FTO deficiency facilitates epithelia dysfunction in oral lichen planus by Yufeng Fan, Yukai Hao, Yan Ding, Xiangyu Wang, Xuejun Ge

“…Here, we demonstrated that the protein levels of FTO in the keratinocytes from OLP patients were down-regulated compared to those from healthy participants. …”
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A Systematic Review of Center of Mass as a Measure of Dynamic Postural Control Following Concussion by Sarah Patejak, Joshua Forrest, Emily Harting, Mable Sisk, Eric Schussler

“…The areas that had the poorest scoring were bias, study size, statistical methods, participants, descriptive data, and main results. Results of the review indicate that COM displacement was higher in concussion groups with a sufficiently taxing task, such as a dual task paradigm…”
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A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Dose-Response Trial of Muvz&trade; for Knee and Low-Back Support in Physically Active Adults by Kalman D, Srivastava S, Desale A, Chatte Snr MD, Nalavade RJ, Shah Snr KM, Karvir S, Bhasale S

“…Secondary outcomes included assessing the joint discomfort following physical activity, range of motion, quality of life, and the consumption of rescue medication.Results: E-PR-01 notably enhanced musculoskeletal health in a dose-dependent manner compared to placebo within 30 days (p< 0.0001), with effects persisting through day 90 and demonstrated clinically significant difference by 13 and 10 units in the HD and LD groups, respectively. Joint discomfort reduced significantly in both the E-PR-01 groups by day 90 (p< 0.0001). …”
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Characterisation of cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence and machine learning risk prediction in middle-aged and elderly populations: data from the China health and retirement lo... by Qing Huang, Zihao Jiang, Bo Shi, Jiaxu Meng, Li Shu, Fuyong Hu, Jing Mi

“…Ultimately, 8,080 participants and 24 features were analysed for CVD risk prediction. …”
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Comparison of live birth rate and fetal outcomes between fresh embryo and frozen-thawed embryo transfers: a prospective study by Seyedeh Farinaz Fattahpour, Parvin Hakimi, Fatemeh Tabatabaei, Mahsa Hejazad, Maryam Amoozadeh, Leila Sadeghi, Negin Rezaie, Razih Vejdani, Hosein Azizi

“…Methods A prospective study was conducted among all infertile women (N = 469) who underwent embryo transfer between 2018 and 23 at Al-Zahra referral infertility center. Patients in cycles with fresh embryo transfer and patients for whom frozen embryos were transferred were compared in terms of live birth rate and fetal outcomes. …”
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