Pharmacist-Led Digital Health Interventions for Patients with Diabetes: A Systematic Review by Christy A, Fernanda F, Insani WN, Abdulah R

“…The PubMed database was used to select randomized controlled trials that assess the effectiveness of digital health interventions on clinical outcomes among patients with type 1 and 2 diabetes from January 2005 to May 2024. …”
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Intravitreal Administration Effect of Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Combined with Anti-VEGF Nanocarriers, in a Pharmaceutically Induced Animal Model of Retinal Vein Occ... by Eleni Gounari, Anastasia Komnenou, Evangelia Kofidou, Stavroula Nanaki, Dimitrios Bikiaris, Stavroula Almpanidou, Kokkona Kouzi, Vasileios Karampatakis, George Koliakos

“…Twenty-four New Zealand rabbits were divided into the I-IV equal following groups: ASCs, ASCs + nanoThioCHI-anti-VEGF, RVO, and control. …”
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Integration of the wingate anaerobic test into a virtual reality- based evaluation system by Gulay Aras Bayram, Gizem Ergezen Sahin, Gizem Yilmaz, Umut Islam Tayboga, Ayten Gunes Celik, Yasin Yildirim, Pinar Kaya Saribas, Devrim Tarakci

“…The athletes’ age, height, weight, total years of sport experience, scores on the system usability scale and satisfaction with the two different testing methods were assessed. …”
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Enhancing Pediatric Interns’ Clinical Skills Through Simulation-Based Training by Ba H, Xu L, Peng H, Gu Y, Li Y, Jiang X, Li X, Li S

“…Pediatric practice often involves complex, dynamic situations, making it crucial for students to gain experience in a controlled environment where repeated practice can develop clinical expertise.Objective: This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of situational simulation in pediatric clinical practice by comparing its impact on trainees’ skills with that of conventional teaching methods.Methods: A total of 52 pediatric trainees were randomly assigned to two groups: one participating in situational simulation training and the other receiving traditional instruction over a six-week period. …”
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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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Comparative efficacy of clindamycin phosphate with benzoyl peroxide versus clindamycin phosphate with adapalene in acne vulgaris: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ali Aleid, Abdulsalam Mohammed Aleid, Houriah Yasir Nukaly, Hajar Ahmed AL Mustanyir, Ghadeer Yahya Almasabi, Anwar Mustafa Alsaeed, Raghad Waheed Nadra, Bushra Alshammari, Salman Hamdan Alsaqri, Kawthar Alsaleh, Muhammad Daniyal, Abbas Al Mutair

“…A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials were carried out following the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines, and three databases were searched to identify RCTs comparing CLIN/BPO with CLIN/ADAP. …”
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Systemic Immunomodulatory Therapy in Uveitis Related to Behçet’s Disease: A 10-year Profile by Almeida M, Ferreira AM, Araújo JR, Figueira L

“…Patients treated for more than 6 years had no relapses.Conclusion: IMT effectively controls ocular inflammation in BD uveitis, significantly reducing relapse frequency. …”
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The Temporal Changes in Ankle Joint Pathology, Pain and Secondary Osteoporosis in Collagen-Induced Arthritis Rats by Liu Q, Nan N, Li W, Dong M, Pu W, Liu Y, Zhao J, Hao H

“…Additionally, the result showed that repeated open-field tests might reduce the total distance of spontaneous movement.Conclusion: The results suggested that the pain and joint inflammation might not be synchronized, possibly related to post-inflammatory hyperalgesia. …”
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Cervical Vertebral Maturation Assessment using various Machine Learning techniques on Lateral cephalogram: A systematic literature review by Shailendra Singh Rana, Bhola Nath, Prabhat Kumar Chaudhari, Sharvari Vichare

“…Main outcome(s) and measure(s), results: A total of 25 papers which were assessed for full text, and 13 papers were included for the systematic review. …”
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Activity-based mindfulness: large-scale assessment of an online program on perceived stress and mindfulness by Eliane Timm, Yobina Melanie Ko, Theodor Hundhammer, Ilana Berlowitz, Ursula Wolf

“…However, given the observational single-arm design, controlled studies will be necessary to confirm these results. …”
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Distinct Trajectories of Fatigue Among Families with Post-Intensive Care Syndrome by Chen Q, Huang Y, Xu L, Chen X

“…The study used latent growth mixture modelling to construct the trajectories of fatigue symptoms, and logistic regression was used to identify the factors associated with fatigue.Results: A total of 133 family members with PICS-F were included. …”
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Functional cortical changes in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis at amplitude configuration: a resting-state fMRI study by Liu H, Chen H, Wu B, Zhang TJ, Wang J, Huang KX, Song GJ, Zhan J

“…Patients and participants: A total of 18 patients with RRMS (13 females; five males) and 18 sex-, age-, and education-matched HCs (14 females; four males) were recruited for this study. …”
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Integrated Transcriptomic and Machine Learning Analysis Identifies EAF2 as a Diagnostic Biomarker and Key Pathogenic Factor in Parkinson’s Disease by Peng H, Cheng Y, Chen Q, Qin L

“…This study aims to discover potential new genetic biomarkers for PD.Methods: Transcriptome data from a total of 56 patients with PD and 61 healthy controls were downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. …”
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Topical fluoride and regulation of salivary pH in Peruvian Altiplano schoolchildren: a comparative longitudinal study by Vilma Mamani-Cori, Talia Paola Calcina-Asillo, Marleny Chino-Mamani, Yang Rodrigo Mendoza-Quispe, Sidgar Orlando Yucra-Sardón, Heber Isac Arbildo-Vega, Heber Isac Arbildo-Vega, Tania Carola Padilla-Cáceres, Betsy Quispe-Quispe, Franz Tito Coronel-Zubiate

“…This study aimed to evaluate and compare the effect of different concentrations and formulations of topical fluoride on the regulation of salivary pH in schoolchildren from the Altiplano region of Peru.MethodA quantitative, longitudinal, double-blind, randomized experimental design was employed. A total of 200 children aged 6–12 years who voluntarily agreed to participate were randomly and equally distributed into four study groups. …”
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Optimization of Solid Lipid Microcapsule Matrix for Enhanced Release and Bioavailability of L-Lysine in Swine by Costanza Bonnici, Maria Federica Marchesi, Martina Felici, Federico Ghiselli, Roberta Majer, Benedetta Tugnoli, Guglielmo Gallina, Andrea Piva, Ester Grilli

“…The treatments included a single oral administration of saline solution (placebo), free L-Lys (0.17 g/kg BW), or L-Lys SLMs (0.38 g/kg BW, equally providing L-Lys at 0.17 g/kg BW). The SLMs delayed the L-Lys plasma peak (T. max. 3–4 h vs. 1 h) and significantly increased the total L-Lys amount in the plasma over 24 h, demonstrating the enhanced relative bioavailability of encapsulated L-Lys.…”
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Major results of a phase III comparative multicenter study on the follitropin alfa biosimilar (Primapur®) and the original follitropin alfa (Gonal-f®) by Z. B. Barakhoeva, L. A. Vovk, I. V. Zorina, N. Yu. Belousova, T. A. Teterina, S. A. Yakovenko, V. P. Apryshko, Yu. A. Fetisova, N. A. Marilova, E. G. Morozova, M. M. Ovchinnikova, M. A. Tishenko, Yu. V. Sherbatyuk, A. V. Kolotovkina, A. A. Miskun, G. V. Kasyanova, L. G. Sichinava, R. I. Shalinа, M. A. Polzikov

“…The aim of the study was to confirm the therapeutic equivalence between the follitropin alfa biosimilar (Primapur®) and the reference medication (Gonal-f®) in controlled induction of superovulation within the assisted reproductive technologies (ART) programs. …”
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The Promising Effect of Tocilizumab on Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection (cAMR) of Kidney Transplant by Łukasz Świątek, Miłosz Miedziaszczyk, Dominik Lewandowski, Filip Robakowski, Piotr Tyburski, Marta Jakubowska, Marek Karczewski, Ilona Idasiak-Piechocka

“…<b>Results</b>: Five clinical trials with a total number of 105 patients were included in our review. …”
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Association of Recreational Physical Activity with Gut Microbiota Diversity and Composition, and Symptom Burden in Crohn&amp;rsquo;s Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study by Sun S, Chen Y, Zheng M, Zhou M, Weng C, Fan Y, Lv B

“…Univariate and multivariate analyses indicated that disease activity and sedentary behavior were risk factors for symptom severity, whereas recreational PA, rather than work-and travel-related PA, and income served as protective factors (all p&lt; 0.05). After controlling for age, gender, disease activity level, and other covariates, recreational PA explained microbiome diversity in patients with CD (p=0.016). …”
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Lean Mass Longitudinally Confounds Sedentary Time and Physical Activity With Blood Pressure Progression in 2513 Children by Andrew O. Agbaje

“…ABSTRACT Background Randomized controlled trials have reported no effect of moderate‐to‐vigorous physical activity (MVPA) on reducing blood pressure (BP) in youth, probably due to short trial durations. …”
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Patient Interaction Phenotypes With an Automated SMS Text Message–Based Program and Use of Acute Health Care Resources After Hospital Discharge: Observational Study by Klea Profka, Agnes Wang, Emily Schriver, Ashley Batugo, Anna U Morgan, Danielle Mowery, Eric Bressman

“…MethodsThis was a secondary analysis of data from a randomized controlled trial that tested a 30-day postdischarge automated SMS text messaging intervention. …”
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