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Health-Related Social Needs Among Families in a Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Prevalence, Response, and Gaps in Identification

This study of 254 infants in a Level IV NICU reveals that health-related social needs are highly prevalent and linked to clinical severity rather than demographics, yet inconsistent documentation of specific needs like food insecurity suggests that implementing universal standardized screening could improve equitable identification and family-centered care.

Karina Smiley, Ellen Walters, Meghan Herricik, Emily Miller, Samantha Simpson, John Feister2026-07-09
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Clinical Profile, Oral Health Knowledge and Lived Experiences of Patients with Potentially Malignant Oral Lesions: A Convergent Mixed-Methods Study.

This convergent mixed-methods study of 60 patients with potentially malignant oral lesions reveals that poor oral health knowledge and behavioral risk factors significantly contribute to delayed care and continued harmful habits, highlighting the critical need for early screening, education, and multidisciplinary support to prevent malignant transformation.

Thivya N, Bamini Devi N, Helen Shaji J. C, Lakshmi L, Hema VH, Lisy Joseph2026-07-09
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Effects of Chronic Non-Invasive Vagus Nerve Stimulation in an Asplenic Individual with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Single Subject Trial

This single-subject trial found that while chronic non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation was safe and well-tolerated in an asplenic individual with rheumatoid arthritis, it failed to significantly improve disease activity, sympathovagal balance, or neuroimmunological indices, suggesting limited therapeutic benefits for patients who have undergone splenectomy.

Pascal JD Grol2026-07-09
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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Menstrual Health among Female Pharmacy Students in Bangladesh: A Cross-Sectional Study

This cross-sectional study of 452 female pharmacy students in Bangladesh reveals that while attitudes and practices regarding menstrual health are generally favorable, significant knowledge gaps persist, particularly among younger students, highlighting the urgent need to integrate comprehensive menstrual health education into pharmacy curricula.

Md. Al Amin, Muslima Akter Mitu, Sadia Akter Tisha, Nusrat Jahan Mim, Istia Jahan Tanjen, Sawda Afrin, Meherun Nesa2026-07-09
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Esketamine for treatment-resistant depression: Comparing two maintenance schedules in an observational real-world study

This retrospective observational study of 65 patients with treatment-resistant depression found that while intranasal esketamine significantly reduced depressive symptoms during the induction phase, two different maintenance schedules with varying inter-dose intervals resulted in comparable symptom trajectories, suggesting flexible dosing intervals may be viable without compromising efficacy.

Samuel Westenhöfer, Yamina Ehrt, Barbora Provaznikova, Susanne Prinz, Marie Spies, Liliia Akhmetova, Niluja Nadesalingam (…)2026-07-09
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Neurovascular Outer Retinal Degeneration in Presymptomatic Alzheimer’s Disease: An Oculomic Biomarker Study

This study demonstrates that in cognitively normal individuals at risk for Alzheimer's disease, abnormal plasma amyloid-beta levels are associated with spatially concordant microvascular and outer retinal neuronal degeneration, suggesting that multimodal retinal imaging can serve as a precise oculomic biomarker for defining the preclinical stage of the disease.

Jane W. Chan2026-07-09
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Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Global Cardiovascular Risk Among Patients in General Practice: A Cross-Sectional Study

This cross-sectional study of 426 patients in a Slovak general practice reveals a high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors, with 70% classified as having high or very high global cardiovascular risk according to the SCORE2 model, underscoring the critical need for regular monitoring and management of modifiable risk factors.

Tatiana Wrba, Marek Kucera², Diana Vondrova¹, Jana Babjakova¹, Jana Jurkovicova¹, Lubica Argalasova¹2026-07-09
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Motorist Disorientation Syndrome: A Retrospective Longitudinal Case Series of Driving- Related Spatial Disorientation

This retrospective longitudinal case series of five patients characterizes Motorist Disorientation Syndrome (MDS) as a heterogeneous, driving-specific disorder often associated with vestibular and psychiatric comorbidities, which appears to respond to individualized multimodal management despite the need for larger controlled studies to confirm treatment efficacy.

Pavol Skáčik, Nina Kováčiková, Egon Kurča, Štefan Sivák2026-07-09