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This community-based cross-sectional study of 100 vitiligo patients in Raichur, India, reveals that the condition imposes a severe psychosocial and economic burden, significantly impairing quality of life and daily functioning, thereby highlighting the urgent need for integrated community-level care involving dermatology, psychology, and pharmacy.
This study evaluates the feasibility of creating case-specific 3D-printed bone simulants from CT scans for ballistic testing, finding that while PLA and PA6-CF materials failed to replicate biological fracture and penetration characteristics, thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) prototypes showed the most promising results.
This community-based study in Ibadan, Nigeria, reveals that maternal cervical cancer preventive practices for adolescent daughters are primarily driven by awareness and knowledge rather than risk perception, highlighting the critical need to strengthen health literacy to improve HPV vaccination uptake.
In a study of 940 adults at high risk of HIV in rural southwestern Uganda, 18.3% reported illicit non-injecting drug use, with significantly higher odds observed among sex workers, those with older sexual partners, individuals engaging with long-distance truck drivers or miners, and those having condomless sex with partners of unknown HIV status, highlighting the need for integrated substance abuse and HIV prevention strategies.
This cross-sectional study conducted at Bafoussam Regional Hospital in Cameroon found that 12.41% of people living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy had reduced glomerular filtration rate, a condition significantly associated with male gender, viral coinfections (HBV and HCV), comorbidities (diabetes and hypertension), advanced WHO disease stage, and the use of Tenofovir-based regimens.
This six-month prospective pilot study found that transitioning from daytime to night-time hemodialysis significantly improved dialysis adequacy and reduced severe pain and skin problems, although overall quality of life, sleep parameters, and biochemical markers remained unchanged.
This study demonstrates that argon inhalation attenuates liver and intestinal injury in neonatal mice with experimental sepsis by modulating the Toll-like receptor 4 signaling pathway and preserving intestinal barrier integrity, without causing adverse side effects.
In a randomized controlled trial involving 60 adults with non-difficult airways, the channelled Astra-Vue and non-channelled C-MAC D-blade videolaryngoscopes demonstrated comparable total intubation times and high success rates, with the Astra-Vue facilitating faster tube delivery offsetting the C-MAC's advantage in achieving quicker glottic visualization.
This facility-based cross-sectional study of 336 rural women in Ibadan, Nigeria, reveals that while knowledge and willingness to adopt telehealth are high, perceived benefits are the sole significant predictor of adoption intention, underscoring the need for benefit-focused communication and the resolution of structural barriers like electricity and data costs.
This pilot service evaluation demonstrates that a brief, low-resource, institution-led revision programme significantly improved final-year medical students' self-reported preparedness, confidence, and understanding of the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test.