5298 papers
This study provides convergent pharmacoepidemiological and mechanistic evidence that GLP-1 receptor agonists are inversely associated with migraine reporting, suggesting they may serve as effective preventive agents for migraine.
A descriptive content analysis of 28 recommended undergraduate optometric textbooks in England reveals a significant underrepresentation of dark skin tones, with only 3.5% of graphics classified as Fitzpatrick types V-VI and half of the textbooks containing no such images at all.
This study demonstrates that a modified Cabrol fistula procedure significantly reduces postoperative bleeding, chest closure time, transfusion requirements, and hospital stay compared to standard repair in patients undergoing acute type A aortic dissection repair with concomitant saphenous vein grafting to the artificial ascending aorta.
This post-hoc analysis of a randomized trial in Kyrgyzstan found that while elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) levels in children with acute respiratory tract infections were associated with greater baseline clinical severity, they had limited independent prognostic value for predicting subsequent adverse outcomes such as hospitalization or prolonged illness, likely due to the confounding effect of antibiotic treatment.
This qualitative study of Saudi ambulance clinicians reveals that while they view innovation as a practical means to improve prehospital trauma care and identify specific barriers and facilitators, realizing their potential as contributors requires transparent submission mechanisms, structured training, and supportive leadership to transform frontline ideas into evaluated solutions.
This pooled analysis of 40 low- and middle-income countries reveals that intimate partner violence during pregnancy is significantly associated with an increased risk of stillbirth, though not with low birth weight or early neonatal mortality, underscoring the need for design-aware inference and routine IPV screening in antenatal care.
This retrospective study of 66 patients demonstrates that the anterolateral retrograde puncture approach is a safe and highly effective alternative for revascularizing femoropopliteal chronic total occlusions following failed antegrade intervention, achieving a 98.5% technical success rate with no major complications.
This retrospective study found that despite differences in blood pressure and inflammatory markers, arterial stiffness measured by pulse wave velocity is comparable between patients undergoing home hemodialysis and kidney transplant recipients, supporting home hemodialysis as an effective renal replacement therapy option.
This retrospective study of 19,050 medico-legal cases in Guinea from 2012 to 2024 reveals that assaults predominantly affect young adult males through intentional acts in public or domestic settings, underscoring the critical role of forensic medicine in judicial processes while highlighting the need for standardized prevention strategies.
This study demonstrates that interpretable machine learning models, particularly Random Forest and Logistic Regression, can effectively predict 6- and 12-month survival in patients with resected brain metastases by integrating diverse preoperative variables, with neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, age, and tumor volume identified as the most consistent prognostic factors.