42,310 papers found

Hypothyroidism, also known as underactive thyroid, is a condition where the thyroid gland does not produce enough thyroid hormone. Deficiency or lack of thyroid hormone causes patients to have a slower metabolism, which may lead to secondary medical issues such as weight gain, fatigue, depression, and increased cardiov…

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To understand the impact of kidney disease in Canada and the priority areas of kidney research that can benefit from patient-oriented, precision medicine research using novel technologies. SOURCES OF INFORMATION: Information was collected through discussions between health care professionals, resear…

OBJECTIVE: This systematic review aims to investigate and summarize the mid-term effects and stability of the treatment with facemask appliance. METHODS: Search without restrictions in five databases (Pubmed, Medline, Embase, Scopus, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials) since inception and hand searching un…

Technostress is a widespread model used to study negative effects of using information communication technologies at work. The aim of this review is to assess the role of socioeconomic position (SEP) in research on work-related technostress. We conducted systematic searches in multidisciplinary databases (PubMed, PubMe…

Huntington's disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant progressive neurodegenerative disorder caused by a dynamic mutation due to the expansion of CAG repeats in the HTT gene (4p16.3). The considered normal alleles have less than 27 CAG repeats. Intermediate alleles (IAs) show 27 to 35 CAG repeats and expanded alleles have…

BACKGROUND: The task of writing structured content reviews and guidelines has grown stronger and more complex. We propose to go beyond search tools and toward curation tools by automating time-consuming and repetitive steps of extracting and organizing information. METHODS: SciScribe is built as an extension of IBM's…

BACKGROUND: In South America, the history of human genetics is extensive and its beginnings go back to the onset of the twentieth century. In Ecuador, the historical record of human genetics and genomics research is limited. In this context, our work analyzes the current status and historical panorama of these fields,…

OBJECTIVE: Hydrotherapy is a traditional prevention and treatment strategy. This study's aim is to systematically review all available randomised controlled trials (RCTs) investigating clinical effects of hydrotherapy according to Kneipp which is characterised by cold water applications. METHODS: RCTs on disease thera…

Beall's list is widely used to identify potentially predatory journals. With this study, we aim to investigate the impact of Beall's list on the perception of listed journals as well as on the publication and citation behavior of the scientific community. We performed comprehensive bibliometric analyses of data extract…

AIM: To analyse the main characteristics of the top 50 most-cited articles published in the International Endodontic Journal from 1967 to 2018. METHODOLOGY: The Clarivate Analytics' Web of Science 'All Databases', Elsevier's Scopus, Google Scholar and PubMed Central were searched to retrieve the 50 most-cited articles…

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune neurological disorder, which has impacted health related quality of life (HRQoL) more intensively than any other neurological disorder. The approaches to improve the health standard in MS patient are still a subject of primary importance in medical practice and seek a lot of exp…

BACKGROUND: Allergic diseases represent a growing global health burden, and B cells have emerged as central yet incompletely defined regulators of IgE-mediated immunity and tolerance. There is currently a lack of bibliometric research on allergic diseases and B cells. METHODS: Records were retrieved from the Science C…

Arterial calcification is prevalent in peripheral artery disease (PAD), especially among patients with advanced age, diabetes, or renal disease. Peripheral arterial calcium score (PACS) is an emerging tool to quantify calcification in peripheral arteries and predict outcomes such as amputation and mortality. This syste…

BACKGROUND: As Huntington's disease (HD) is a progressive disease for which there is no cure yet, patients in the advanced stage of HD may benefit from palliative care. OBJECTIVE: To review the literature focusing on palliative care in advanced stage HD, and the level of evidence. METHODS: Publications between 1993 a…

INTRODUCTION: Spontaneous bladder rupture during pregnancy is a potentially life-threatening event requiring immediate surgery to reduce morbidity and mortality. This systematic review aims to identify associated factors of spontaneous bladder rupture during pregnancy and propose a diagnostic and therapeutic algorithm.…

INTRODUCTION: thrombocytopenia is a common hematological disorder during pregnancy next to anemia. Pregnant women with thrombocytopenia have complications of excessive bleeding during or after childbirth, cesarean section incision site oozing, stillbirth and neonatal thrombocytopenia. Findings on the magnitude of throm…

BACKGROUND: Theoretically, root resorption could be modulated by any medication taken that exhibits possible effects on the implicated molecular pathways. OBJECTIVES: To systematically investigate and appraise the quality of the available evidence from animal studies, regarding the effect of commonly prescribed system…

Regulatory T cells (Treg cells), defined as CD4(+) CD25(+) FoxP3(+) T cells by expression of CD4, high-affinity IL-2 receptor and the transcription factor, forkhead box P3 (FoxP3). They play a pivotal role in protecting individuals from autoimmunity and a growing body of evidence suggests their role in the prevention o…

OBJECTIVE: Digital clubbing is regarded as the oldest clinical sign of medicine. The cause of this unique finger deformity has remained elusive throughout the centuries. For 3 decades our group has studied the etiology of this acropachy. This article reviews the current knowledge on the cause of digital clubbing. METH…

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis(AIS) is an abnormal curvature of the spine that appears in late childhood or adolescence. The aim of this systematic review was to present and synthesize the most relevant therapeutic advice and evidence on the efficacy of physiotherapy exercises for preventing the growth of spinal…