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The Internet is increasingly used as a means of continuous education for healthcare practitioners. At the same time, a rapidly growing number of patients rely on the Internet for the search and acquisition of healthcare-related information and services. This fact has introduced new challenges for the oral healthcare pe…

Male infertility poses a substantial healthcare challenge and severely impacts the lives of patients. We aimed to investigate the risk factors for infertility and abnormal semen parameters. We conducted a comprehensive search of the articles published in Web of Science, MEDLINE, and Embase databases from January 2000 t…

Uncontrolled donation after circulatory determination of death (uDCD) protocols are established in several countries with good outcomes. We reviewed the literature between 1997 and 2024 to identify ethical issues. 33 papers were identified. Several areas of continued ethical debate were delineated: the role of advanced…

BACKGROUND: Community pharmacists' practice has shifted from product-oriented to patient-oriented in recent decades with the goal of achieving the optimal use of medications while enhancing the patient's quality of life. The impact of pharmaceutical care services provided by community pharmacists is yet to be determine…

PURPOSE: To summarizes the available evidence on the effectiveness, safety, and feasibility of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in the management of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). METHODS: We searched for systematic reviews, and meta-analyzes published up to April 2023 in the Pubmed and…

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Diet may play an important role in the etiology of ovarian cancer (OC). We aimed to evaluate the strength and credibility of evidence pertaining to dietary risk factors for OC. METHODS: We comprehensively searched PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane, CINAHL, JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Imple…

INTRODUCTION: Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is one of the prevalent and disabling side effects of cancer treatment. However, management strategies for CIPN currently remain elusive, with treatment restricted to neuropathic pain medications, supportive care, and chemotherapy dosing adjustments. This…

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate whether the reporting of search strategies and the primary study selection process in dental systematic reviews is reproducible. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: A survey of systematic reviews published in MEDLINE-indexed dental journals from June 2015 to June 2016 was conducted. Study selection was p…

BACKGROUND: Psoriasis is an immune-mediated disease with either skin or joints manifestations, or both, and it has a major impact on quality of life. Although there is currently no cure for psoriasis, various treatment strategies allow sustained control of disease signs and symptoms. The relative benefit of these treat…

BACKGROUND: Healthcare providers should balance the potential risks and benefits of chronic diuretic use, particularly in older adults, as with age, diuretic benefits may decline and risks increase. A comprehensive synthesis and critical evaluation of the available evidence on chronic diuretic treatment effects is curr…

BACKGROUND: Juvenile systemic sclerosis (JSSc) is a rare multisystemic disease with high morbidity and mortality rates. Treatment options remain limited, and there is a significant unmet need for effective therapies. This study aims to address this gap by investigating current JSSc management practices and identifying…

BACKGROUND: Fluoropyrimidine drugs (such as 5-fluorouracil and capecitabine) are used to treat different types of cancer. However, these drugs may cause severe toxicity in about 10% to 40% of patients. A deficiency in the dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) enzyme, encoded by thegene, increases the risk of severe tox…

BACKGROUND: Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) has been in use for the last three decades. However, some doubts remain regarding its clinical use. Therefore, we aimed to capture the breadth of outcomes reported and assess the strength of evidence of the use of comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) for health o…

PURPOSE: The importance of meniscus integrity in the prevention of early osteoarthritis is well known, and preservation is accepted as the primary goal. The purpose of the ESSKA (European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy) European consensus on traumatic meniscus tears was to provide recomme…

BACKGROUND: Antiepileptic drugs have been used for treating different types of neuropathic pain, and sometimes fibromyalgia. Our understanding of quality standards in chronic pain trials has improved to include new sources of potential bias. Individual Cochrane reviews using these new standards have assessed individual…

CONTEXT: An association of food insecurity (FI) with adverse health outcomes (AHOs) has been reported; however, the evidence in this context is still inconclusive. OBJECTIVE: The certainty and validity of all available meta-analyses were evaluated for the association between FI and AHOs among adults. DATA SOURCES: A…

BACKGROUND: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the primary cause of anovulatory infertility, bringing serious harm to women's physical and mental health. Acupuncture may be an effective treatment for PCOS. However, systematic reviews (SRs) on the efficacy and safety of acupuncture for PCOS have reported inconsistent r…

STUDY DESIGN: An Umbrella Review and Meta-analysis. OBJECTIVE: This umbrella review and meta-analysis aims to evaluate the efficacy of stem cell therapy for locomotion recovery and neuropathic pain alleviation in rodent models of spinal cord injury (SCI). METHODS: A comprehensive literature search was conducted in Me…

BACKGROUND: Compared with implementation, the conceptual frameworks, strategies, and outcomes of efforts to disseminate behavioral interventions are less developed. We conducted a scoping review of the systematic reviews of social media strategies to disseminate behavior change interventions. We focused on the common t…