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INTRODUCTION: Our objective was to perform a systematic review of studies pertaining to the distalization of teeth with appliances reinforced with temporary skeletal anchorage devices. METHODS: PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Web of Knowledge, Ovid, and Scopus were searched until the se…

DATA SOURCES: Brazilian Bibliography of Dentistry (BBO), Scientific Electronic Library online (SciELO), Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences (LILACS), The Cochrane Library, ISI Web of Knowledge, International Database for Medical Literature (MEDLINE) and PubMed Central. The database of the Brazilian Coordinatio…

BACKGROUND: Arginine vasopressin (AVP) is a key regulator of water balance, but its instability makes reliable measurement difficult and precludes its routine use. Co-peptin is the C-terminal part of the AVP precursor which plays an important role in the correct structural formation of the AVP precursor and its efficie…

INTRODUCTION: The aim of this systematic review was to examine the effects of lip bumper therapy on mandibular arch dimensions. METHODS: A literature survey of PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Central, and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (www.cochrane.org) was conducted from December 1968 to January 2007. Human studie…

OBJECTIVE: This paper aims to explore the interface between religion and psychosis, and to comment on its relevance in clinical practice. METHOD: The context of religious psychotic phenomena is briefly discussed, leading to an examination of the biological substrates of religious experiences, the hypothesized process…

OBJECTIVE: To synthesize evidence on how social determinants and workplace factors shape mental health in construction and how interventions influence productivity. METHODS: A systematic search of Web of Science, ProQuest Central, and PubMed identified 51 peer-reviewed studies published from 2014 to 2024; findings wer…

Management of the oral cancer, involves surgical intervention and the associated complications are quite prevalent after oral cancer surgery. This article aims to provide a comprehensive review of all the possible complications associated with surgical management of oral cancer to apprise about adequate management of s…

Extrinsic heart compression by gastrointestinal (GI) structures is an often underrecognized finding in clinical practice. It is potentially related to unpredictable clinical conditions, ranging from incidental detection in asymptomatic subjects, to deranging and potentially life-threatening clinical manifestations. How…

This paper describes the search approach for preprints for a post COVID-19 condition (i.e., long COVID) scoping review, including source selection, search strategy development, challenges, and insights throughout a project life cycle. With the growth of medical preprints since the COVID-19 pandemic, information profess…

Organophosphorus agents are easily absorbed via respiratory, gastrointestinal, and dermal routes, and inhibit the acetylcholine transferase enzyme, which is responsible for the majority of toxicity caused by organophosphates in the body. A comprehensive search was conducted across three prominent databases (Google Scho…

(1) Background: Hemangiomas in Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) syndrome patients are typically benign but pose threats due to their vital locations involving the central nervous system and the retina. An MRI is currently recommended as the gold standard for tumors associated with VHL in the head region. This narrative review a…

BACKGROUND: Patients with cancer, particularly those with aggressive types of cancer, can benefit from hospice care at the end of life. Providers require more information about patients with cancer who do not use hospice care. With this information, oncology nurses can provide individualized informed care to improve qu…

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Across surgical specialties, residencies are incentivized to improve program diversity, most often through recruitment of underrepresented minority (URM), women, LGBTQ, and disabled applicants. However, residency attrition remains high in these groups, highlighting the need for specific inclusion ini…

The cornea is a hormone-responsive tissue that responds to changing levels of female sex hormones. This review focuses on the structural and functional changes in the human cornea associated with the hormonal milestones of menarche, pregnancy, and menopause, as well as consequences stemming from the use of exogenous se…

Internet pornography provides explicit content in various forms and can progress from habit to addiction. The consumption of online porn has risen due to the general use of current technology. The main reasons people consume it are sexual arousal and sexual enhancement. We planned this review study to identify the reas…

Hispanic adults with skin cancer are known to exhibit worsened outcomes compared to their counterparts. To critically evaluate the literature on methods to educate Spanish-speaking patients on sun safety and skin cancer, we conducted a systematic review of PubMed, SCOPUS, Embase, Web of Science, and…

BACKGROUND: The German Anatomist Hubert Von Luschka first described the foramina of Luschka (FOL) in 1855 as lateral holes in the fourth ventricle. By his discovery, he refuted previous beliefs about the lateral recess as blind ends of the fourth ventricle, proving the continuity of the ventricular system with the cent…

We investigated the acupoint selection regulations and workable core acupoint combinations in cancer-related anorexia (CA) treatment. The Apriori algorithm, complemented by the FP-growth algorithm, was used to mine association rules based on retrieved randomized control trials (RCTs) and clinical control trials (CCTs).…

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and endometriosis are frequent diseases of the female reproductive tract causing high morbidity as they can significantly affect fertility and quality of life. Adipokines are pleiotropic signaling molecules secreted by white or brown adipose tissues with a central role in energy metabol…

Sleep disturbances and financial exploitation have both been linked to impaired cognitive ability, loneliness, and depressed mood in older adults, suggesting a potential role of sleep disturbances in increasing vulnerability to financial exploitation. We sought to identify evidence linking sleep disturbances to financi…