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The study's aim was to find if features often reported to distinguish bipolar and depressive disorders could predict bipolar-II disorder (BP-II). Consecutive major depressive episode (MDE) outpatients, including 284 with BP-II and 196 with major depressive disorder (MDD), were interviewed with the Structured Clinical I…

Recently, a changing pattern of hepatitis A epidemiology has been reported in the Indian population indicating a rise in the rate of hepatitis A infection among adults. The study's objective was to assess anti-HAV prevalence in voluntary blood donors from middle and high socioeconomic strata. Serum samples collected fr…

Stoma patients are vulnerable to poor psychosocial health outcomes owing to the loss of an important bodily function and the distortion of their self-image. We used a cross-sectional, descriptive, and correlational design to investigate the relationship between self-efficacy and quality of life of stoma patients in Hon…

This study's purpose was to identify gender differences in body size awareness and perceived impact of weight on social interactions and risk for disease among young African-American adults. A cross-sectional survey of 318 African-American graduating seniors from a historically black college or university (HBCU) was co…

The study's purposes were to estimate dental implant survival in a statistically valid manner and to compare three models for estimating survival. We estimated survival using three different statistical models: (1) randomly selecting one implant per patient; (2) utilizing all implants, assuming independence among impla…

PURPOSE: To determine whether students' performances in a pre-admission program predicted whether participants would (1) apply to medical school, (2) get accepted, and (3) graduate. METHOD: Using prospectively collected data from participants in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Medical Education Devel…

OBJECTIVES: The study's objective is to investigate the size of the problem of moped injuries among children and young adults. DESIGN: A comprehensive prospective injury registration has been carried out at the Central Hospital and Emergency Clinic in Rogaland county in Norway. Out of this system we selected cases of…

Warthin's tumor previously has been thought to occur much more commonly in men than in women and rarely in African Americans. One hundred thirty-two cases of Warthin's tumor treated at The Johns Hopkins Hospital from 1952 to 1992 were retrospectively reviewed. There were 90 (68%) men and 42 (32%) women, with an overall…

PURPOSE: Soluble antigen (S-Ag) is a member of the arrestin family of protein with which it shares a high level of homology. It is an immunologically privileged retinal antigen that can elicit experimental autoimmune uveitis (EAU) and is thought to be a target for ocular inflammatory diseases. This study was conducted…

PURPOSE: This study was conducted to determine the hopelessness and family burden levels of parents who have children with intellectual disabilities. DESIGN: This was a descriptive correlational study. METHODS: The study was conducted at a specialized education and rehabilitation center in Fethiye, Turkey, using the…

AIM: The main aim of this work is to demonstrate the possibility of establishing stable contacts between the PC study and citizens' groups, in order to promote Health Education. The experience of Adult Education in a Health Centre, initiated by its Consejo de Salud (Health Council), was analysed. DESIGN: The study's m…

PURPOSE: The study's purpose was to examine whether friendship factors predict discretionary physical activity after the transition to secondary school. METHODS: Data represent a secondary analysis of the Personal and Environmental Associations with Children's Health Study. Outcomes were minutes of moderate to vigorou…

BACKGROUND: Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is the most prevalent autoimmune bullous dermatosis with increasing incidence globally. There is a lack of literature on BP in the multiethnic Brazilian population. OBJECTIVES: To assess the epidemiological, clinical, and therapeutic characteristics of BP patients in a tertiary cent…

BACKGROUND: Healthcare providers' health humanities, empathy, and communication effectiveness positively correlate with care recipient outcomes. These abilities can be enhanced by teaching design courses. In particular, comics and community dialogues are suitable for cultivating professional students' abilities. Howeve…

Due to the long-term low survival rates of gastric adenocarcinoma (GAC) patients, the occurrence and prognosis of second primary malignancies (SPMs) are often underreported and overlooked as a significant concern.To date, only a few studies have addressed this issue in the context of GAC. These studies, however, are li…

BACKGROUND: Deep learning techniques explain the enormous potential of medical image analysis, particularly in digital pathology. Concurrently, molecular markers have gained increasing significance over the past decade in the context of glioma patients, providing novel insights into diagnosis and more personalized trea…

OBJECTIVES: Poor oral feeding is a known contributor to growth challenges in neonates with complex CHD who require early surgery. Almost 60% of these infants do not achieve full oral feeding by hospital discharge. This study's objective was to identify predictors of the inability to achieve full oral feeding by dischar…

Adolescent obesity is a growing global health problem. Studies have demonstrated that exposure to food cues plays a role in both the development and the persistence of obesity. Understanding how visual attention changes dynamically in response to food cues may explain how they contribute to obesity. The primary aims we…

BACKGROUND: Socioeconomic status is an important factor affecting the initiation and cessation of breastfeeding. However, limited evidence exists regarding the association between socioeconomic status and breastfeeding behavior in China on a national level. This study aims to investigate the relationship between socioe…

The development of individual cognitive domains over time is not yet fully examined in first-episode schizophrenia (FES). This study's objective was to explore the cognitive trajectories of FES-patients (n = 28) and compare them to a pairwise matched healthy control group (n = 28, total n&#x…