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BACKGROUND: The Journal of Oral Biosciences is devoted to the advancement and dissemination of fundamental knowledge concerning every aspect of oral biosciences. HIGHLIGHT: This review featured the review articles in the fields of "Microbiology," "Palate," "Stem Cells," "Mucosal Diseases," "Bone Cell Biology," "MicroR…

OBJECTIVE: The review will synthesize current evidence regarding the experiences of nurses who care for people living in shelters following natural hazards and disasters. INTRODUCTION: Over the last decade, due to climate change and global warming, the damage caused by natural hazards and disasters like hurricanes, fl…

The purpose of this study was to determine the accuracy of referenced statements in review articles focused on drug therapy. Review articles published between January and December 1987 in Clinical Pharmacy, DICP, Drugs, and Pharmacotherapy were used. Ninety-nine references from these articles were randomly selected and…

While AI has been used in health sciences libraries for decades, the emergence of publicly available large language models (LLMs) has the potential to change how researchers conduct literature searches for systematic reviews. Using a recently published systematic review as a model, we compared the review's published Me…

We discuss in this commentary a recent Cochrane review of 10 randomised trials aimed at testing the religious belief that praying to a god can help those who are prayed for. The review concluded that the available studies merit additional research. However, the review presented a scientifically unsound mixture of theol…

The Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health recently published a review article by Aran et al. (2023) containing important findings about patterns of suicidality in Newcomers. Although the review provided a valuable contribution to the literature, there was an issue with misclassification of the type of review and ana…

Without a literature review, there can be no research project. Literature reviews are necessary to learn what is known (and not known) about a topic of interest. In the respiratory care profession, the body of research is enormous, so a method to search the medical literature efficiently is needed. Selecting the correc…

By following a recently published paper entitled "The effect of publishing a highly cited paper on a journal's impact factor: a case study of the Review of Particle Physics" in Learned Publishing, we argue that it is not suitable for journals to bid for the right to publish a review that is likely to be highly cited. A…

INTRODUCTION: Many people experience lifelong impacts after losing a loved one. Bereavement adaptation, which refers to how people adapt to changes after a death, is crucial for their subsequent life stages. Bereavement experienced during one's childhood or teenage years can be even more challenging, considering the du…

With the increasing prevalence of adolescents and young adults living with perinatally acquired HIV (AYA-PHIV) globally, there is a pressing need for a holistic management approach that addresses the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of this population. The proposed scoping review aims to systematically…

To what extent has the rise of populist radical right (PRR) parties in Europe affected welfare policies? Based on a scoping review of studies that address the relationship between PRR parties and welfare policy, Chiara Rinaldi and Marleen Bekker conclude that, due to their welfare chauvinistic positions, the participat…

BACKGROUND: Numerous review typologies currently exist in the scientific literature. Inconsistent terminology, overlapping objectives, and variable methodological structures may complicate the selection process for researchers. Existing evidence hierarchies primarily address primary studies and often do not account for…

BACKGROUND: There has been a surge in mental health apps over the past few years. While these have great potential to address the unmet mental health needs of the population, the recent proliferation of mental health apps in the commercial marketplace has raised several concerns, such as privacy, evidence-based, and qu…

BACKGROUND: Employment provides economic security, a social network, and is important for self-identity. A review published by van der Noordt and colleagues in 2014 showed that employment was beneficial for depression and general mental health. However, an updated synthesis including research published in the last deca…

BACKGROUND: Although different educational interventions have been widely used to manage and treat hypertension, alone or in combination with other interventions, there is a significant variation in their claimed effectiveness. REVIEW QUESTION/OBJECTIVE: The objective of this umbrella review is to determine the effect…

BACKGROUND: Physically aggressive behaviors are very common among older people living with cognitive impairment. These behaviors may have significant consequences for family and formal caregivers, as well as for the other people in the older people's environment, and are also a frequent cause of institutionalization. T…

BACKGROUND: Systematic reviews bring together all the evidence on a health topic in an organised and careful way. The People's Review aims to help the public understand what systematic reviews are and why they matter by designing and conducting their own systematic review. The question chosen for The People's Review is…

INTRODUCTION: Evidence suggests that when adjusted for age and other factors such as Body Mass Index, age of first pregnancy, years since last pregnancy and alcohol consumption, Black women are three times more likely to suffer from fibroids compared with the general population. When compared with the general populatio…

BACKGROUND: Current systematic review evidence on e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation tool is contested. Part of the reason for this is the difficulty of objectively assessing the limited and heterogeneous evidence base.The study aim was to develop a novel approach to testing the validity of systematic reviews and asse…

Despite difficulties to document transmission pathways (assumed to be airborne), increased risk of leprosy infection has been shown for individuals living in close contact with patients. However, variations in the concept of 'close contacts' are used in different settings and studies. We conduct this review to identify…