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BACKGROUND: Labor and sex trafficking have long impacted the patients who seek care in emergency departments (ED) across the United States. Increasing social and legislative pressures have led to multiple calls for screening for trafficking in the clinical care setting, but adoption of unvalidated screening tools for t…

This article presents a review and archival analysis to assess age differences in acquiring biofeedback control and success in treating recurrent headache by using data from 56 studies with either adult (total N = 503) or child (total N = 98) subjects. All studies focused on treating headache with temperature biofeedba…

S.I. Traore, M. Bilen, M. Beye, A. Diop, M.D.M. Fonkou, M.L. Tall, C. Michelle, M. Yasir, E.I. Azhar, F. Bibi, F. Bittar, A.A. Jiman-Fatani, Z. Daoud, F. Cadoret, P.-E. Fournier, and S. Edouard, "Noncontiguous Finished Genome Sequence and Description of Raoultibacter massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Raoultibacter t…

This paper reports the communication aspects of a pilot study, which explored the cancer meanings and experiences of six men with cancer and their significant others from different ethnic groups. A case study design was applied using the principles of phenomenology. In-depth semi-structured individual interviews were c…

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to assess the association between the T950C polymorphism and osteoporosis in postmenopausal Chinese women to further reduce the influence of different genetic backgrounds by meta-analysis and subgroup analysis. METHODS: Through November 2022, a systematic online investigation was performed…

This letter addresses key limitations in the article "Trends and disparities in cardiovascular deaths in systemic lupus erythematosus: A population-based retrospective study in the United States from 1999 to 2020." While the article provides valuable insights into cardiovascular mortality among SLE patients, it overloo…

OBJECTIVE: This meta-analysis aimed to update knowledge about the association between thevariant rs4973768 and breast cancer incidence. METHODS: Studies were identified from relevant digital databases. Fixed- or random-effects models were used to calculate odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals. Statistical Q and It…

Data that addresses severely mentally ill (SMI) African Americans (AAs) likelihood to participate in clinical research is limited. This study's purpose was to determine if differences exist between races regarding eligibility, recruitment, and retention in a community-based clinical trial. The sample included 293 parti…

In recent years, there have been significant efforts to examine the organization and performance of health systems. This study's main purpose is to compare health systems and analyze the health status of the citizens of Comoros, Mauritius, and Seychelles, with the intention of providing policy recommendations for Comor…

Pseudomature behavior-ranging from minor delinquency to precocious romantic involvement-is widely viewed as a nearly normative feature of adolescence. When such behavior occurs early in adolescence, however, it was hypothesized to reflect a misguided overemphasis upon impressing peers and was considered likely to predi…

A trend toward international multicenter clinical trials in the medical device industry is helping to increase recruitment figures and to improve the generalizability of results, among other factors. However, working globally creates its own unique set of problems, which are rarely discussed in the literature. This art…

This study aimed to determine whether the lesbian and gay "scene" of bars and nightclubs is a more common site for club drug use than other bars and clubs. A cross-sectional, online survey was conducted with 254 same-sex attracted women and 318 men aged 18-25 in Sydney, Australia. Drug use was more likely in those who…

This study examines variables that could predict treatment perseverance and impact for offenders (N = 124) admitted to one of five rehabilitation centers for alcoholics/drug addicts representing different regions of the province of Quebec. Information was collected on time spent in treatment, alcohol/drug use-related p…

OBJECTIVE: This study's objective was to prove or disprove four hypotheses, three addressing physical function and a subjective measure of self-perceived well-being from participating in an elder functional fitness program. METHODS: Participants included 17 chronically ill residents from an assisted-living center in M…

I found the study by He et al. quite engaging, as it offers substantial longitudinal evidence linking dental health with various geriatric syndromes in a cohort of 1,094 individuals, specifically sarcopenia, malnutrition risk, frailty, and falls. The authors conducted rigorous clinical evaluations, including assessment…

This study's purpose was to describe the journal publication process from the perspective of the nurse author. A survey was mailed to 226 nurses who had published an article during the 1-year period. A variety of clinical, research, educational and administrative nursing journals were used to select the sample. Results…

OBJECTIVE: To determine which pediatric populations, if any, benefit from exogenous melatonin supplementation. METHODS: PubMed was utilized for the purposes of this systematic review. The studies selected evaluated melatonin use in pediatric special populations and included randomized controlled trials, crossover stud…

BACKGROUND: Recently, the literature on rural left-behind children in China has rapidly grown. However, no comprehensive review of the status of knowledge on the issue exists. METHODS: A co-cited network map of 327 studies (covering 1998 through 2014) drawn from the Chinese Social Studies Citation Index database was a…

BACKGROUND: The article by Martín-Domínguez V et al. proposes genetic testing as the first diagnostic test for lactose malabsorption, given its high concordance with the lactose breath test (LBT). We think that conceptual and methodological inconsistencies undermine this conclusion. METHODS: The genetic…