Authors: Yang Y, Liu X, Li C, Ge Y, Hu H, Qiao Z, Zhu J
Frontiers in public health
Lifelong learning (LLL) is widely recognised as a cornerstone of medical professionalism, enabling clinicians to adapt to rapidly evolving medical knowledge and practice. Beyond sustaining clinical co...
Authors: Arevalo Bazalar MDR, De Silva J
Therapeutic advances in psychopharmacology
Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common cause of dementia, is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by gradual and irreversible cognitive decline. More than 55 million people worldw...
Authors: van der Merwe R, Hlongwane T, Brown P, Mogane P
The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa
Community-based approaches to palliative care have gained growing attention worldwide as both an alternative and a complement to hospital- and hospice-based models, strengthening support for individua...
Authors: Muwezwa T, Moodley H, Ajith A
SA journal of radiology
Tardive dyskinesia (TD) belongs to the spectrum of extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) that may emerge following exposure to dopamine receptorâblocking agents (DRBAs), particularly antipsychotics. Unlike ac...
Authors: Osredkar J, Kumer K, Jekovec Vrhovšek M, Osredkar D, France Štiglic A, Avguštin G, Fabjan T
International journal of tryptophan research : IJTR
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) remain a significant public health problem, associated with increased morbidity and mortality, prolonged hospital stays, and a significant rise in costs within...
Authors: van Wijk CH, Muller CJB
African journal of psychological assessment
Menopause is a natural biological transition characterized by the permanent cessation of menstruation resulting from the loss of ovarian hormone production for at least 12 consecutive months. The meno...
Authors: Le Roux-Arries Y, Daries V, Thomas H
Health SA = SA Gesondheid
Provide a thorough analysis of EEG signal alterations as early functional biomarkers of AD pathology. Use of advanced feature extraction and machine/deep learning to enhance diagnostic accuracy. Discu...
Authors: Bright AT, Neher SE, Florian MP
Journal of medical education and curricular development
The United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) is a three-step licensure examination in the U.S., assessing competencies across , , and . Historically, Step 1 had a three-digit scoring system...
Authors: Piasecki J, Zguda M, Gerc K, Segiet-Hojda N, Piksa M, RyguÅa R
Frontiers in public health
The examination of the Fellowship of the College of Diagnostic Radiologists South Africa (FC Rad Diag [SA]), conducted by the College of Radiologists (CR) of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa (...
Authors: Zhang M, Dan X, Chen Q, Li Z, Li Y
Frontiers in surgery
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a harmful neurological disorder. It can induce many substantial impairments in somatosensory and autonomic functions. According to the World Health Organization, SCIs impac...
Authors: O'Connor M, Rocher AGL, Wolf JM, Singaram V, Marais LC
Journal of the colleges of medicine of South Africa
In 2018, the Executive Office of Health and Human Services for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts solicited applications to fund public health programs to improve access to contraception statewide. A r...
Authors: Tadesse S, Gemechu T, Lemma K, Alemseged EA, Lomboro Dimore A, Amare HH, Bedewi J, Tessema Z, Mersha A, Tesfau YB, Welesemayat ET, Safayi BL, Aliyo A, Negesa Beyene B, Ashenafi G, Dube GN, Jofa BY, Fikrie A
Sage open pediatrics
Scoliosis is a common three-dimensional spinal deformity that may occur in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, adult spinal deformity, degenerative scoliosis, and certain syndromic or neuromuscular disor...
Authors: Lv D, Zhang Y, Ni W, Xu H, Fang Y, Wang Y, Wang X
Frontiers in public health
Blepharospasm is a type of neurological disorder known as focal dystonia which is characterised by involuntary and sustained muscle spasms of the eyelids. This results in impaired opening and closing...
Authors: Wuchew M, Yirga A, Ayele D, Melesse S, Mohammed MOM
African health sciences
Effort perception is a central construct in exercise physiology and neuroscience, yet the neural and cognitive mechanisms underlying its construction remain incompletely defined. Classical models have...
Authors: Mokeng KV, Moloko-Phiri S, Tilolo L
Health SA = SA Gesondheid
In recent years, with the advancement of minimally invasive thoracic surgery and the widespread adoption of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS...