Monthly Archives: August 2023

Cancer and neoplasms

Awareness of head and neck cancer among patients attended at a regional referral hospital in Tanzania

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Aug

Socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents In this study, a total of 315 respondents were recruited where majority were from rural area, 175(55.6%) while those from urban area were 140(44.4%) respondents. Males, 209 (66.3%) predominated in this study and females were 106 (33.7%) (M: F = 1.94:1). Majority of the respondents belonged to the age group, 18– 33 years […]

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Infection

Short on amoxicillin, physicians reach for alternatives to treat ear infections

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14
Aug

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Cardiovascular

Weight-Loss Drug Also Protects against Heart Disease. What Happens Next?

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Aug

The injection drugs Wegovy and Ozempic, renowned for their weight loss effects, may also reduce the risk of serious heart problems, a recent trial found. Credit: Carsten Snejbjerg/Bloomberg via Getty Images Advertisement <div class="article-block article-text" data-behavior="newsletter_promo dfp_article_rendering" data-dfp-adword="Advertisement" data-newsletterpromo_article-text=" Sign up for Scientific American’s free newsletters. ” data-newsletterpromo_article-image=”https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/4641809D-B8F1-41A3-9E5A87C21ADB2FD8_source.png” data-newsletterpromo_article-button-text=”Sign Up” data-newsletterpromo_article-button-link=”https://www.scientificamerican.com/page/newsletter-sign-up/?origincode=2018_sciam_ArticlePromo_NewsletterSignUp” name=”articleBody” itemprop=”articleBody”> Trial results […]

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Infection

Proton Pump Inhibitors Linked to Serious Infection Risk in Children

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Aug

Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) were strongly linked with serious infection risk among infants and young children in a large national study, suggesting caution in prescribing. In more than one million children followed for approximately 4 years, use of PPIs was associated with a 34% increase in risk for infections requiring hospitalization (HR 1.34, 95% CI […]

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Blood

Measuring human cerebral blood flow and brain function with fiber-based speckle contrast optical spectroscopy system

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14
Aug

Abstract Cerebral blood flow (CBF) is crucial for brain health. Speckle contrast optical spectroscopy (SCOS) is a technique that has been recently developed to measure CBF, but the use of SCOS to measure human brain function at large source-detector separations with comparable or greater sensitivity to cerebral rather than extracerebral blood flow has not been […]

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Blood

Distribution of ABO and Rh blood groups among pregnant women attending the obstetrics and gynecology clinic at the Jordan University Hospital

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14
Aug

Abstract The ABO and D antigen status of red blood cells (Rh blood grouping systems) are important hematological classification systems that categorize blood groups according to the presence or absence of certain erythrocytic antigens. These antigens affect the outcomes of blood transfusions as well as various hematological and immunological diseases. We aimed to study ABO […]

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Cancer and neoplasms

Selective COX-2 inhibitors do not increase gastrointestinal reactions after colorectal cancer surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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14
Aug

Bray F, Ferlay J, Soerjomataram I, Siegel RL, Torre LA, Jemal A. Global cancer statistics 2018: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries. CA Cancer J Clin. 2018;68(6):394–424. https://doi.org/10.3322/caac.21492. Epub 2018 Sep 12. Erratum in: CA Cancer J Clin. 2020;70(4):313. Article  PubMed  Google Scholar  Douillard JY, Cunningham D, Roth […]

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Infection

Prevalence of hepatitis B and C viral co-infection and associated factors with HIV infection in children in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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14
Aug

The main objective of this study was to determine the seroprevalence as well as risk factors of HBV and HCV co-infections in HIV- children. In particular, the study found that seroprevalence of HBV is higher in seropositive children than in seronegative. HBV seroprevalence is higher than in all previous published data in HIV-negative children. Indeed, […]

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Congenital disorders

Liquid Biopsy Market Size to Surpass USD 34.71 Billion by 2030, exhibiting a CAGR of 23.3%

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Pune, India, Aug. 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The global liquid biopsy market size was USD 6.70 billion in 2022. The market is anticipated to expand from USD 8.01 billion in 2023 to USD 34.71 billion by 2030, exhibiting a CAGR of 23.3% over the estimated period. The expansion is due to increasing government policies […]

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