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Over 350 million cats worldwide live in homes with their human companions. An inexplicable phenomenon is affecting domestic cats (felis catus) - the global prevalence of feline hyperthyroidism has been increasing since the late 1970s. Feline hyperthyroidism is the result of a malignant thyroid carcinoma in ~2% and a be…

Background: Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality in United States (US) Veterans and to healthcare costs in the United States Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare System. Optimizing Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (LDL-C) can improve Veteran health, reduce inci…

To ensure quality healthcare, particularly in Primary Healthcare (PHC) settings, Patient Safety (PS) is a requirement. Since PHC facilities are typically where patients initiate their healthcare experience, it is essential to implement PS measures while providing an environment that enables capable clinicians to obtain…

Purpose: Strontium salts may provide support for bone health and treatment for osteoporosis, but the safety and effectiveness of these salts is not completely understood. The aim of this clinical study (NCT03761979) was to obtain safety and pharmacokinetic information following acute oral intakes of three ascending dos…

This paper introduces the NoÄ“sis Protocol, a decentralized epistemic framework grounded in Spinoza's [1] metaphysics and formalized through the Theory of Relational Adequacy (TRA). The protocol redefines truth as recursive actualization within an evolving field of clarity (Φ), replacing static correspondence models w…

We have proposed a mechanism that explains all phenomena observed in nature during lightning propagation and all phenomena during the fall of the Chelyabinsk meteorite in the Russian Federation. These positively charged cumulative-dissipative plasma systems (+CDS), as we have established, are surrounded by incongruent …

The Ibn-e-Sina University Mirpurkhas Scale of Affective Domain (ISUMSAD) is a newly developed instrument designed to measure the affective domain within health professions education and patient care. A pilot study was conducted to create a questionnaire with an optimal number of items, examining the measurement propert…

This case report describes a rare instance of isolated left hypoglossal nerve (cranial nerve XII) paralysis in a 35-year-old male following a jiu jitsu training session. The patient presented with acute-onset dysarthria and tongue deviation to the left. Physical examination revealed unilateral tongue weakness without o…

Milk is an important source of all basic nutrients required for mammals including human beings. This study was conducted to evaluate the chemical quality of milk samples in various villages in Shkodër, Albania. The fat, solids-non-fat, and added water parameters were analyzed in the samples of fresh milk with milkanal…

Wars have enormous negative mental health consequences for the civilians involved. This is particularly true for the recent Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. We present an analysis of the current humanitarian situation in Gaza, its dire mental health impact, and highlight the critical silence of medical and mental health profe…

The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 led to decisions by both the federal and state governments in the United States of America (hereafter, governments) to implement policies about staying at home to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus. With the closure of many businesses, people worked from home and sc…

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) with stenting remains widely utilized for managing Chronic Coronary Syndrome (CCS). However, landmark clinical trials such as COURAGE and ISCHEMIA have repeatedly shown no significant advantage of PCI with stenting over Optimal Medical Therapy (OMT). This review critically analy…

Ligaria cuneifolia (R. et P.) Tiegh. –Loranthaceae– (Lc), commonly used in traditional medicine, is believed to reduce total plasma cholesterol (TC) and improve blood flow.  Objective: To evaluate the effect of ingesting Lc infusions on plasma cholesterol, Whole Blood Viscosity (WBV), Hepatic Function (HF), and Ren…

Entamoeba dispar, belonging to the Genus Entamoeba along with Entamoeba histolytica that causes amebiasis, was previously considered a non-pathogenic ameba and an ideal model for studying the pathogenesis of amebiasis. However, since its strains were isolated from symptomatic patients in Brazil in 1996, its pathogenic …