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Recent Articles
50 articles
Open Access
Review Article 28 Jan 2026
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Clinical, Diagnostic, and Therapeutic Perspectives
Background: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus is a chronic autoimmune disease with systemic involvement, predominantly affecting women of reproductive age. Its development is related to genetic, hormonal, and environmental fa…
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Research Article 28 Nov 2025
Features of Vitamin D and Bone Metabolism in Patients with Cirrhosis of Non-Alcoholic and Non-Viral Etiology: Results of a Pilot Study
Background: Liver Cirrhosis (LC) is associated with significant bone metabolic disorders and an increased risk of fractures. While the problem is recognized, data on vitamin D metabolism and bone remodeling in patients w…
105 Views 68 Downloads
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Comparative Studies 21 Oct 2025
The Correlation between the Efficacy and Survival of Chemotherapy Combined with PD-1 and Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor in Patients with Advanced NSCLC
Objective: This study investigates the relationship between the prophylactic use of granulocyte colony-stimulating factors and clinical efficacy, as well as survival outcomes, in patients with advanced non-small cell lun…
245 Views 82 Downloads
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Review Article 18 Oct 2025
Neurotoxicants on the Menu: Mapping the Link between Food Contaminants and Autism in African Children - A Scoping Review
Background: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a growing neurodevelopmental concern in Africa, with environmental risk factors such as neurotoxic food contaminants believed to play a role in its prevalence among children.…
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Mini Review 04 Sep 2025
Bioactive Compounds in Anti-Inflammatory Prevention
Spices and flavorings have been used as food since ancient times and also as medicines and food preservatives in recent decades. Many spices-such as clove, oregano, thyme, cinnamon, and cumin-have been used to treat infe…
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Case Report 27 Aug 2025
A Typical Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Presenting with Hyponatremia
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS) is a rare but potentially fatal neurological complication of medications affecting the central dopaminergic system, especially antipsychotic agents. According to one theory, decreased…
170 Views 88 Downloads
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Original Article 27 Jul 2025
The Veterans Affairs Lipid Optimization Reimagined - Quality Improvement Program Rationale and Methods
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 Sy…
243 Views 92 Downloads 1 Citation
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Case Study 09 Jun 2025
Commercial Use of Moringa Capsule in Bangladesh: A Pharmacy Based Study
Purpose: The study looks at how Moringa oleifera capsules are used in pharmacies in Bangladesh. In addition, the goal is to understand how customers use and prefer moringa capsules. Besides that, the factors influencing …
1,806 Views 51 Downloads
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Opinion 30 Apr 2025
The Use of Nosodes with Increased Potency (Increasing the Potency of Nosodes) Leads to the Cure of Serious Diseases
The possibility of combining potencies of non-homeopathic preparations with various nosodes (with nosodes of various diseases) has been established, their possibility in the treatment of serious diseases has been reveale…
781 Views 90 Downloads
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Original Article 29 Apr 2025
Milk Donation Following Perinatal Loss: Insights from a Survey across Italian Human Milk Banks
Background/Objectives: Milk donation after perinatal loss has been increasingly recognised as a potential healing practice for bereaved mothers. However, lactation support offered to bereaved mothers within hospital sett…
689 Views 94 Downloads
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Review Article 28 Feb 2025
Social Media Use and Adverse Mental Health and Sleep Effects among Adolescents and Adults A Systematic Review
Aim: To review the association between social media use and adverse mental health and sleep effects among adolescents and adults.Background: Previous research indicates that US adolescents and adults spend on average 8 â…
22,511 Views 124 Downloads 1 Citation
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Short Communication 31 Jan 2025
Preventing COVID-19 Infection by Complementary Medicine and Oral Health
It’s possible that the mechanisms of natural phytotherapeutic remedies used in dental care can prevent the SARS-COV2 virus infection or minimize its clinical manifestations through the modulation of the immune system a…
2,817 Views 133 Downloads
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Case Report 13 Jan 2025
Hemodynamic Optimization with Acumen Assisted Fluid Management (AFM): The Importance of Flow
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Review Article 03 Jan 2025
Mushrooms Lichens and Allopathic Medicine Principles and Performs
Recent medical achievements entered the new healthcare era, accompanying significant advances in the treatment and care of patients. The most groundbreaking achievements among these new tools are artificial intelligence,…
2,324 Views 132 Downloads
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Mini Review 30 Aug 2024
Developmental Trajectory of Mastery Motivation in Young Children with and without Developmental Delay: Mini-Review
Mastery motivation has been identified as key factor for future child competence in early childhood. Whether the development of children's mastery motivation is changeable or stable from toddlerhood to preschool age rema…
614 Views 98 Downloads 1 Citation
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Case Report 24 Jul 2024
Donor vs. Donor or Recipient vs. Recipient? A Singular Case of Post Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia in a Pediatric Patient
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) is a curative treatment for certain blood disorders, but can lead to complications such as Autoimmune Cytopenia (AIC), particularly Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA). AIHA …
228 Views 116 Downloads
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Research Article 20 Jul 2024
Noninvasive Vital Signs Monitoring in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Patients in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) have high mortality and morbidity rates due to their low birth weight or being preterm. Due to their vulnerability, neonates require close monitoring so that timely tre…
2,925 Views 127 Downloads 1 Citation
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Brief Communication 18 Jul 2024
Lack of Funds for Publications form a Threat to Young Medical Authors
Background: Young medical authors face several problems. One of them is their common limited access to funds that may be used to pay the Article Processing Charges (APC) of medical journals. Objectives: It is investigate…
961 Views 90 Downloads
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Case Report 21 Jun 2024
Aeromonas hydrophila Septicaemia in a 6-Month-Old Infant: A Case Report
Background: Aeromonas hydrophila, a Gram-negative, motile, facultative anaerobe, is emerging as a serious pathogen. It is found in water, soil, and food, causing various infections, from mild diarrhoea to life-threatenin…
389 Views 96 Downloads 1 Citation
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Review Article 07 Feb 2024
Spin Practices and Low Reporting Quality in Studies on Prediction Model of Diagnosis Based on TCM Information: A Systematic Review and Evidence Mapping
Background: Despite the abundance of published studies on prediction models for diagnosing Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), there remains a lack of comprehensive assessment regarding reporting and methodological quali…
2,119 Views 109 Downloads 1 Citation
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Original Article 17 Aug 2023
Physical, Psychological and Social Effects of Mobile Phone Use in Children: A Prospective Cohort Study
The screen whether it is mobile, computer and tablet is a symbol of our modern age. For our children the†digital natives†who have grown up surrounded by digital information and entertainment on screens. Screen Time…
9,848 Views 108 Downloads 2 Citations
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Original Article 20 May 2023
Analysis of Morbidity and Mortality Factors among HIV-Infected Children in the Communal Medical Centres of the Municipality of Ratoma
Introduction: The objective of this study was to analyse the morbidity and mortality factors of HIV-infected children.Material and Methods: This was a 10-year retrospective study from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2021. …
609 Views 81 Downloads
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Research Article 20 Mar 2023
SS Sickle Cell Disease and Severe Malaria in Children Aged 0 to 15 Hospitalized in the Pediatric Department of the Donka CHU National Hospital in Conakry, Republic of Guinea
Introduction: The superposition of distribution maps of HbS and plasmodium falciparum is at the origin of several theories on the relationship between sickle cell disease and malaria.Objective: Determine the sociodemogra…
518 Views 84 Downloads
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Opinion 18 Mar 2023
Endometriosis: Where are we today? An Anesthesiologist’s Point of View
Worldwide 10 % of women in reproductive age and 25 % up to 50 % of infertile women are affected due to endometriosis [1,2]. This condition has a comparable incidence to asthma and chronic low back pain [3]. The natural h…
528 Views 81 Downloads
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Research Article 22 Feb 2023
Factors Associated with the Death of Children Aged 0 to 15 Years with Bacterial Meningitis in the Pediatric Department of Donka National Hospital
Introduction: Bacterial meningitis is a serious, life-threatening infection; its diagnosis must be early and its management must be rapid. Bacteria commonly implicated in children are Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcu…
439 Views 96 Downloads
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Original Article 26 Jan 2023
The Effect of Montelukast in Children with Asthma Predictive Index Negative Episodic Viral Wheezing
Background: The effectiveness of montelukast for wheezing in young children is not clear. We aimed to evaluate whether the use of montelukast in the treatment of wheezing affects the number of attacks in children aged 1 …
1,369 Views 100 Downloads
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Research Article 21 Nov 2022
Characterization of Patients with Chronic Diseases and Complex Care Needs: A New High-Risk Emergent Population
Background: To analyze the prevalence and main epidemiological, clinical and outcome features of in-Patients with Complex Chronic conditions (PCC) in internal medicine areas, using a pragmatic working definition.Methods:…
1,373 Views 99 Downloads 8 Citations
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Case Report 08 Nov 2022
An Alternative Therapy for Membranous Glomerulonephritis: A Case Report
Membranous Glomerulonephritis (GMN) is an autoimmune disease whose etiology has not been defined with precisión, When there is no association with another disease which ocurrs in two thirds of the cases is considered to…
897 Views 46 Downloads
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Research Article 16 Sep 2022
How Anaesthesiologists and Interns in Anaesthesia Care Describe and Categorise their Work Environment at a Swedish Hospital
The work environment for anaesthesiologist is characterised by high levels of stress, working under time pressure, delayed or cancelled breaks, frequent overtime, and high risk of emotional exhaustion. The aim of the stu…
1,097 Views 89 Downloads 1 Citation
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Case Report 15 Sep 2022
Preterm Low Birth Weight Down Syndrome and Mieloid Leukemia
Introduction: Langdon Down syndrome (Trisomy 21) is the most common genetic syndrome compatible with survival. Down syndrome is a chromosomal condition characterized by the presence of an additional copy of the genetic m…
1,235 Views 79 Downloads
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Review Article 09 Sep 2022
Diagnosis and Treatment of Children Cerebral Palsy with Method Resonance Medicine
The article discusses two forms of resonance in medicine in the treatment of Children Cerebral Palsy. The first form is the destruction resonance. It is well known and we have used it to destroy, for example, tumors. The…
2,468 Views 72 Downloads 2 Citations
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Case Report 10 Aug 2022
Cystic Posterior Neck Mass in a Premature Newborn
Congenital dermal sinus is a type of occult spinal dysraphism. It is a result of incomplete separation of the cutaneous ectoderm from neural ectoderm. MRI can aid in identifying the subtype of spinal dysraphism however, …
1,303 Views 72 Downloads
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Case Report 29 Jun 2022
An Infant with Hydrocephalus and Hepatomegaly
We report a histologic and PCR-confirmed case of symptomatic congenital toxoplasmosis in a premature infant with optic nerve atrophy and severe ventriculomegaly requiring ventriculoperitoneal shunt in the absence of cere…
1,126 Views 95 Downloads
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Case Report 24 Jun 2022
Type II and IV Thumb Duplication in Neonates
Thumb duplication is a rare anomaly. Here we describe two neonatal cases of thumb duplications, one type II and the other type IV. Seven types have been described in the medical literature. Radiological assessment is imp…
1,684 Views 98 Downloads
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Brief Report 10 Jun 2022
Shortage of Infant Formula: Taking a Step Back
Parents are devasted by the current shortage of the infant formula. There are many online resources addressing this issue. Using these, we have published summarized guidelines for the families to cope with the current sh…
1,193 Views 90 Downloads
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Case Report 15 May 2022
What we would like to do vs what we can truly Achieve as Surgeons. Treatment of the Humeral Ewing Sarcoma for the Young Pediatric Patient
Ewing Sarcoma (ES) is mainly diagnosed during the second decade of life. It often compromises the appendicular skeleton but also can affect other bones. A surgical procedure is necessary despite its good response to chem…
1,043 Views 77 Downloads
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Research Article 30 Apr 2022
Pathophysiology, Treatment and Long-Term Consequences of Heart Failure in Infancy
Introduction: Infants have the highest risk to die from heart failure. However, innovations like beta-blocker treatment introduced more than 50 years ago are not recorded in the guidelines if the clinical trials are miss…
1,497 Views 88 Downloads
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Case Study 29 Apr 2022
Simultaneous Echocardiogram and N-Terminal-Probrain Natriuretic Peptide Measurement in Neonates
Natriuretic atrial peptides are secreted by the heart in response to the distension of the cardiac chambers, and the N-terminal-probrain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is used frequently by clinician as an indirect meas…
1,283 Views 78 Downloads 1 Citation
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Case Report 16 Feb 2022
Neonatal Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS-N)
A small subset of pediatric patients develop a newly emerging syndrome associated with post COVID-19 infection. Termed Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), this syndrome shares characteristics with Kawa…
1,506 Views 89 Downloads 1 Citation
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Research Article 20 Jan 2022
Prevalence and Patterns of Herbal Medicine Use among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients at the University Teaching Hospitals in Lusaka
Background: In 2015, Zambia reported 218,200 instances of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) with 8,232 diabetes-related fatalities. Insulin therapy and oral antidiabetic medications are two pharmacological therapies used to treat d…
3,341 Views 100 Downloads 12 Citations
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Mini Review 31 Dec 2021
Medieval Scientific Policy in Medicine, Measuring Realism in Prophet Medicine
In dark days of Europe, which was a barren science, you saw the world through superstitions of alchemy and methods based on ignorance and speculation. A current of science emerged in medieval world that provided a new de…
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Case Report 29 Sep 2021
Intentional Replantation and 3d Obturation with Biodentine of a Resorbed Root in Young People: A Case Report
Referred patient 14 years old (in orthodontic treatment) for a suspected resorption on a 2.1 that was exposed to a trauma [1]. After an apical x ray, a cone beam was performed to have a complete diagnosis [2,3]. Almost t…
1,491 Views 86 Downloads
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Review Article 25 Aug 2021
Research Progress on Association between Early-Life Exposure to Phthalates and Childhood Asthma
Phthalates (Phthalic acid esters, PAEs) as a common industrial products, a growing body of scientific evidences indicate that exposure to PAEs in early life has a potential harmful effect on the growth and development of…
834 Views 72 Downloads
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Review Article 13 Apr 2021
Modeling Metabolic Diseases with Organoids: A Review
An organoid is a functional unit of any given organ capable of reproducing under culture, as well as a biological structure similar in both function and structure to its in vivo equivalent. They are miniature-sized funct…
1,758 Views 94 Downloads 2 Citations
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Research Article 02 Apr 2021
Factors Affecting the Prevalence of Skin Disorders among Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infected Children in Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) Kano, Nigeria
Introduction: Among HIV infected children, skin disorders are vital as they give a clue to diagnosis of the HIV disease. Various factors are associated with occurrence of skin disorders among HIV infected children.Object…
1,225 Views 69 Downloads
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Research Article 23 Mar 2021
Prevalence and Pattern of Skin Disorders among Human Immuno Deficiency Virus (HIV) Infected Children in Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) Kano, Nigeria
Introduction: In HIV infected children, skin disorders are important as they serve as clue to diagnosis of the HIV disease. The Skin is one of the early systems affected by HIV/AIDS, which can affect almost all organs an…
2,347 Views 79 Downloads
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Commentary 17 Mar 2021
Commentary on the Zimbabwean People’s Response towards the Anticipated COVID-19 Vaccine
The Coronavirus disease which started in Wuhan, China in December 2019 has been and continues to claim lives worldwide. It created uncertainties and confusion even in the medical field with its mutations which created ne…
6,270 Views 88 Downloads 3 Citations
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Opinion 16 Feb 2021
The Five Elements in Acupuncture Treatment
The Five Elements in acupuncture treatment is determined by using various sequences and the Five Transporting points simultaneously.…
20,541 Views 307 Downloads 1 Citation
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Research Article 05 Jan 2021
Risk Factors Associated with Mortality among Chronic Kidney Disease Patients on Regular Hemodialysis Presenting in Emergency Services
Background: With the increasing number of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), emergency visit of these patients is also increasing. This study tried to find some of the reasons for which patients with CKD visit the emergency r…
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