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Rotator cuff tendinopathy is a common musculoskeletal ailment in sedentary and athletic individuals. Various mediators of inflammation have been detected in human tendons: they are thought to initiate or progress the course of tendinopathy. An online search was conducted using AMED, CINAHL, Embase, The Cochrane Library, PEDro and Pubmed, using the ...
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Tremor is one of the commonest movement disorders and can be disabling. There are many causes and treatment options include medications, adaptations, botulinum toxin injections and functional neurosurgery. Pubmed.gov peer-reviewed journal articles and reviews. A new tremor classification has been published. Axis 1 of this classification highlights ...
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The demographics of aging of the surgical population has increased the risk for perioperative neurocognitive disorders in which trauma-induced neuroinflammation plays a pivotal role. After determining the scope of the review, the authors used PubMed with select phrases encompassing the words in the scope. Both preclinical and clinical reports were ...
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Operative procedural training is a key component of orthopedic surgery residency. It is unclear how and whether residents participation in orthopedic surgical procedures impacts on post-operative outcomes. A systematic search was performed to identify articles in which the presence of a resident in the operating room was certified, and was compared...
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Nurses comprise half the global health workforce. A nine million shortage estimated in 2014 is predicted to decrease by two million by 2030 but disproportionality effect regions such as Africa. This scoping review investigated: what is known about current nurse workforces and shortages and what can be done to forestall such shortages? Published doc...
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Presenteeism is defined as continuing to attend work during illness. As a growing health concern, awareness of the factors that encourage presenteeism and the risks of this behaviour is needed. A narrative review of research obtained via several databases, including Medline and Psycinfo, was conducted. A range of contextual and individual factors i...
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Bladder cancer carries a high healthcare burden and a poor prognosis once distant metastatic spread has occurred. We utilised a PubMed/MEDLINE literature search using the terms bladder cancer, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, intra-vesical therapy, surgery and radiotherapy, and current clinical management guidelines (Association of Cancer Physicians, B...
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Poorly-controlled hypertension in the first trimester significantly increases maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. The majority of guidelines and clinical trials focus on the management and treatments for hypertension during pregnancy and breast-feeding, while limited evidence could be applied to the management for hypertension before pregna...
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Natural environments and green spaces provide ecosystem services that enhance human health and well-being. They improve mental health, mitigate allergies and reduce all-cause, respiratory, cardiovascular and cancer mortality. The presence, accessibility, proximity and greenness of green spaces determine the magnitude of their positive health effect...
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Radionuclides for leucocyte kinetic studies have progressed from non-gamma emitting cell-labelling radionuclides through gamma emitting nuclides that allow imaging of leucocyte kinetics, to the next goal of positron emission tomography (PET). Mostly the authors' own studies, following on from studies of the early pioneers. From early imaging studie...
