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Cureus
August 2025
Interventional Pain Management, Mercy Health-Allen Hospital, Oberlin, USA.
Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) has demonstrated efficacy in treating intractable pain associated with failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS), though its success in patients with severe spinal deformities remains uncertain. This case report presents a 78-year-old female patient with FBSS, advanced lumbar scoliosis, and multiple prior spinal surgeries, who experienced severe, debilitating pain despite extensive conservative and pharmacological treatments. Imaging revealed significant degenerative changes, spinal subluxations, and multilevel stenosis.
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August 2025
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States; Wise Laboratory of Environmental and Genetic Toxicology, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States.
Ranked as a "top 10 cause of death", chronic liver disease accounts for millions of deaths annually. The prevalence of the most prominent liver disease, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), has doubled over the past 20 years and continues to rise. Growing in parallel are environmental chemical exposures, emergingas key risk factors for liver disease.
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August 2025
University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Werner-Heisenberg-Weg 39, 85577 Neubiberg, Germany; Joint Mass Spectrometry Center (JMSC) at Comprehensive Molecular Analytics (CMA), Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädte
Emissions from ships significantly contribute to global air pollution, especially in coastal regions. Marine engines emit high levels of particulate matter (PM), which may contain toxic heavy metals depending on the fuel used. Current regulations on fuel sulphur content (FSC) permit the use of heavy fuel oils (HFOs) only with wet sulphur scrubbers, but do not regulate the PM and heavy metal content directly.
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August 2025
Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg Sahlgrenska Academy, Goteborg, Sweden.
Introduction: In 2012, the Vietnamese government launched its first national tobacco control law, incorporating both demand- and supply-reduction policies. Yet, how people who smoke experience these policies remains unclear. This study explored the experiences of men who currently and formerly smoked cigarettes with existing tobacco control policies.
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August 2025
Meuhedet Health Services, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Abactstr: BACKGROUND: Telemedicine has expanded healthcare accessibility, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, evidence regarding its economic efficiency and clinical quality remains inconclusive, with some studies suggesting increased costs, service utilization, and inappropriate antibiotic prescribing compared to traditional care modalities.
Objective: This study evaluated pediatric telemedicine services across three dimensions: clinical outcomes (antibiotic prescribing patterns), resource utilization implications (healthcare utilization and emergency department visits), and equity considerations (sociodemographic distribution of services).