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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3026(24)00400-9 | DOI Listing |
JAMA Netw Open
September 2025
Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City.
Importance: Advances in diagnostics have enabled the detection of more gastrointestinal pathogens, but misuse of diagnostics can lead to inappropriate antibiotic use and excess financial burdens. Ensuring appropriate use of diagnostics is crucial for optimizing patient care and promoting stewardship of health care resources.
Objective: To elicit parents' and clinicians' perspectives on expectations for care of pediatric diarrhea with a focus on diagnostic testing and to evaluate the potential for an electronic clinical decision support tool (ECDST) to improve appropriate use of diagnostics.
Br J Nurs
September 2025
Patient Advocate, Ostomy Triathlete.
Many people living with a stoma face challenges beyond their physical needs. Although stoma care products and services have advanced, significant gaps persist in national policies and equitable access. Current policies appear to prioritise cost savings over the wellbeing of people living with a stoma, not appreciating the expertise of specialist stoma care nurses (SSCNs) and the experience of people living with a stoma.
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September 2025
State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention/College of Veterinary Medicine, Lanzhou University/ WOAH Reference Laboratory for Cysticercosis/ National Para-reference Laboratory for Animal Echinococcosis/Gansu Province Research Center for Basic Disciplines of Pathogen Biology/ Key L
Cystic echinococcosis (CE) and Taenia spp. infections are major zoonotic helminthiases with substantial public health and economic burdens, particularly in endemic regions. Despite their classification as neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), these tapeworm infections remain understudied in Nigeria.
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September 2025
Department of Endodontics, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Turkey. Electronic address:
Objectives: To assess patterns across 21 countries in dentists' thresholds for initiating operative treatment of active non-cavitated carious lesions and to evaluate the influence of caries risk, clinician characteristics, and geographic variation on decision-making in accordance with current guidelines.
Methods: A cross-sectional, vignette-style web-based survey was conducted between June and October 2023 across 21 countries. A standardized questionnaire, comprising theoretical radiographic scenarios of occlusal and approximal active non-cavitated carious lesions at four progressive stages (E1,E2,EDJ,D1), was distributed to general dentists and specialists.
Adv Ther
September 2025
Jim and Eleanor Randall Department of Surgery, Section of Obesity Medicine, Center for Weight Management and Metabolic Health, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, 8635 W. 3rd Street, West Tower, Suite 795, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, USA.
Obesity is a multifactorial, complex disease that is driven by genetic, biological, environmental, and behavioral factors. In this review, we explain the key contributors to obesity, limitations in current definitions, its relationship with cardiometabolic health, and recent advancements in treatment. Obesity is characterized by the presence of excess and dysfunctional adipose tissue, driven by chronic inflammation and maladaptive energy homeostasis.
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