Objectives Maternal dietary practices are vital for improving maternal and neonatal outcomes. However, comprehensive information about optimal dietary practices among pregnant women is limited in ...

Background Aortic stenosis (AS) frequently coexists with heart failure (HF), but its prevalence, prognostic impact and management across the full HF spectrum remain incompletely characterised. Methods ...

Background IBD is characterised by recurrent flares, but evidence on whether modifiable dietary factors influence flare risk ...

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are considered the gold standard for evaluating surgical interventions for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). However, the validity and reliability of their ...

Findings showed that among the 43,825 participants evaluated, 43.3% filled at least 1 opioid prescription. Opioid prescribing appears to be prevalent among older adults with rheumatic diseases, ...

ABSTRACT: Background: Emerging Psychoactive Substances (EPS) in Nigeria pose a growing public health threat, driving earlier drug use, increased psychiatric disorders, and more severe dependence than ...

Shifting cultural perceptions of beauty could drive 'lip dysmorphia', so psychologists tested the response of 32 people to altered images of lips to see how they responded. The results were surprising ...

A new study is shedding light on the number of microplastics we breathe in. Experts say the amount is 100-times greater than what scientists expected. Let's start out with what are microplastics? As ...

Steatotic liver disease (SLD) was highly prevalent among adults with cardiometabolic risk factors, prolonged alcohol intake, or both combined and affected 70% of participants overall. Alcohol-related ...

ABSTRACT: The study employed a mixed-method research design, combining both qualitative and quantitative approaches. This design enabled the researchers to gather comprehensive data on the current ...