Introduction: Conversion from sleeve gastrectomy (SG) to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is increasingly performed for refractory gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), recurrent weight gain, and ...

Observational studies suggest an association between Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and polymyositis (PM), but causal inference s limited by confounding. This study adopted a multilevel ...

Introduction Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common non-communicable diseases and is the fifth leading cause of death in most developing countries. Regular physical activity (PA) is strongly ...

1 Clinical Sciences Department, School of Medicine, Copperbelt University, Ndola, Zambia. 2 Public Health Department, School of Medicine, Copperbelt University, Ndola, Zambia. 3 Department of ...

Breast augmentation is increasingly common in Saudi Arabia, yet little is known about its effect on breastfeeding. Given cultural norms favoring breastfeeding, understanding lactation outcomes in ...

Objective: To investigate morbidity and mortality rates from severe acute respiratory syndrome in pregnant women and newborns in the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: This was a ...

Translation: For the Ukrainian translation of the abstract see the Supplementary Materials section. 947 CMHT service users enrolled between April–December 2021 were assessed on clinical outcomes using ...

Setting Endocrinology clinic of medical outpatient department in a Malaysian public hospital. Participants All 169 patients with type 2 diabetes (men, n=99; women, n=70) aged between 18 and 90 years ...

SPSS (version 20.0, IBM Corp) for Windows (Microsoft Corporation) was used for data analysis. Descriptive statistics included mean, SD, frequency, and percentage. Differences between groups were ...

This study was conducted on a sample of patients who attended the dental clinic at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, between January 1, 2019 and January 1, 2022. Ethical approval was ...

1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, MUHAS, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 2 Department of Reproductive, Maternal and Child Health, Ministry of ...