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Chronic pain, pain persisting longer than six months, afflicts 20% of the U.S. population and is the leading cause of disability. To manage pain, many chronic pain patients (CPPs) and healthcare providers turn to opioids, prescription medications that block pain signals and offer relief. However, in light of the U.S.' ongoing opioid epidemic, CPPs without a history of opioid use disorder (OUD) are facing increased stigma when seeking opioid medication. Further, many have been forced to taper their therapeutic dose due to updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention prescribing guidelines in 2016 and 2022, with a range of (adverse) outcomes...

OBJECTIVES: Breast oncology genetics emerged almost 30 years ago with the discovery of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. The evolution of analytical practices has progressively allowed access to tests whose results now have a considerable impact on the management of both female and male breast cancers.The Sénologie Commission of the Collège National des Gynécologues et Obstétriciens Français (CNGOF) asked five specialists in breast surgery, oncology and oncological genetics to draw up a summary of the oncogenetic testing criteria used and the clinical implications for the female and male population of the test results, with or without an identified causal variant...

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In the current media environment, some individuals have shifted from actively monitoring news toward passively waiting for the media to alert them about news to a certain extent, forming a "news-finds-me" (NFM) perception. Drawing on a cross-sectional survey ( N  = 906) of adults from the United States, this study investigates the relationship between the NFM perception and COVID-19 misperceptions. Findings demonstrated a positive association between NFM perception and misperceptions. Moreover, information avoidance mediated the relationship between NFM and misperception...

BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial resistance is a pertinent issue in the healthcare sector, accounting for 1.27 million patient deaths worldwide. Dental practitioners account for 3% to 11% of total antibiotic prescriptions. Therefore, this study aimed to specifically assess their knowledge of antibiotic prescriptions, guidelines, and clinical practices. METHOD: Before conducting this knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) survey, study approval was obtained from the Scientific Review Board of Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Chennai, India...

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OBJECTIVE: To provide a scoping review of studies on empathy recognition in text using natural language processing (NLP) that can inform an approach to identifying physician empathic communication over patient portal messages. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We searched 6 databases to identify relevant studies published through May 1, 2023. The study selection was conducted through a title screening, an abstract review, and a full-text review. Our process followed the PRISMA-ScR guidelines...

AIM: To analyse recommended interventions for the safe and responsible dissemination of suicidal behaviour in the media for preventive purposes. BACKGROUND: Suicide is a serious public health problem that leads to more than 700,000 deaths per year, which translates into one death every forty seconds. The media play a significant role in shaping public perceptions and reflecting societal issues. Because of its active role in the construction of reality, the way in which the media report and expose suicidal behaviour has the capacity to influence the population in either a preventive or harmful way...

This paper explores vaccine hesitancy among healthcare workers (HCWs) in the UK, where different COVID-19 vaccines were being rolled out through a national vaccination campaign from 2020 to 2022, consisting of a first and second dose programme. Through a mixed-method approach using qualitative discourse analysis and network analysis of Twitter data, we assessed HCW perceptions and views about the administration and delivery of COVID-19 vaccines in the United Kingdom (UK). We were also interested in exploring HCWs' personal experiences and attitudes towards taking COVID-19 vaccines themselves...

OBJECTIVES: Low-value care can harm patients and healthcare systems. Despite a decade of global endeavours, low value care has persisted. Identification of barriers and enablers is essential for effective deimplementation of low-value care. This scoping review is an evidence summary of barriers, enablers and features of effective interventions for deimplementation of low-value care in emergency medicine practice worldwide. DESIGN: A mixed-methods scoping review was conducted using the Arksey and O'Malley framework...

BACKGROUND: International guidelines recommend that primary care clinicians recognize obesity and offer treatment opportunistically, but there is little evidence on how clinicians can discuss weight and offer treatment in ways that are well received and effective. OBJECTIVE: To examine relationships between language used in the clinical visit and patient weight loss. DESIGN: Mixed-methods cohort study. SETTING: 38 primary care clinics in England participating in the Brief Intervention for Weight Loss trial...

BACKGROUND: ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer) is a 175-billion-parameter natural language processing model, thereby already being involved in scientific contents and publications. Its influence ranges from providing quick access to information on medical topics, assisting to generate medical and scientific articles and papers, performing medical data analyses and even interpreting complex data sets. OBJECTIVE: The future role of ChatGPT remains uncertain and a matter of debate already shortly after its release...

BACKGROUND: Media guidelines for reporting on suicide recommend that journalists should avoid monocausal explanations of suicide, but it is unclear if media items with monocausal explanations elicit different effects as compared to multicausal portrayals. METHOD: Using a web-based randomized controlled trial (n = 969), we tested five versions of a news article about the suicide of a teenage girl with varying portrayals of reasons for the suicide: (1) bullying as the sole (external) factor (i...

The loss of efficacy of adalimumab, one of the most commonly used biologics for the treatment of hidradenitis suppurativa/acne inversa, is not news to the scientific community, and it should be noted that the number of cases not responding to this agent has been progressively increasing in recent years. We present a 45-year-old patient with hidradenitis suppurativa/acne inversa (Hurley II-III) with a complaint duration of 3 years who has been on adalimumab 40 mg weekly for 9 months. The lack of improvement in the clinical condition as well as the progression of the disease within the ongoing biologic therapy led to the need for repeated hospitalizations and the additional introduction of intravenous treatment with a regimen of antibiotics (Ertapenem, Metronizadol, Ceftriaxone), zinc, colchicine, and pain relievers...

OBJECTIVE: Little is known about the quality of receiving bad news (BN) for women diagnosed with cervical neoplasia. We evaluated adherence to the SPIKES protocol in three cohorts of women with different stages of the disease and treatment modalities. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We included women with cervical cancer who underwent radical vaginal trachelectomy (RVT group, n = 110), radical hysterectomy or chemo-radiation (HE/RCT group, n = 101), and women with CIN 3 treated by loop excision (CIN group, n = 108)...

In 2012, India Today, a news agency, reported that 'Family Physicians are dying silent death' in India. The number of practicing family physicians is declining rapidly in the most populous country in the world with pressing public health needs. The previous generation of general practitioners/family physicians/family doctors has entered the age group of the seventies and eighties in both urban and rural areas. Unfortunately, no new family physician is opening the practice in these areas. The recent COVID pandemic has clearly demonstrated the ongoing need, demand, and popularity of family physicians among the general public as first-contact dependable and trustworthy doctors...

BACKGROUND: Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at risk of SARS-CoV-2 infections due to occupational exposure. The use of airborne personal protective equipment (PPE) significantly reduces this risk. In June 2021, an epidemic of the Delta variant began in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Concurrent PPE guidelines, set by the Clinical Excellence Commission (CEC), restricted the use of respirators. OBJECTIVE: To understand the relationship of PPE guidelines with workplace-acquired HCW SARS-CoV-2 infections in different clinical settings and to examine the relationship between rates of community transmission and workplace-acquired HCW infections during the Delta outbreak in NSW...

Asthma is a "common chronic disorder that affects the lungs causing variable and recurring symptoms like repeated episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness and underlying inflammation. The interaction of these features of asthma determines the clinical manifestations and severity of asthma and the response to treatment" [cited from: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Expert Panel 3 Report. Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma 2007 (EPR-3). Available at: https://www.ncbi...

HYPOTHESIS: Lateral epicondylitis (LE), also known as "tennis elbow," is a common orthopedic tendinosis of the elbow that affects between 1% and 3% of the overall population. LE occurs due to overuse of the extensor mechanism or muscles of supination in the forearm. The National Institute of Health and the Center for Disease Control suggest that patient education materials (PEMs) be written at a 6th or 8th grade reading level, respectively; however, PEMs are often written far beyond these recommended reading levels...

BACKGROUND: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a condition with an unclear genetic basis. Fucosyltransferase 3 (FUT3) could potentially be linked to IBD susceptibility. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between FUT3 gene polymorphisms and IBD. METHODS: Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) 2020 checklist and Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcomes, and Study (PICOS) guidelines, case-control studies published until April 30, 2020 was searched...