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Lifestyle Behaviors and Cardiotoxic Treatment Risks in Adult Childhood Cancer Survivors
ABSTRACT Background Higher doses of anthracyclines and heart‐relevant radiotherapy increase cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. This study assessed CVD and CVD risk factors among adult childhood cancer survivors (CCSs) across cardiotoxic treatment risk groups and examined associations between lifestyle behaviors and treatment risks.
Ruijie Li +6 more
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ABSTRACT Ongoing evidence indicates increased risk of sarcopenic obesity among children and young people (CYP) with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), often beginning early in treatment, persisting into survivorship. This review evaluates current literature on body composition in CYP with ALL during and after treatment.
Lina A. Zahed +5 more
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Principal components analysis on audiograms from a hearing aid clinic [PDF]
In this study we describe a Principal Components Analysis (PCA) of 11,462 audiograms recorded at the hearing aid clinic at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough between 1992 and 2001.
Anwar, Naveed, Oakes, Michael
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Sound localization in daily life is one of the important functions of binaural hearing. Bilateral bone conduction devices (BCDs), middle ear implants, and cartilage conduction hearing aids have been often applied for patients with conductive hearing loss
Kimio Shiraishi
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Parent‐to‐Child Information Disclosure in Pediatric Oncology
ABSTRACT Background Despite professional consensus regarding the importance of open communication with pediatric cancer patients about their disease, actual practice patterns of disclosure are understudied. Extant literature suggests a significant proportion of children are not told about their diagnosis/prognosis, which is purported to negatively ...
Rachel A. Kentor +12 more
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We report on on-going work investigating the feasibility of using tissue conduction to evince auditory spatial perception. Early results indicate that it is possible to coherently control externalization, range, directionality (including elevation ...
Lennox, Peter +2 more
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Treatment of ankylosing spondylitis and extra-articular manifestations in everyday rheumatology practice [PDF]
The SpAs are a group of overlapping, chronic, inflammatory rheumatic diseases including AS, a chronic inflammatory disease primarily affecting the SI joints.
Elewaut, Dirk, Matucci-Cerinic, Marco
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ABSTRACT Background Cyclophosphamide (CY) is associated with potentially fatal cardiotoxicity, yet no electrocardiographic indices have been established for early detection of CY‐induced cardiomyopathy. This study aimed to determine whether corrected QT interval (QTc) prolongation can predict early onset of CY‐related cardiac dysfunction in pediatric ...
Junpei Kawamura +5 more
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Speech recognition in noise with active and passive hearing protectors: a comparative study [PDF]
The perceived negative influence of standard hearing protectors on communication is a common argument for not wearing them. Thus, augmented protectors have been developed to improve speech intelligibility.
Annelies Bockstael +19 more
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Validation of web-based audiometry version of HEARZAP.
AimThe purpose of this study was to verify the accuracy of the web-based audiometer HEARZAP in determining hearing thresholds for both air and bone conduction.MethodUsing a cross-sectional validation design, the web-based audiometer was compared to a ...
Pandi Renganath P, Vidya Ramkumar
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