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Precision medicine, also known as “personalised medicine”, seeks to identify strategies in the prevention and treatment of disease informed by a patient’s genomic information.
Dawn Alison Lewis +2 more
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Structural Changes in the Consumption of Beer, Wine and Spirits in OECD Countries from 1961 to 2014
Alcohol consumption is usually measured as the simple sum of the per capita consumption of beer, wine and spirits in alcohol equivalents, i.e., assuming the specific beverages to be perfect substitutes.
Jan Bentzen, Valdemar Smith
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Impacts of globalisation on economic growth in Europe Union countries
The establishment of the European Union (EU) is the most visible demonstration of the impact of globalisation on economic growth. This study aims to clarify the impacts of globalisation on economic growth in the EU region.
Huynh Thi Dieu Linh, Truong Ngoc Linh
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More than 50% of the world's population can today be defined as "urban": in fact, the new millennium has already seen the world's urban population "overtake" the rural one. Hoever, the challenge facineg 21st century is that of overcoming those spatial imbalances which lead to mere complex inequalities between the world's wealthy North and the poor ...
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Globalisation, economics and professionalism [PDF]
This paper presents an analysis of the effect of globalisation and attendant economic factors on the global practice of medicine, medical education, medical ethics and medical professionalism. The authors discuss the implications of these trends, citing case scenarios in the healthcare insurance, medical tourism, pharmaceutical industries, and the ...
Tan, Chay-Hoon, Macneill, Paul
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ABSTRACT Background Pediatric cancer remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, particularly in low‐and middle‐income countries. Cancer treatment may impair nutritional status, alter body composition, and exacerbate cancer‐related fatigue (CRF).
Luís Carlos Lopes‐Junior +11 more
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Mobilizing for Global AIDS Treatment
Global communication about HIV/AIDS requires the creation of new communities that can bridge distances and distinctions of nationality, language, class, race, gendered-identities and other forms of local identification on a disease that is associated ...
Richey Lisa Ann
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De boekenrubriek neemt ons deze keer mee naar de verre uithoeken van ons land. Oudhoofdredacteur van Journal of Social Intervention Nol Reverda recenseert voor ons het boek van Floor Milikowski hierover.
Josje van der Linden
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ABSTRACT The International Paediatric Oncology Society Global Mapping Programme aims to collect data on global paediatric oncology services by continent, with Africa and Latin America completed. This study reports on the methodology and lessons learned for Oceania, a unique continent with resource disparity across countries, multiple small island ...
Trisha Soosay Raj +16 more
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ABSTRACT Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) has undergone major changes in the last decades. Its prevalence has been steadily increasing and numerous advances have been made in the management of the disease. However, the effect in real‐life setting of these major changes is unknown, particularly in a Canadian environment. Procedure We aimed to assess
Maude Cigna +16 more
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