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Healthy for My Baby Research Protocol- a Randomized Controlled Trial Assessing a Preconception Intervention to Improve the Lifestyle of Overweight Women and Their Partners

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
Background: Preconception lifestyle interventions appear promising to reduce pregnancy complications, prevent adult cardiometabolic diseases, and prevent childhood obesity.
Isabelle Hardy, Amanda Lloyd, Anne-Sophie Morisset, Felix Camirand Lemyre, Jean-Patrice Baillargeon, William D. Fraser   +5 more
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eHealth literacy assessment as a promoter of user adherence in using digital health systems and services. A case study for balance physiotherapy in the TeleRehaB DSS project

Frontiers in Digital Health
Improving patient adherence and compliance with digital health interventions requires the creation of eHealth literacy resources. This study examines the creation and application of a novel eHealth literacy tool for home-based balance physiotherapy as ...
Konstantinos Georgas, Konstantinos Bromis, Theodoros P. Vagenas, Olympia Giannakopoulou, Nikolaos Vasileiou, Ioannis Kouris, Maria Haritou, George K. Matsopoulos   +7 more
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Effectiveness and usability of the system for assessment and intervention of frailty for community-dwelling pre-frail older adults: A pilot study

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
BackgroundEffective multicomponent interventions in the community targeted at preventing frailty in at-risk older adults can promote healthy ageing. However, there is a lack of studies exploring the effectiveness of technology-enabled autonomous multi ...
Ren Siang Tan, Eileen Fabia Goh, Di Wang, Robin Chung Leung Chan, Zhiwei Zeng, Audrey Yeo, Kalene Pek, Joanne Kua, Joanne Kua, Wei Chin Wong, Wei Chin Wong, Wei Chin Wong, Zhiqi Shen, Zhiqi Shen, Wee Shiong Lim, Wee Shiong Lim, Wee Shiong Lim   +16 more
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Personalized Selumetinib Dosing in Pediatric Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Insights From a Pilot Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate selumetinib exposure using therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) in pediatric patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and plexiform neurofibromas (PN), assess interpatient pharmacokinetic variability, and explore the relationship between drug exposure, clinical response, and adverse effects.
Janka Kovács, Zoltán Köllő, Balázs Gellért Karvaly, Mahmoud Obeidat, Rita Nagy, Péter Hegyi, Brigitta Teutsch, Eszter Tuboly, Miklós Garami   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health horizons: Future trends and technologies from the European Medicines Agency’s horizon scanning collaborations

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
In medicines development, the progress in science and technology is accelerating. Awareness of these developments and their associated challenges and opportunities is essential for medicines regulators and others to translate them into benefits for ...
Valentina Vignali, Valentina Vignali, Philip A. Hines, Philip A. Hines, Ana Glória Cruz, Barbara Ziętek, Ralf Herold   +6 more
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Legal Solutions in Health Reform: Privacy and Health Information Technology [PDF]

, 2009
Identifies gaps in the federal health privacy standard and proposes options for strengthening the legal framework for privacy protections in order to build public trust in health information technology.
Deven McGraw
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Pediatric Oncology Nursing Competencies in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Scoping Review to Inform Practice, Education, and Research

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Nurses are central to cancer care for children and adolescents, yet no comprehensive synthesis has defined essential core competencies for pediatric oncology nursing (PON) practice internationally, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Luís Carlos Lopes‐Júnior, Edmara Bazoni Soares Maia, Soad Fuentes‐Alabí, Courtney E. Sullivan, Monnie Abraham, Mauricio Maza, Liliana Vásquez Ponce, Regina Aparecida Garcia Lima   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Financial Burden Associated With Hospitalisation Among Families of Childhood Brain Tumours in Australia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim, Natalie Bradford, David Brain, Sameera Senanayake, Sanjeewa Kularatna, Kate Young, Christine Cashion, Tim Hassall, Susanna Cramb   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enteropathogenic E. coli shows delayed attachment and host response in human jejunum organoid‐derived monolayers compared to HeLa cells

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) infects the human intestinal epithelium, resulting in severe illness and diarrhoea. In this study, we compared the infection of cancer‐derived cell lines with human organoid‐derived models of the small intestine. We observed a delayed in attachment, inflammation and cell death on primary cells, indicating that host ...
Mastura Neyazi, Pilar Samperio Ventayol, Natalie Burkard, Nicolas Schlegel, Carmen Aguilar, Sina Bartfeld   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Ready for the future?” – Status of national and cross-country horizon scanning systems for medicines in European countries

GMS German Medical Science, 2022
Background: Horizon scanning aims to systematically identify upcoming health technologies and thus allows policy-makers to be better prepared for the entry of new medicines with possibly high price tags into the national health system.
Vogler, Sabine
doaj   +1 more source