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Mapping the drivers of overdiagnosis to potential solutions [PDF]

, 2017
Thanya Pathirana and colleagues explore strategies to tackle the problem of too much medicine. Key messages: Interest is growing in tackling the problems of overdiagnosis and overtreatment. Possible drivers and potential solutions arise across five inter-
Clark, Justin, Moynihan, Ray, Pathirana, Thanya   +2 more
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Molecular Methods for Rare Hemoglobinopathy Cases: First Brazilian Report of Pediatric Siblings with Hb O‐Arab and Alpha‐Thalassemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hemoglobinopathies are prevalent globally; diagnosis is complex in high genetic admixture populations like Brazil. We report, in two pediatric siblings, the first documented cases in Brazil of heterozygosity for hemoglobin (Hb) O‐Arab with coinheritance of α‐thalassemia (αα/−α4.2; −α3.7/−α4.2), resulting in microcytic and hypochromic anemia ...
Elisângela de Souza Miranda Muynarsk, Amanda Cristina Meneguetti Berti, Bárbara Braga Vieira Marques, Victoria Simões Bernardo, Flaviene Felix Torres, Ingrid Souza Dias, Vanessa da Silveira Ramos de Castro, Gabriela Alves Bernardino, Danilo Grünig Humberto da Silva, Edis Belini‐Júnior   +9 more
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Criterion‐Related Validity of the Neuropsychological Quick Assessment for Screening Cognitive, Motor, and Behavioral Impairments in Patients With Pediatric Brain Tumors: An Observational Pilot Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Neuropsychological complications may impair the qualitative prognosis of patients with pediatric brain tumors. However, multifaceted evaluations cannot be conducted in all patients because they are time consuming and burdensome for patients.
Ami Tabata, Keita Ueda, Tsukasa Ueno, Katsutsugu Umeda, Kentaro Ueno, Kanade Tanaka, Noyuri Nishida, Rie Yamawaki, Megumi Nukui, Yoshiki Arakawa   +9 more
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Research on Antenatal and Postnatal Examination in the View of Pregnancy Medicalization (1912—1949)

Yixue yu zhexue
Medicalization is one of the core concepts of medical sociology, and the process of pregnancy and childbirth is an important research object in the field of body medicalization.
Yaohua WANG, Meifang ZHANG
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EMERGING PATTERNS IN THE RESISTANCE TO THE MEDICALIZATION OF BIRTH IN NORTH AMERICA

McGill Journal of Medicine, 2020
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Gillian Morantz-Ornstein, Louis-Patrick Haraoui   +1 more
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Antoni Kępiński’s Philosophy of Medicine – an alternative reading [PDF]

, 2016
Antoni Kępiński remains an often read and quoted author even 40 years after his premature death. Usually he is read in the context of his times and his connections with contemporary philosophy.
Zawiła-Niedźwiecki, Jakub
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Forebygging, hverdagsliv og samfunnsendring. Hvordan forebyggende medisin blir en del av folks hverdagsliv

Tidsskrift for Samfunnsforskning, 2010
Forebygging, hverdagsliv og samfunnsendring. Hvordan forebyggende medisin blir en del av folks hverdagsliv Denne artikkelen ser på hvordan folk forholder seg til forebygging av sykdom over tid.
Jorid Anderssen
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The Efficacy and Safety of Bevacizumab/Irinotecan/Temozolomide (BIT) for Relapsed/Refractory Neuroblastoma: The UK Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group Experience

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Patients with high‐risk neuroblastoma who either are refractory to induction chemotherapy or relapse following multi‐modal treatment have a dismal prognosis. Based on data from the BEACON trial, since 2021 the UK national guidelines recommend bevacizumab, irinotecan, and temozolomide (BIT) for patients with relapsed/refractory ...
Thomas J. Jackson, Menna Shamma, Upeka Senanayake, Shaimaa Sahmoud, Kathleen Duffin, Victoria Howard, David King, Ayesha Fathani, Blanche Lumb, Andrei Pobischan, Irum Latif Memon, Monzir Ahmed, Rhian Thomas, Gerard Millen, Yasmeen Alomari, Sucheta Vaidya, Lynley V. Marshall, Sally L. George, Ramya Ramanujachar, Juliet Gray, Paola Angelini   +20 more
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The shifting landscape of medicalization of female genital mutilation among the Maasai community in Kenya

Discover Public Health
Background Shift in FGM including medicalization among the Maasai communities call for deeper understanding. We sought to determine the nuances around medicalization of FGM in the Maasai communities.
Samuel Kimani, Wairimu Munyinyi-Wahome, Fridah Wawira Nyagah   +2 more
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Surveillance and Medicalization of Atypical Motor Development

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
This article theoretically and practically navigates the controversy of whether delayed motor development should be identified through large-scale screening and addressed through the healthcare system with a diagnosis of Developmental Coordination ...
Motohide Miyahara
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