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Association Between Food Insecurity and Multiple Chronic Diseases in Elderly People With Disabilities in South Korea

open access: yesAsian Social Work and Policy Review, Volume 19, Issue 2, June 2025.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between food insecurity and multiple chronic diseases among Korean older adults with disabilities while identifying sociodemographic and disability‐related characteristics associated with both conditions.
Jin Hyuk Lee, Ji Sun Lee, Lina Cui
wiley   +1 more source

Factors influencing physicians’ antimicrobial prescribing decisions: A systematic review of qualitative studies

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, Volume 91, Issue 5, Page 1330-1351, May 2025.
Inappropriate and overuse of antimicrobials is increasing antimicrobial resistance. Understanding physicians' antimicrobial decision‐making is essential for developing interventions to optimize prescribing. The aim of this review was to identify the factors that influence physicians' antimicrobial prescribing decisions.
Savannah Reali   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Appropriateness of Antibiotic Prescription Among Children Under 5 Years: A Cross‐Sectional Study in a Ghanaian Regional Hospital

open access: yesHealth Science Reports, Volume 8, Issue 5, May 2025.
ABSTRACT Background and Aim Misuse of medications, particularly antibiotics, severely impacts the standard of care and can result in antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem in Ghana, compromising patient outcomes. This study aims to assess antibiotic prescription pattern and level of inappropriateness based on Standard ...
Beatrice Obour   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Outbreak of Enterovirus D68 in Young Children, Brescia, Italy, August to November 2024

open access: yesJournal of Medical Virology, Volume 97, Issue 5, May 2025.
ABSTRACT Enterovirus D68 (EV‐D68) is responsible for a plethora of clinical manifestations ranging from asymptomatic infections to severe respiratory symptoms and neurological disorders. EV‐D68 was first detected in children with pneumonia in 1962 and, from then, only sporadic cases were reported until 2014, when outbreaks were notified across the ...
Serena Messali   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Temporal Trends in and Patient Characteristics Associated with Surgery for Otitis Media

open access: yesThe Laryngoscope, Volume 135, Issue 5, Page 1821-1829, May 2025.
In this study, the tympanostomy tube insertion (TTI) rate was 5.3%, which increased to approximately 20% in children with history of otitis media. Though multiple characteristics increase the risk of TTI, sensorineural hearing loss for TTI alone, and age 4–8 years at time of presentation in the TTI‐A subset carried the highest risk.
Kavita Dedhia   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Respiratory Tract Microbiome and Human Health

open access: yesMicrobial Biotechnology, Volume 18, Issue 5, May 2025.
The respiratory tract microbiome (RTM) trains the immune system and protects against infections. Changes in the RTM are linked to various respiratory diseases. High‐throughput methodologies and computational biology can improve our understanding of the RTM, paving the way for new diagnostic tools, treatments and preventive strategies to improve ...
Patricia Fernández de Córdoba‐Ansón   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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