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Frayed Rope and Resilient Threads: Fijian Healthcare and the COVID‐19 Pandemic

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In April 2021, Fiji faced international scrutiny due to ‘horrific’ hospital conditions, including staff and patients lacking food, non‐operational operating theatres, and critical shortages of beds, medicine, and equipment. After successfully avoiding a major outbreak in 2020, a sudden surge in COVID‐19 cases in 2021 overwhelmed the public ...
Sharon McLennan, Johanna Thomas‐Maude, Apisalome Movono, Akisi Ravono   +3 more
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From language matters to stigma‐free communication in diabetes: Evolution, challenges, and next steps

Diabetic Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Language profoundly shapes how diabetes is perceived, experienced and managed, with the potential to perpetuate stigma or promote dignity and respect. This expert review, conducted by an international, multidisciplinary team, traces the evolution of the global diabetes #LanguageMatters movement and synthesises evidence on the effects of ...
Elizabeth Holmes‐Truscott, Emmanuel Ekpor, Eloise Litterbach, Renza Scibilia, Partha Kar, Jane K. Dickinson, Susan Guzman, Matthew Garza, Mariam Asaad, Mark T. U. Barone, Chitra Selvan, Tejal Lathia, Amy McInerney, Peter Senior, Timothy Skinner, Jane Speight   +15 more
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Examining pathways between stigma, extreme weather exposure, resource insecurities and ART adherence among young men who have sex with men and female sex workers living with HIV in Kampala, Uganda

HIV Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Objectives Stigma is multidimensional and undermines HIV care. We examined socio‐environmental pathways linking HIV‐related stigma, everyday discrimination and structural stigma to antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence among men who have sex with men (MSM) and female sex workers (FSW) living with HIV in Kampala, Uganda. Methods We conducted a
Carmen H. Logie, Ying Wang, Moses Okumu, Jingchuan Fan, Frannie MacKenzie, Gerald Pande, Aidah Nakitende, Brenda Katisi, Peter Kyambadde, Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Amaya Perez‐Brumer, Caetano Dorea, Lesley Gittings, Paul Bukuluki, Julien Brisson   +14 more
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American Geriatrics Society Position Statement: Advancing the Healthcare of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and More Older Adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the decade since the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) released a position statement on Care of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Older Adults, we have seen significant progress toward achieving equal health and civil rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and more (LGBTQI+) individuals.
Carl H. Burton, Maria H. van Zuilen, Chelsea Namahana Wong, Angela Primbas, Michael Danielewicz, Timothy W. Farrell, Rohin Aggarwal, Carl G. Streed Jr., Aruna V. Josyula, Reena Karani, Alexia Mary Torke, Bronwyn Keefe, Joseph Shega, Noelle Marie Javier   +13 more
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Effectiveness of Preventive Anti-tuberculosis Treatment of Children in a Specialized Sanatorium and Outpatient Settings. Experience from Irkutsk Oblast

Tuberculosis and lung diseases
The objective: to study the effectiveness of sanatorium treatment of children with latent tuberculosis infection and metatuberculous changes exposed to tuberculosis infection, to improve selection of children to undergo preventive anti-tuberculosis ...
E. Zorkaltseva, S. Pugacheva
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Leaders' Functional Specialization and Responses to Institutional Shifts during Crises: Evidence from the Pandemic

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Prior studies on crisis management often highlight the adaptiveness of generalist leaders, whose diverse functional experiences allow for flexible and innovative responses. However, we propose that in situations where crises lead to abrupt shifts in dominant institutional pressures, leaders with specialized functional backgrounds potentially ...
Yidi Guo, Danqing Wang, Shuo Chen
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Medical Evacuation and Sanitary Anti-Epidemic Measures During the First World War

Ogarëv-online
Introduction. The study of the issues of medical evacuation and sanitary anti-epidemic measures during the First World War is justified by the insufficiency of their disclosure in historiography and the lack of comprehensive works on the subject. The aim
Valeria S. Kulikova, Valeria O. Makeikina, Semen N. Blinjaev, S. V. Kistanov   +3 more
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Views of Hong Kong Chinese medicine practitioners on the application of the “Chinese Medicine Anti-epidemic Plans” prepared by the Chinese medicine expert group of central authorities: a focus group study

BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
Drawing on the extensive utilization of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) to combat COVID-19 in Mainland China, experts designed a series of TCM anti-epidemic strategies.
Shu Cheng Chen, Wing-Fai Yeung, H. Cheng, Man Ho Li, Y. Ho   +4 more
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European Society of Contact Dermatitis Guideline for Diagnostic Patch Testing—Recommendations on Best Practice (Update 2026)

Contact Dermatitis, Volume 95, Issue 3, Page 237-275, September 2026.
ABSTRACT The present guideline updates the initial ESCD patch testing guideline, summarizing all aspects of patch testing for the diagnosis of contact allergy in patients suspected of suffering, or having been suffering, from allergic contact dermatitis or other delayed‐type hypersensitivity skin and mucosal conditions. Sections with brief descriptions
Wolfgang Uter, Olivier Aerts, Tove Agner, Richard Brans, Magnus Bruze, Alicia Cannavó, Marie‐Noёlle Crépy, Ana M. Giménez‐Arnau, Margarida Gonçalo, An Goossens, Swen M. John, Carola Lidén, Suzana Ljubojević Hadžavdić, Vera Mahler, Mihaly Matura, Esen Özkaya, Maria Pesonen, Nadia Raison‐Peyron, Thomas Rustemeyer, Radoslaw Spiewak, Luca Stingeni, Ian R. White, S. Mark Wilkinson, Jeanne Duus Johansen   +23 more
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How the First 9 Months Shape the Rest of Your Life: The Impact of Gestational Diabetes on the Metabolic Future

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, Volume 28, Issue 9, Page 7705-7718, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) represents far more than a transient glycaemic disorder: it is a sentinel metabolic event that unveils pre‐existing defects in β‐cell function and insulin action, with profound implications for both maternal and offspring cardiometabolic health across the lifespan.
Mustafa Kanat, Muhammad Abdul‐Ghani, Ralph A. DeFronzo   +2 more
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