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Global organ shortage: an analysis of national self‑sufficiency strategies

open access: yesВестник трансплантологии и искусственных органов, 2020
From the standpoint of socio-humanitarian knowledge, the paper analyzes the problem of global organ shortage. The basic ideas of the international medical community about organ shortage and the main proposals for overcoming it are considered.
O. N. Reznik, D. V. Mikhel
doaj   +1 more source

Who Pays? Who Benefits? Unfairness in American Health Care [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
American-style health insurance greatly amplifies price-gouging opportunities for health care providers, who inflate prices both to enrich themselves and to subsidize and expand the nation’s health care enterprise.
Havighurst, Clark C., Richman, Barak D.
core   +1 more source

The origins and early development of the ILAE/IBE/WHO global campaign against epilepsy: Out of the shadows

open access: yesEpilepsia Open, Volume 9, Issue 1, Page 77-83, February 2024.
Abstract The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE)/International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE)/World Health Organization (WHO) Global Campaign Against Epilepsy was launched in Geneva and Dublin in the summer of 1997. The second phase of the Campaign was launched by a major event in Geneva, led by WHO Director General Dr.
Edward H. Reynolds
wiley   +1 more source

Early Impacts of COVID‐19 Pandemic on the Crude Oil Prices and Demand in Sub‐Saharan Africa: A Review

open access: yesInternational Journal of Energy Research, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.
In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) proclaimed the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID‐19) a global pandemic with no therapy/vaccination or universally accepted therapeutic modalities. This resulted in the implementation of containment measures such as lockdowns, which hindered economic activities and, as a result, hampered global demand ...
Mwewa Chikonkolo Mwape   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Direct microscopy versus sputum cytology analysis and bleach sedimentation for diagnosis of tuberculosis: a prospective diagnostic study. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
: BACKGROUND: Diagnostic options for pulmonary tuberculosis in resource-poor settings are commonly limited to smear microscopy. We investigated whether bleach concentration by sedimentation and sputum cytology analysis (SCA) increased the positivity rate
A Cattamanchi   +26 more
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Cardiovascular Diseases Among Indian Older Adults: A Comprehensive Review

open access: yesCardiovascular Therapeutics, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) constitute an important cause of morbidity and mortality globally, and India is no exception to this trend. With the ongoing aging of the population in India, there is a notable surge in the prevalence and impact of CVDs among older adults.
Bisma Jan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Indoor Radon Monitoring in Building Types of a Periurban Area in Cape Coast Metropolis, Southern Ghana

open access: yesIndoor Air, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.
Radon is a source of ionizing radiation that shows a carcinogenic potential. Thus, tracking radon exposure levels in the environment and managing exposure conditions is necessary for reducing the hazards such as lung cancer, which is known to be the second largest impact of radon on humans worldwide.
Christiana Odumah Hood   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

FREQUENCY OF PREDIABETES IN A COHORT OF INDIVIDUALS REPORTING TO COMBINED MILITARY HOSPITAL, QUETTA FOR EVALUATION OF SERUM GLUCOSE LEVELS

open access: yesPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2018
Objective: To investigate the pediatric group expression of β-catenin and pattern of immunohistochemistry in medulloblastoma patients following WHO classification. Study Design: Cross-sectional descriptive study.
Majid Latif   +3 more
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Biosimilars Adoption: Recognizing and Removing the RoadBlocks

open access: yesClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research, 2023
Sarfaraz K Niazi College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, 60612, USACorrespondence: Sarfaraz K Niazi, Tel +1-312-297-0000, Email niazi@niazi.comAbstract: Almost two decades since biosimilars arrived, we still await their broader adoption,
Niazi SK
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Who knows who we are? Questioning DNA analysis in disaster victim identification [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The use of DNA analysis as a mode of identification of disaster victims has become increasingly predominant to other, traditional, methods of identification in recent years.
Bourdieu P   +11 more
core   +1 more source

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