Community-based trial of screening for <it>Chlamydia trachomatis </it>to prevent pelvic inflammatory disease: the POPI (prevention of pelvic infection) trial by Taylor-Robinson David, Hay Sima, Aghaizu Adamma, Atherton Helen, Kerry Sally, Oakeshott Pippa, Simms Ian, Hay Phillip

“…The main aim of this trial was to investigate whether screening and treatment of chlamydial infection reduced the incidence of PID over 12 months. Secondary aims were to conduct exploratory studies of the role of bacterial vaginosis (BV) in the development of PID and of the natural history of chlamydial infection.…”
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Study about cognitive performances in elderly patients with epilepsy by Denisa Pirscoveanu, Valerica Tudorica, Cornelia Zaharia, Diana Matcau, Florin Trifan, Diana Stanca

“…The controls had no neurological or psychiatric illness, no family history of seizures, no history of medication. To assess the cognitive state we tested the patients using Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) at baseline, after 6 months and one year later. …”
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A Retrospective Study of Herpetic Keratitis in Patients with Keratoconus after Crosslinking Surgery by Ewa Wróblewska-Czajka, Anna Nowińska, Dariusz Dobrowolski, Dominika Szkodny, Edward Wylęgała

“…The mean follow-up period was 49.3 months (16–82 months). The average time from surgery to the manifestation of the first symptoms of keratitis was 4.3 days (2–6 days). …”
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Lung Metastasectomy from Colorectal Cancer, 10-year Experience in a South American Cancer Center by Carlos Carvajal, Helena Facundo, Paola Puerto, José Carreño, Rafael Beltrán

“…Patients with bilateral, more than one pulmonary metastasis, abnormal postmetastasectomy carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), history of liver metastasis, and disease-free interval (DFI) ≤12 months had worse OS. …”
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THE PLACE OF STRONTIUM RANELATE IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH OSTEOPOROSIS (RESULTS OF THE MARC PROGRAM) by O. A. Nikitinskaya, N. V. Toroptsova, E. L. Nasonov

“…Among the respondents, there were 1696 people aged 50 years and older (mean age, 64±7 years; disease duration, 2.7±2.4 years) (86% women and 14% men) who were the subjects of this survey. …”
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Brucellosis in hospitalized patients and their animals in the agro-pastoral region of Theniet El Had (Algeria) during ten years (2013−2023) by Wafa Ilhem Yahiaoui, Ali Dahmani

“…Consumption of unpasteurized dairy products during the last 2 months was at the order of 95.55%. A family history of Brucellosis was observed in 36 (20%) patients. …”
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Prehypertension and socioeconomic status: A cross-sectional study in Chongqing, China by Rui Zhang, Runze Deng, Pengyu Shen, Mingyue Fan, Bing Leng, Yujia Zhou, Yadeng Cui, Ge Li

“…Results: The prevalence of prehypertension at the present time reaches 55.17%, with it being higher among men than that among women (63.15% vs. 47.19%, p < 0.05). After adjustment for other factors such as age and gender, a logistic regression showed that a higher education level and a history of marital status were significantly associated with prehypertension. …”
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LASER TUNNELING OF THE PANCREAS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC FIBROSING PANCREATITIS by Zh. A. Revel-Muroz, S. A. Sovtsov, V. V. Sazanov

“…All the patients had persistent pain and dyspeptic syndromes, with negligible effect on antispasmodics. Medical history of the disease was from 6 months to 15 years, the frequency of severe attacks requiring hospitalization was from 2 to 6 per year. …”
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Association of interpregnancy interval with adverse pregnancy outcomes according to the outcomes of the preceding pregnancy: a longitudinal study with 4.7 million live births from... by João Guilherme G. Tedde, Thiago Cerqueira-Silva, Sidney A. Lagrosa Garcia, Brenda V. Amira, Laura C. Rodrigues, Mauricio L. Barreto, Aline S. Rocha, Rita de Cássia Ribeiro-Silva, Ila R. Falcão, Enny S. Paixao

“…IPIs ≥120 months were associated with greater increases in risk for LBW and PTB among women without previous birth outcomes (LBW: 1.59; [1.53–1.65]; PTB: 2.45 [2.39–2.52]) compared to women with three adverse outcomes at the index birth (LBW: 0.92 [0.78–1.06]; PTB: 1.66 [1.44–1.88]). …”
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Dumping syndrome after bariatric surgery in a pregnant woman: A case report by Kae Ling Cheah, Lili Husniati Yaacob, Razlina Abdul Rahman

“…We report a case of unplanned pregnancy in a 35-year-old woman with a history of subfertility for 8 years who conceived spontaneously 3 months after gastric bypass surgery. …”
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Early-life differences in the gut microbiota composition and functionality of infants at elevated likelihood of developing autism spectrum disorder by Simone Zuffa, Patrick Schimmel, Ayoze Gonzalez-Santana, Clara Belzer, Jan Knol, Sven Bölte, Terje Falck-Ytter, Hans Forssberg, Jonathan Swann, Rochellys Diaz Heijtz

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Sport-for-employability as an innovative practice in addressing youth underemployment in sub-Saharan Africa by Cora Burnett

“…The MEL system allows for a mixed-method approach, but the paper draws on narrative data obtained during field visits where 10 managers were interviewed and 47 youth interns (42.5% men and 57.5% women) took part in focus group discussions. The interview and focus group questions explored their work-related histories and profiles, current involvement with a structured program, experiences, perceptions, expectations, and pragmatic recommendations. …”
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Ulipristal acetate versus levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system for heavy menstrual bleeding: the UCON randomised controlled trial and mechanism of action study by Lucy HR Whitaker, Lee J Middleton, Lee Priest, Smita Odedra, Versha Cheed, Elaine P Nicholls, Alistair RW Williams, Neil Roberts, Clive E Stubbs, Konstantios Tryposkiadis, Hannah Bensoussane, Rohan Chodankar, Alison A Murray, Moira Nicol, Aleksandra O Tsolova, Kaiming Yin, Marcos Cruz, Hui Wei Leow, Lucy E Kershaw, Suzanne L McLenachan, Graham McKillop, Jane Walker, Scott I Semple, T Justin Clark, Mary Ann Lumsden, Dharani K Hapangama, Lucky Saraswat, Siladitya Bhattacharya, Paul Smith, Jane Daniels, Hilary OD Critchley

“…Subsequent withdrawal of ulipristal acetate and the COVID-19 pandemic led to a premature closure of recruitment, with 118 women randomised to each treatment and 103 women completing 12-month menorrhagia multi-attribute scale scores prior to this point. …”
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Pulmonary function in adults with recent and former asthma and the role of sex and atopy by Chen Yue, Rennie Donna C, Pahwa Punam, Dosman James A

“…Participants who had former (only) asthma were those who reported having physician-diagnosed asthma more than 12 months ago. Participants who had recent asthma were those who reported having asthma during the last 12 months.…”
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The Effect of Surgeon Volume on the Outcome of Laser Vaporization: A Single-Center Retrospective Study by Michihide Maeda, Tsuyoshi Hisa, Shinya Matsuzaki, Misooja Lee, Seiji Mabuchi, Shoji Kamiura

“…The median follow-up period was 25 (6–75.5) months and the median period between treatment and persistence or recurrence was 17 (1.5–69) months. …”
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Spontaneous pregnancy rate after fallopian tube recanalization for unilateral obstruction with a patent contralateral tube by Jehad Fataftah, Raed Tayyem, Firas Al Rshoud, Mamoon Al-Omari

“…The time interval between the application of the technique and spontaneous pregnancy was 1–12 months, with a mean of approximately 4 months. Multivariate analysis showed a significantly higher pregnancy rate in young (< 35 years), nonobese (BMI < 30 kg/m2) females with a history of primary infertility for < 5 years. …”
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Atypical ductal hyperplasia in men with gynecomastia: what is their breast cancer risk? by Coopey, Suzanne B, Kartal, Kinyas, Li, Clara, Yala, Adam, Barzilay, Regina, Faulkner, Heather R, King, Tari A, Acevedo, Francisco, Garber, Judy E, Guidi, Anthony J, Hughes, Kevin S

“…At a mean follow-up of 75 months (range 4–185 months), no patient developed breast cancer. …”
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Experience of Low-Pass Whole-Genome Sequencing-Based Copy Number Variant Analysis: A Survey of Chinese Tertiary Hospitals by Yu Zheng, Baosheng Zhu, Jichun Tan, Yichun Guan, The Chinese Genomic Structural Variants Consortium, Cynthia C. Morton, Guangxiu Lu

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VALIDATION OF A RUSSIAN-LANGUAGE VERSION OF THE VEINES-QOL/SYM QUESTIONNAIRE IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATIC DISEASES AND LOWER EXTREMITY CHRONIC VENOUS DISEASES by M. A. Satybaldyeva, N. V. Seredavkina, S. I. Glukhova, I. N. Gorskikh, T. M. Reshetnyak, E. L. Nasonov

“…The investigation enrolled 89 patients (66 (74%) women and 23 (26%) men) (their mean age was 46.3±13.4 years) with rheumatic diseases. …”
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Clinical Characteristics of Spinal versus General Anaesthesia in Older Patients Undergoing Hip Fracture Repair Surgery in Jordan: A Multicentre Study by Lou’i Al-Husinat, Sarah Al Sharie, Mohammad Araydah, Zaid Al Modanat, Mohammed I. A. Ismail, Hadeel B. Heilat, Mohd Said Dawod, Khaled Ahmad Sawaftah, Silvia De Rosa, Denise Battaglini

“…The mean age of patients was 78 years, and 55.2% were women. Twenty-four were treated with bisphosphonates before the fracture, whereas 30 were in steroid therapy. …”
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