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In this ethical consideration of capacity, Astrachan et al (2023) introduce a philosophical aspect which is relevant to many health professionals who deal with patients. The presumption of capacity is...
Ketogenic is a collaborative venture and a work of scholarship from 62 eminent contributors from around the world, whose accumulated wisdom is presented in some 540 pages that include thousands of...
Incivility at work includes rudeness, demeaning attitudes, exclusion, and hurtful words, but as Graso (2023) notes in this commentary, while civility should be promoted, ‘[t]he unexamined pursuit of...
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the leading cause of chronic liver disease, with type 2 diabetes (T2D) a major predictor, and NAFLD can range from simple steatosis (non-alcoholic fatty...
Dementia due to brain diseases such as Alzheimer's affects 55 million people, and in the year 2019 alone, represented a cost of US $1.3 trillion globally. This is cited by Daly (2023), who focuses in...
From the United States, professor of cell biology Benjamin Bikman of Utah's Brigham Young University, considered the role of insulin resistance – defined as a reduced response to the hormone insulin –...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends that adults perform ≥150min/week of moderate-intensity equivalent aerobic physical activity and ≥2 episodes/week of muscle-strengthening activities....
Spinal cord injury (SCI) causes functional, psychological, and socioeconomic losses, with long-term secondary complications such as bowel management playing an important role in the maintenance of...
Culturally embedded attitudes such as embarrassment about breastfeeding in public and adherence to deep-rooted societal norms can blunt the beneficial impact of public health initiatives on...
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) type A (H5N1) infections during the 2021–2022 epidemiological year have been the largest in European history, involving 37 countries; 2520 HPAI outbreaks in...
Worldwide, the annual costs of mental health disorders are an estimated $2.5 trillion (USD), a sum which is projected to rise to $6 trillion by 2030. This is cited by Singh et al (2023), who note that...
‘Members of society are entitled to consider ethical concerns about profits from drug development versus the wellbeing of Alzheimer’s disease patients and their families.‘ .
There has been an increase in the number of adolescents encountering and consuming pornography, and this exposure is concerning for parents, teachers and the public. In this American paper, Jhe et al...
Of 186 T2D patients who chose a low-carbohydrate approach — which included one-to-one GP consultations, plus group consultations and personal phone calls as necessary — not only did 97% improve their...
Globally, diabetes-related foot disease (DFD) is the leading cause of the diabetes disability burden, with some 20 million people worldwide estimated to have DFD, and another 130 million people having...
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