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To determine the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic-related changes and program-specific characteristics on the geographic diversity of the 2021 and 2022 urology match classes.We gathered publicly available information to compare...

Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is associated with increased mortality and morbidity. The objective of this study was to estimate the impact of ETS exposure in Spain on mortality in 2020 in the population aged 35...

is an opportunistic parasitic infection. An immunocompromised state increases the risk of converting asymptomatic infection to symptomatic visceral leishmaniasis (VL), which has a ∼5% fatality rate even with treatment. HIV...

COVID-19 can cause psychological problems including loss of smell and taste, long-lasting memory, speech, and language impairments, and psychosis. Here, we provide the first report of prosopagnosia following symptoms consistent...

Patients with hematologic malignancies are considered at high risk for COVID-19 infection either from the disease or the treatment. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, one of the approved therapies for hematologic...

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a leading cause of cancer-related death globally. LEM domain containing 1 (LEMD1) function has been identified in several cancers but not in NSCLC.This study aimed to investigate the LEMD1...

Testicular germ cell tumors (TGCT) are the leading cause of cancer-related death in young males between the ages of 20-40. Surgical resection and cisplatin-based chemotherapy can achieve a cure for the majority of patients with...

Human Herpes Virus-6 (HHV-6) is a ubiquitous virus but can lead to deleterious clinical manifestations due to its predilection for the pediatric central nervous system. Despite significant literature describing its common...

Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is a distinct subtype of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with a unique clinical presentation and prognosis. This study aimed to investigate the epidemiology, clinical characteristics, treatments,...

We previously reported that in highly metastatic breast cancer cells, doxorubicin (DOX) at non-toxic concentrations promoted cell migration and invasion. Hesperidin (30, 5, 9-dihydroxy-40-methoxy-7-orutinosyl flavanone) is a...

Kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) show poorer response to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination, yet response patterns and mechanistic drivers following third doses are ill-defined. We administered third monovalent mRNA vaccines to n=81...

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common viral infection in kidney transplant recipients (KTR) that has been associated with negative outcomes. The effect on outcomes of concordance versus discordance in CMV between two different...

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the fragmented nature of governmental policy decisions in Europe. However, the extent to which COVID-19 vaccination policies differed between European countries remains unclear. Here, we mapped...

Cancer, or malignancy, continues to be one of the most serious health problems in the world, leading to death and disability. Unlike in previous years, where new cases of cancer were predominant in developed nations, the number...

Emerging infections are caused when microorganisms that are maintained in a reservoir where they cause no harm, transmit from the reservoir to a new host. I have been studying the replication, molecular basis for pathogenesis,...

Real time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) is still considered a gold standard for the diagnosis of COVID-19. However, due to several limitations, use of RT-qPCR is limited in a resource poor setting...

Severe alcoholic hepatitis (SAH) is a grave condition, and the presence of acute kidney injury (AKI) further jeopardizes patient survival. However, the impact of AKI on survival in SAH has not been assessed from this region of...

What was the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on assisted reproductive technology (ART) activity in public and private hospitals in France in 2020?All women who underwent oocyte retrieval in 2020 (study group, n = 40,759) or in...

Available evidence suggests that in patients with advanced BRAF V600-mutant melanoma treated with the combination of BRAF and MEK inhibitors, gender could be associated with survival outcome. We performed a systematic review and...

Tropical diabetic hand syndrome (TDHS) is a rare and often unrecognized complication that can lead to lifelong disability or even death among diabetic patients living in the tropics.This study reports the case of a 47-year-old...