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HEALTH is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancement in human health. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for physicians, health researchers and academics all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in health related problems. All manuscripts mu…
Dilip Dan, P. Ramraj, Viren Solomon, Olivier Leron, Malini Ramnarine, Kavita Deonarine, Vijay Naraynsingh, Nigel Bascombe
Gossypibomas are generally retained surgical sponges, and are usually a rare occurrence. They are diagnostic dilemmas with an incidence ranging from 1 in 8000 to 1 in 18,000 surgeries. However the incidence of this problem is on the rise and the clinician nee…
Jian Tang, Wei Huang, Ning Shen, Tao Hong, Suying Dang, Wei Zhang
Cleavage of ADAMTS-18 by thrombin represents a new mechanism of platelet thrombus clearance via the release of active ~45-kDa C-terminal fragments that induces oxidative platelet fragmentation. The exact cleavage sites remain unclear, but Arg (R) 775 /Ser (S)…
Louisa R. Peralta, Donna O’Connor, Wayne G. Cotton, Andrew Bennie
The primary aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a community and school sport program ( SCP ) on Indigenous adolescents’ life skills and physical activity levels within program sessions. A secondary aim was to determine the acceptability of the…
Lea Anne DeRigne, Linda Quinn, Patricia Stoddard-Dare, Christopher Mallett
Food insecurity in US households with children with limiting health conditions was compared to households with children without limiting health conditions, controlling for demographic variables. Multivariable logistic regression was used to calculate the odds…
Fereshteh Farzianpour, Keramat Nourijelyani, Hamed Zandiyan, Telma Zahirian Moghadam, Shima Zahirian Moghadam
Background: In recent years various standards have been proposed for assessment and supervision of healthcare systems. One of the most popular of them in health care area is Joint Commission International (JCI) standards of US. This study has been conducted t…
Sayoko Uemura, Keiko Sekido, Tetsuya Tanioka
This study aimed to clarify the characteristics of Japanese male family caregivers in terms of their sense of care burden, their capacity to deal with stress, and their subjective sense of well-being. A survey consisting of questionnaires and interviews was c…
Hiromasa Ooe, Masaru Kato, Kanae Hyodo, Keiko Nakashima, Hiroshi Ashigai, Kyoko Kato, Toshinori Sasaki, Yuko Fukushima, John C. Giddings, Junichiro Yamamoto
Objective: The aim of the present study was to assess the antithrombotic properties of different strains of orally available antithrombotic lactic acid bacteria (LAB). Research Methods & Procedures: Antithrombotic activity, antiplatelet reactivity and/or thro…
Fereshteh Farzianpour, Ahad Bakhtiari, Mohsen Mohammadi, Omid Khosravizadeh, Hoda Mossavi, Mohammad Mohseni, Mohammad Mahboubi
Introduction: Hospital infections prolong patient hospitalization, necessitate additional treatment, increase mortality rate, raise hospital expenses, and even reduce the level of health in the society. The purpose of this research was to study hospital infec…
Carl Stepnowsky, Tania Zamora, Christine Edwards
Introduction: Positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy is the gold-standard for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) management. While it is known that PAP is efficacious for controlling breathing events during sleep when it is worn at the right pressure for the amoun…
Sébastien Champion, Bernard A. Gaüzère, David Vandroux, Bruno J. Bouchet, Didier Drouet, Yannick Lefort
Objective: Prognostic analysis of 249 patients admitted for cardiogenic shock (CS) of various origins. Background: Little is known about prognosis of CS from non-ischemic cardiomyopathy. Methods: Retrospective monocentric study of patients referred to an ICU…
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