BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Tobacco smoking was prognostic in B-cell lymphomas in the pre-rituximab era, but the association with modern treatment, stage, subtypes, and survival outcomes remains unclear. Patient/material and methods: All patients with di...
BACKGROUND: Loneliness is a distressing feeling that influences well-being. Immigrants' experience of acculturation to a new dominant culture places them at risk for maladaptive behaviors and daily rhythms leading to loneliness. Identifying daily-liv...
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic caused many changes in primary health care systems in Europe. The fast adoption of telemedicine, the shift of health care resources to COVID-19-related tasks, and the tendency of patients to cancel their nonurgent ap...
BACKGROUND: Generative artificial intelligence (GAI) is expected to enhance the productivity of the public social and health care sector while maintaining, at minimum, current standards of quality and user experience. However, empirical evidence on G...
BACKGROUND: Untreated dental caries is the most common health condition worldwide. Therefore, new strategies need to be developed to reduce the manifestations of dental caries.
BACKGROUND: Antipsychotic medications are frequently prescribed to older residents of long-term care facilities (LTCFs) despite their limited efficacy and considerable safety risks. While discontinuation of these drugs might help reduce their associa...
Effluent released from municipal wastewater treatment plants reflects the microbial communities responsible for degrading and removing contaminants within the plants. Monitoring this effluent offers essential insights into its environmental impacts, ...
As a comprehensive perspective on functioning is useful in patient assessments, the WHO developed the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) to provide a standardized terminology and framework for describing and cla...
Under the exposome framework, this study examined the relationship between the urban physical environment and leisure-time physical activity during early midlife based on 394 participants (mean age: 37, range 34-40) from the FinnTwin12 cohort, residi...
BACKGROUND: Artificial intelligence (AI) has potential to transform health care, but its successful implementation depends on the trust and acceptance of consumers and patients. Understanding the factors that influence attitudes toward AI is crucial ...
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