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Bridging the gap in asthma management among adolescents and young adults
(2021-03-04)
Background: Asthma can develop at any age. During childhood, the prevalence of asthma is higher in boys, but after puberty it grows higher in girls. The goals of asthma treatment are to achieve and maintain asthma control ...
Prognosis following cancer surgery during holiday periods
(2018-10-19)
Surgery is the mainstay curative treatment in most cancer. We aimed to test the new hypothesis that cancer surgery performed during holiday periods is associated with worse long-term prognosis than for non-holiday periods. ...
Rapid detection of drug resistance and genetic characterisation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Honduras
(2010-12-17)
Background: New challenges for tuberculosis (TB) control are emerging in the 21st century. The deadly combination TB/HIV as well as the development and spread of new forms of drug resistance are some examples. In this ...
Treatment of alcohol dependence in primary care
(2023-10-12)
Alcohol dependence is a common disorder and contributes to substantial morbidity and mortality globally. Only 10-20 percent engage in treatment, which makes alcohol dependence the mental disorder with the largest treatment ...