Background Patients with heart failure (HF) and severe mitral regurgitation (MR) have poor outcomes. Early identification ...

Objective This study focused on the preferences for psychological assistance and associated factors among Chinese healthcare workers (HCWs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design Cross-sectional ...

Background Current diagnosis of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) relies on antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) testing, but false-positive aPL results and asymptomatic aPL carriers pose significant ...

Background Despite several intensive interventions, HIV remains a major public health challenge affecting many individuals worldwide and highlighting ongoing gaps in HIV testing. Objectives To assess ...

Introduction Duplicate medical records occur when a single patient is assigned multiple medical record numbers within an ...

Background Early graft failure within 90 postoperative days is the leading cause of mortality after heart transplantation. Existing risk scores, based on linear regression, often struggle to capture ...

Early sexual activity, often defined as initiation before 16, is a risky behaviour associated with many negative social and health outcomes. Sexual norms restricting sex till marriage have declined in ...

Dr. James McCaffrey presents a complete end-to-end demonstration of linear regression with pseudo-inverse training implemented using JavaScript. Compared to other training techniques, such as ...

Background Aortic valve calcification (AVC) is a disease process driven by inflammation and lipid infiltration, serving as a ...

Political ideology is linked to Americans’ trust in scientists as sources of cancer information, study results suggest.A survey of several thousand U.S. adults revealed a high level of trust overall; ...

There is debate on the link between dietary fiber intake and stroke risk. The purpose of this study was to look at how it impacts dietary fiber intake and stroke risk, as well as mortality among ...