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A call for the United States to continue investing in science.

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The use of virtual nominal groups in healthcare research: An extended scoping review.

IntroductionThe Nominal Group Technique (NGT) is a consensus group method used to synthesize expert opinions. Given the global shift to virtual meetings, the extent to which researchers leveraged virtual platforms is unclear. This scoping review explores the use of the vNGT in healthcare research during the COVID-19 pandemic.MethodsFollowing the Arksey and O'Malley's framework, eight cross-disciplinary databases were searched (January 2020-July 2022). Research articles that reported all four vNGT stages (idea generation, round robin sharing, clarification, voting) were included. Media Synchron

Transitions of care for advanced cancer in post-acute and long-term care.

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… Oncology practices could implement similar models and consider additional support through cancer-specific community health workers to ensure continuity. Furthermore, linking electronic medical records across care settings would be advantageous. …

Ensuring the Safety of Hospitalized Oncology Patients During a Pandemic.

Patients with hematologic malignancies present a unique set of circumstances during the COVID-19 pandemic; they are at increased risk of complications and death from COVID-19 infection, but the treatment of their cancer cannot be delayed. This article highlights some of the practice changes made by an inpatient hematology/oncology advanced practice provider team at a large academic institution in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at both a hospital-wide and service level. Practice changes have included restructuring the rounding process, imposing visitor restrictions, adjusting blood transfusion par

Availability, price and affordability of anticancer medicines in Jiangsu Province, China: a cross-sectional survey study.

BackgroundTo evaluate anticancer medicines' availability, price and affordability in nine prefecture-level cities, Jiangsu Province.MethodsBased on the standard methods recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Health Action International (HAI), a cross-sectional survey was performed to collect information about 24 essential anticancer medicines (EAMs) and 17 innovative anticancer medicines (IAMs) in hospitals and 45 community pharmacies in Jiangsu Province from July to November 2021.ResultsIn general, the availability of EAMs during the study period was higher than that of IA

Prescription and use of psychoactive medications among cancer patients and associated factors in lower and upper middle-income countries: systematic review.

PURPOSE: To describe the prescription and use of psychoactive medications among cancer patients in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and explore the factors influencing their prescription and use. METHODS: This systematic review was conducted following the PRISMA guidelines. Six electronic databases were searched. We included observational studies that investigated the prescription and use of psychoactive medications among adult cancer patients in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) according to the 2024 World Bank's classification. Eligible studies specifically focused on the use

Сохраняется ли нерешительность в отношении вакцинации SARS-COV-2 среди людей с неврологическими заболеваниями - обследование целевой группы NeuroCOVID-19 Европейской академии неврологии.

ОБСУЖДЕНИЕ ПО 3 предметам в онлайновом режиме было направлено в Европейскую академию неврологии (ЕАН) и задалось вопросом о сохранении скептицизма прививок SARS-COV-2, а также о глубинных мыслях и факторах, ограничивающих использование вакцин среди пациентов с неврологическими заболеваниями. Результаты: Мы получили 616 ответов от 84 стран, главным образом из Европы. По мнению лечащего невролога, пациенты с множественным склерозом (MS), нейромнологическими расстройствами (ND) и хроническими неврологическими инфекциями продолжали иметь высокий уровень скептицизма по отношению к вакцинации SARS-C

A life span perspective on competencies for a healthy, physically active lifestyle: Findings of a data pooling initiative with over 7000 individuals.

Individuals are recommended to lead active lifestyles throughout the life course. The model of physical activity-related health competence (PAHCO) adopts a competence approach by integrating physical, cognitive, and motivational determinants for health-enhancing PA (movement competence, control competence, self-regulation competence). Drawing on a comprehensive dataset pooling, the goal of the present study was to model the idiosyncratic courses of 10 PAHCO indicators over the life span. We identified studies that empirically operationalized PAHCO, combining data of 7134 individuals (age range

Characteristics and Components of Self-Management Interventions for Improving Quality of Life in Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review.

Self-management can improve clinical and psychosocial outcomes in cancer survivors. Which intervention characteristics and components are beneficial is unclear, hindering implementation into practice. We systematically searched six databases from inception to 17 November 2021 for studies evaluating self-management interventions for adult cancer survivors post-treatment. Independent reviewers screened for eligibility. Data extraction included population and study characteristics, intervention characteristics (TIDieR) and components (PRISMS), (associations with) quality of life (QoL), self-effic

Identification of actions to be taken by managers to facilitate the return to work of cancer survivors: Consensus between managers and cancer survivors.

BackgroundManagers are considered to be main stakeholders in the return to work (RTW) of cancer survivors. However, the perspectives of cancer survivors and managers differ on what managerial actions should be taken during the RTW of cancer survivors. This difference might put effective collaboration and successful RTW at risk. Therefore, this study aims to reach consensus among managers and cancer survivors on the managerial actions to be taken during the four different RTW phases of cancer survivors (i.e., Disclosure, Treatment, RTW plan, Actual RTW).MethodsThe Technique for Research of Info

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A GBD 2019 study of health and Sustainable Development Goal gains and forecasts to 2030 in Spain.

This study aimed to report mortality, risk factors, and burden of diseases in Spain. The Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factors 2019 estimates the burden due to 369 diseases, injuries, and impairments and 87 risk factors and risk factor combinations. Here, we detail the updated Spain 1990-2019 burden of disease estimates and project certain metrics up to 2030. In 2019, leading causes of death were ischaemic heart disease, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Alzheimer's disease, and lung cancer. Main causes of disability adjusted life years (DALYs) were ischaemic heart

Increasing equitable access to telehealth oncology care in the COVID-19 National Emergency: Creation of a telehealth task force.

IntroductionTelehealth (TH) utilization in cancer care prior to COVID-19 was variable. Research highlights disparities in access determined by socioeconomic factors including education, income, race, and age. In response to COVID-19 and these disparities, we assessed the impact of a personalized digital support structure, the Telehealth Task Force (TTF), to reduce disparities in TH.MethodsWe performed a retrospective review of cohorts between January 1, 2020 and August 30, 2020: Pre (TH use with basic telephone support), Intervention (TH access with TTF), and Post (TH access after TTF initiati

Recommendations for the management of COVID-19 in patients with haematological malignancies or haematopoietic cell transplantation, from the 2021 European Conference on Infections in Leukaemia (ECIL 9).

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a novel virus that spread worldwide from 2019 causing the Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic. SARS-CoV-2 infection is characterised by an initial viral phase followed in some patients by a severe inflammatory phase. Importantly, immunocompromised patients may have a prolonged viral phase, shedding infectious viral particles for months, and absent or dysfunctional inflammatory phase. Among haematological patients, COVID-19 has been associated with high mortality rate in acute leukaemia, high risk-myelodysplastic syndromes,

Post-pandemic recommendations for the management of COVID-19 in patients with haematological malignancies or undergoing cellular therapy, from the European Conference on Infections in Leukaemia (ECIL-10).

In the post-pandemic years, SARS-CoV-2 morbidity and mortality declined due to less pathogenic variants, active and passive immunization, and antiviral therapies. However, patients with hematological malignancies and/or undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) remain at increased risk for poor outcomes. Therefore, adherence to contact and droplet precautions is essential to avoid transmission, especially during epidemic waves. Detection of viral RNA by nucleic acid testing of naso-oro-pharyngeal samples is the gold standard for diagnosis due to its high sensitivity and specificity.

Recommendations for vaccination in multiple myeloma: a consensus of the European Myeloma Network.

Vaccination is one of the most successful medical interventions that has saved the life of millions of people. Vaccination is particularly important in patients with multiple myeloma, who have an increased risk of infections due to the disease-inherent immune suppression, and because of the immune suppressive effects of therapy. Hence, all appropriate measures should be exploited, to elicit an effective immune response to common pathogens like influenza, pneumococci, varicella zoster virus, and to those bacteria and viruses (haemophilus influenzae, meningococci, and hepatitis) that frequently

Perspective recommendations on geriatric support for older adults with multiple myeloma based on challenges faced by a multidisciplinary team.

BACKGROUND: Multiple Myeloma (MM) predominantly affects older adults, with a median diagnosis age of 70 years, posing challenges in management due to frailty, comorbidities, and age-related physiological changes. As the aging population grows, the prevalence of MM in older patients is expected to rise, requiring improved clinical strategies. METHODS: This consensus report outlines a multidisciplinary framework for the identification, geriatric assessment (GA), and management of older adults with MM, emphasizing the role of frailty assessments, such as the IMWG frailty score, in tailoring trea

Health and economic impact of caregiving on informal caregivers of people with chronic diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review.

With a disproportionate burden of chronic diseases and severe shortage of health workers in sub-Saharan Africa, the region implicitly relies on informal caregivers (ICGs) to support the patients both within and outside the health facilities. The aim of this review is to systematically summarise evidence on the health and economic impact of caregiving on informal caregivers of patients with chronic diseases in sub-Saharan Africa. Medline (Ovid), CINAHL (EBSCOhost), PsycINFO (Ovid), Embase (Ovid), Global Health, and Web of Science databases were systematically searched to identify original artic

Contemporary Perspectives on the Warburg Effect Inhibition in Cancer Therapy.

In the 1920s, Otto Warburg observed the phenomenon of altered glucose metabolism in cancer cells. Although the initial hypothesis suggested that the alteration resulted from mitochondrial damage, multiple studies of the subject revealed a precise, multistage process rather than a random pattern. The phenomenon of aerobic glycolysis emerges not only from mitochondrial abnormalities common in cancer cells, but also results from metabolic reprogramming beneficial for their sustenance. The Warburg effect enables metabolic adaptation of cancer cells to grow and proliferate, simultaneously enabling

Is There a Role of Cupping Therapy in the Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Primary Care Setting?

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a clinical syndrome, which causes significant morbidity. It is currently managed conservatively with splinting or steroidal injections. Where conservative management is unsatisfactory, surgical decompression is carried out. Because of dangerous complications of surgical procedures and increasing economical burden of CTS condition, safe, traditional, cost effective conservative adjunct option is being evaluated in this review article. Cupping therapy is an ancient but increasingly popular therapy for a variety of pathologies. Studies over the last decade have ind