Category: 6. Health

A 40-year-old bisexual Japanese man presented to our emergency department with pain in the right shoulder and right upper quadrant of the abdomen. Two weeks before presentation, he experienced severe right shoulder pain and consulted a local…

Pancreatitis is an acute inflammatory disease caused by premature activation of pancreatic enzymes, leading to pancreatic injury and multiple organ dysfunction. Over the past three decades, its global prevalence has continued to rise [19, 21,

As MTX continues to play a central role in the treatment of various malignancies, the balance between its therapeutic efficacy and potential toxicity must be carefully managed. Delayed MTX clearance is associated with an increased risk of AEs,…

Patient consent

This study was approved by the Columbia University Irving Medical Center Institutional Review Board, with a waiver of informed consent. This study was approved through the Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects at UTHealth,…

This study identified significant disparities in the burden of IBD across five East Asian countries, with a distinct correlation between these variations and each country’s socioeconomic development level (SDI) level. Through comparative…

Researchers found that patients with stage III or IV cancer who quit smoking gained nearly a full year of additional life over their counterparts who continued, highlighting the important role of smoking cessation support…

Study participants

Study design

Participants for this cross-sectional study were chosen among the attendees at a physical examination center in Shanghai using convenience sampling from July to December 2023. In order to protect patient privacy,…

Hospital stay duration

Fourteen studies [10, 19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29, 31, 32] were included to assess the effect of EOF versus TOF on the length of hospital stay (Fig. 2). A random-effects model showed a statistically significant…