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Hormonal Influences on ADC Values in Breast Tissues: A Scoping Review of DWI in Pre- and Post-menopausal Women [version 3; peer review: 2 approved]

Neil Barnes Abraham, Abhimanyu Pradhan, Suresh Sukumar, Sneha Ravichandran et al. • F1000Research (2025)

Background Breast cancer remains a significant global health concern, with early diagnosis and risk factor identification crucial for improving outcomes. Diffusion-Weighted Imaging (DWI) and Apparent Diffusion Coefficient (ADC) measurements...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.153999.3

The effects of women's empowerment on the nutritional status of children in Nigeria using the 2018 demographic health survey

Ademola Akinlade, Mercy Olateju, Mayowa Salami, Oluwaseyifunmi Akinlade et al. • Babcock University Medical Journal (2026)

Objectives: The empowerment of women critically influences child nutrition in Nigeria, where malnutrition remains a major public health challenge. This study examines the relationship between dimensions of women’s empowerment, economic, edu...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.38029/babcockuniv.med.j..v9i3.1114

Robotic-assisted anatomic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a comparative analysis of modified transtibial and anteromedial portal techniques in cadaveric knees

Ling Zhang, Jinpeng Lin, Xuan Zhao, Mingwei Liu et al. • Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (2024)

Introduction: This study employed surgical robot to perform anatomic single-bundle reconstruction using the modified transtibial (TT) technique and anteromedial (AM) portal technique. The purpose was to directly compare tunnel and graft cha...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2024.1360560

A qualitative study exploring community pharmacists’ perspectives of child and adolescent mental healthcare

Irene A. Kretchy, Edem K. Blewuada, Akosua B. Debrah • Scientific African (2021)

Community pharmacists are involved in the health delivery sector through the provision of services that result in improved patient outcomes and optimization of pharmaceutical care. With growing concern about increasing prevalence of mental ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.sciaf.2021.e00969

Hackathons as Stepping Stones in Health Care Innovation: Case Study With Systematic Recommendations

Poncette, Akira-Sebastian, Rojas, Pablo-David, Hofferbert, Joscha, Valera Sosa, Alvaro et al. • Journal of Medical Internet Research (2020)

BackgroundUntil recently, developing health technologies was time-consuming and expensive, and often involved patients, doctors, and other health care professionals only as passive recipients of the end product. So far, users have been mini...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/17004

Association between social health status and health-related quality of life among community-dwelling elderly in Zhejiang

Jieming Lu, Zhebin Yu, Xiaocong Zhang, Mengyin Wu et al. • Health and Quality of Life Outcomes (2020)

Abstract Background Population aging is an inevitable trend and previous studies have showed the relationship between social health related factors and health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) in the elderly. The objective of this study is t...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12955-020-01358-4

Isolation, characterisation and antibiotic susceptibility of staphylococcal isolates with special reference to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from the anterior nares of healthcare workers in A tertiary healthcare centre

Chaurasia Mukul, Agrawa Neha, Chourasia Ankita, Bhatnagar Monica et al. • Scripta Medica (2021)

Background: Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and its resistant form methicillinresistant S. aureus (MRSA) is one of the most common nosocomial pathogens causing a wide range of infections in humans. The anterior nares are the main ecologic...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5937/scriptamed52-31190

Electronic Cigarette Use Is Not Associated with COVID-19 Diagnosis

Thulasee Jose, Ivana T. Croghan, J. Taylor Hays, Darrell R. Schroeder et al. • Journal of Primary Care & Community Health (2021)

This analysis tested the hypothesis that current e-cigarette use was associated with an increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients seeking medical care. E-cigarette and conventional cigarette use were ascertained using a novel elect...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/21501327211024391

Behind the scars: adolescents with non-suicidal self-injury disorder show profound personality pathology

Manuela Gander, Kirstin Goth, Josef Fritz, Kathrin Sevecke • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health (2026)

Abstract Background Non-suicidal self-injury is a significant clinical concern in adolescent psychiatry and frequently co-occurs with a range of psychiatric disorders, including mood disorders, eating disorders, substance use disorders, and...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13034-026-01075-8

A Focus on Simulation in Medical Informatics

James G. Anderson • Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (2002)

This special issue of JAMIA addresses simulation, a methodology that holds great promise for the advancement of information technology in health care. Simulation has been termed a third domain, complementing both natural language and mathem...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1197/jamia.m1167 PMC: 346642

A Framework for Femtech: Guiding Principles for Developing Digital Reproductive Health Tools in the United States

Tamar Krishnamurti, Mehret Birru Talabi, Lisa S Callegari, Traci M Kazmerski et al. • Journal of Medical Internet Research (2022)

The United States has abysmal reproductive health indices that, in part, reflect stark inequities experienced by people of color and those with preexisting medical conditions. The growth of “femtech,” or technology-based solutions to women’...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/36338

Denosumab and Bisphosphonate Treatment of Osteoporosis in Renal Transplant Recipients

Serdar Şahin, Nurhan Seyahi, Sinan Trabulus, Hande Mefkure Özkaya et al. • Cerrahpaşa Medical Journal (2021)

Objective: Kidney transplant recipients are at risk of losing bone mineral density. Osteoporosis and fractures cause serious complications in renal transplant recipients. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of bisphosphonate and de...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5152/cjm.2021.21039

Percutaneous CT-Guided Bone Lesion Biopsy for Confirmation of Bone Metastases in Patients with Breast Cancer

Lucija Kovacevic, Mislav Cavka, Zlatko Marusic, Elvira Kresic et al. • Diagnostics (2022)

We aimed to determine diagnostic accuracy of CT-guided bone lesion biopsy for the confirmation of bone metastases in patients with breast cancer and assessment of hormone receptor status in metastatic tissue. A total of 56 female patients w...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics12092094

Grey matter volume associations with personality functioning in a clinical cohort of female youths

Madelyn Thomson, Marialuisa Cavelti, Ines Mürner-Lavanchy, Silvano Sele et al. • NeuroImage: Clinical (2026)

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a severe mental illness, although its neurobiological underpinnings remain largely unknown. Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging (sMRI) in adolescents can offer insights into potential biomarkers to...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2026.103988

HRI-confusion: A multimodal dataset for modelling and detecting user confusion in situated human-robot interaction

Na Li, Jane Courtney, Robert Ross • Data in Brief (2025)

The dataset was collected from 28 participants (17 female, 9 male, and 1 non-binary) for a study aimed at modelling and detecting user social behaviours with different confusion states in task-oriented situated human-robot interaction (HRI)...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2025.112047

I do not want to suppress the natural process of inflammation: new insights on factors associated with non-adherence in rheumatoid arthritis

Valentin Ritschl, Angelika Lackner, Carina Boström, Erika Mosor et al. • Arthritis Research & Therapy (2018)

Abstract Background It is estimated that 50–70% of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are non-adherent to their recommended treatment. Non-adherent patients have a higher risk of not reaching an optimal clinical outcome. We explored fa...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13075-018-1732-7

Contributions of childhood abuse and neglect to reward neural substrates in adolescence

Ruiyu Yang, Qiongru Yu, Cassidy Elizabeth Owen, Gabriele Ibarra Aspe et al. • NeuroImage: Clinical (2021)

Background: Childhood adverse experiences may come to bear particularly during adolescence, when neural reward systems are developing rapidly and psychopathology spikes. Despite prior work differentiating threat- (abuse) vs. deprivation- (n...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2021.102832

Rural Telemedicine Use Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Repeated Cross-sectional Study

Chu, Cherry, Cram, Peter, Pang, Andrea, Stamenova, Vess et al. • Journal of Medical Internet Research (2021)

BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has led to a notable increase in telemedicine adoption. However, the impact of the pandemic on telemedicine use at a population level in rural and remote settings remains unclear. ObjectiveThis st...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/26960

Patient-reported outcomes and measures for vaginal relaxation syndrome management: a systematic review

Hongqin Chen, Jian Meng, Qiao Li, Xin Luo et al. • Health and Quality of Life Outcomes (2025)

Abstract Background The heterogeneity of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in published clinical studies on vaginal relaxation syndrome (VRS) hinders cross-study comparisons and integration of ev...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12955-025-02432-5