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Medical and Health-Related Misinformation on Social Media: Bibliometric Study of the Scientific Literature
(2022)
Background:
Social media has been extensively used for the communication of health-related information and consecutively for the potential spread of medical misinformation. Conventional systematic reviews have been published ...
Comorbidities Associated With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents at a Tertiary Care Setting
(2022)
Abstract:
Studies have revealed high rates of neurodevelopmental and psychiatric comorbid conditions among individuals diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, research on this topic in ...
Implications of social media misinformation on COVID-19 vaccine confidence among pregnant women in Africa
(2022)
Abstract:
It has been over a year since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of COVID-19 as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern and subsequently a global pandemic. The world has experienced ...
Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms in an Adolescent with Intellectual Disability
(2022)
Abstract:
Individuals with intellectual disability (ID) experience various psychiatric comorbidities including anxiety, depression, and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in a rate that is equivalent or higher than ...
Child malnutrition in Afghanistan amid a deepening humanitarian crisis
(2022)
Abstract:
Decades of political turmoil and stifling war, among other issues, has turned Afghanistan into the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. Just 4 months after the Taliban seized control, the majority of the Afghan ...
Challenges faced by African healthcare workers during the third wave of the pandemic
(2022)
Abstract:
Africa experienced the third wave of the coronavirus disease in 2019, which caused an 18% rise in cases in most parts of the continent. As of January 2022, the region had an estimated 10.4 million cumulative ...
COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Tests: Bibliometric Analysis of the Scientific Literature
(2022)
Abstract:
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt health systems worldwide, conducting Rapid Antigen Testing (RAT) at specified intervals has become an essential part of many people’s lives around the world. We ...
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: A narrative review of four South Asian countries
(2022)
Objectives:
Vaccine hesitancy remains a global issue, especially within poverty-stricken countries where there’s an interplay of financial and nonfinancial barriers. This narrative review aims to understand attitudes and ...
A potential rise of breast cancer risk in the UAE post-COVID-19 lockdown: A call for action
(2022)
Introduction:
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first detected in late December of 2019 with early reports of pneumonia-like symptoms from Wuhan, China. This outbreak has quickly caused major healthcare havoc, with ...
Double trouble: COVID-19 vaccine misinformation amidst conflict in Ukraine
(2022-08)
Abstract:
The repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic have presented valuable insights into new public health challenges which were once difficult to recognize. At the core of this strenuous public health emergency, lies ...