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From black to white: A roadmap to containing the rise of candidiasis amidst COVID-19 and mucormycosis in India
(2021)
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With numbers of active COVID-19 cases in India falling in recent weeks and the healthcare system finally showing signs of coping with the mucormycosis epidemic, several new reports of COVID-19 cases linked to ...
Low Birth Weight Prevalence in Children Diagnosed with Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Dubai
(2021)
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The aim of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of low birth weight and other perinatal risk factors in children diagnosed with neurodevelopmental disorders. This is one of the first studies in the Arabian ...
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 ...
Impacts of biomedical hashtag-based Twitter campaign: #DHPSP utilization for promotion of open innovation in digital health, patient safety, and personalized medicine
(2021)
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The open innovation hub Digital Health and Patient Safety Platform (DHPSP) was recently established with the purpose to invigorate collaborative scientific research and the development of new digital products ...
People’s Willingness to Vaccinate Against COVID-19 Despite Their Safety Concerns: Twitter Poll Analysis
(2021)
Background:
On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization’s Emergency Committee declared the rapid, worldwide spread of COVID-19 a global health emergency. Since then, tireless efforts have been made to mitigate the ...
UAE efforts in promoting COVID-19 vaccination and building vaccine confidence
(2021)
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is leading globally in many indicators for tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. This ranges from taking adequate preventive measures to the free vaccination drive and viable public ...
Comorbidities Associated With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents at a Tertiary Care Setting
(2022)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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 ...