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The epidemiology of gestational diabetes, gestation hypertension, and anemia in North Palestine from 2018 to 2020: A retrospective study
This study aimed to examine the risk factors linked with abnormal hemoglobin (Hb) levels, gestational diabetes (GD), and gestational hypertension (GH) among pregnant women. The results was compared between women residing in cities or villages areas and those in refugee camps. MethodsMedical records (N = 7889) for pregnant women at primary healthcare centers in the North West Bank were reviewed for sociodemographic and medical data along with the reported fasting blood sugar, hemoglobin, and blood pressure in the first and second trimesters from July 2018 to July 2020. However, only 6640 were included in the analysis as 124...
Source: PLoS One - March 29, 2024 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Basma Damiri Source Type: research

Responding to the war in Israel and Palestine
Br J Gen Pract. 2024 Mar 27;74(741):154. doi: 10.3399/bjgp24X736785. Print 2024 Apr.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38538139 | DOI:10.3399/bjgp24X736785 (Source: The British Journal of General Practice)
Source: The British Journal of General Practice - March 27, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Ken Menon Source Type: research

Responding to the war in Israel and Palestine
Br J Gen Pract. 2024 Mar 27;74(741):154. doi: 10.3399/bjgp24X736785. Print 2024 Apr.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38538139 | PMC:PMC10962529 | DOI:10.3399/bjgp24X736785 (Source: The British Journal of General Practice)
Source: The British Journal of General Practice - March 27, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Ken Menon Source Type: research

Association Between Quantitative and Qualitative Imaging Biomarkers and Geographic Atrophy Growth Rate
Advanced age-related macular degeneration is one of the leading causes of blindness in the United States and worldwide.1 The advanced non-neovascular stage is characterized by the presence of geographic atrophy (GA), or complete retinal pigment epithelium and outer retina atrophy (cRORA), defined by atrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and retinal photoreceptors in the macula.2 As GA enlarges over time this leads to an irreversible decline in visual function and patient-reported outcomes. (Source: American Journal of Ophthalmology)
Source: American Journal of Ophthalmology - March 27, 2024 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Talisa E. de Carlo Forest, Zafar Gill, Andres Lisker-Cervantes, Ramya Gnanaraj, Nathan Grove, Jennifer L. Patnaik, Anne M. Lynch, Alan G. Palestine, Marc Mathias, Niranjan Manoharan, Naresh Mandava Source Type: research

It is Not Too Late for Reconciliation Between Israel and Palestine, Even in the Darkest Hour
This article seeks to address these tasks by analysing the conflict as inherently an ethical one, in the sense that it exposes a rupture in the fabric of communicative relationships that has evolved systematically out of the deep cultural structures from which all protagonists have emerged. Drawing on the work of Levinas, Habermas, Arendt, and others, and referring to the specific circumstances in the region, it examines the ethical sources of the crisis and tries to identify conditions for its resolution. The possibility of reconciliation —that is, of refiguring relationships to open up a space for dialogue to create pa...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - March 22, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research

Gaza: providing emergency care under fire
Dr Mohammed Qandil, an Emergency Medicine and Critical Care consultant and member of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, is head of the Emergency Department at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis which is in the south of Gaza. At the time of writing and since the beginning of October 2023 there have been over 24 000 reported Palestinian fatalities with over 61 000 injured. Less than one-third of Gaza’s hospitals are functional, millions are at imminent risk of famine and access to humanitarian assistance is minimal. I have been working in the Emergency Department in Khan Younis continuously since October 2...
Source: Emergency Medicine Journal - March 21, 2024 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Qandil, M. Tags: Open access The view from here Source Type: research

Diagnostic Utility of QuantiFERON-Gold Testing in Patients with Ocular Inflammation in a Low-Endemic Tuberculosis Region
To evaluate the diagnostic value of QuantiFERON Gold (QFT-G) testing for ocular inflammation in a low prevalence tuberculosis (TB) area. (Source: American Journal of Ophthalmology)
Source: American Journal of Ophthalmology - March 20, 2024 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Julia Xia, Alan G. Palestine, Amit K. Reddy Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Impact of waterpipe tobacco taxation on consumption, government revenue and premature deaths averted in Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine: a simulation study
Discussion Increases in waterpipe tobacco-specific excise taxes substantially reduce smoking and increase government revenue and averted premature deaths in Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine. This has positive implications for both public health and financing and should be considered a policy priority. (Source: Tobacco Control)
Source: Tobacco Control - March 19, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Jawad, M., Awawda, S., Abla, R., Chalak, A., Khader, Y. S., Nakkash, R. T., Mostafa, A., Salloum, R. G., Abu-Rmeileh, N. M. E. Tags: Open access Original research Source Type: research

Tobacco control policy and regulation from diverse perspectives and contexts
This issue brings together studies providing different perspectives of tobacco regulation and policy for cigarettes, heated tobacco products (HTPs), waterpipe tobacco, e-cigarettes and other products. Taxation is cost-effective for governments while reducing smoking prevalence. Ngo et al provide evidence for the underused potential of this policy lever.1 Using the Tobacconomics scorecard and drawing on 2014-2020 data, they show that modest improvement in tax policy scores globally reduced cigarette consumption by 3.27%, but this could have been reduced by 20.74% with optimal tax policies. Low-income and middle-income count...
Source: Tobacco Control - March 19, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Hefler, M. Tags: Open access Editorial Source Type: research

A Statistical Approach to the High Mortality Rate of Israeli Citizens Held Hostage in Gaza
CONCLUSIONS: Israeli airstrikes as the cause of death of Israeli hostages are implausible unless they were specifically exposed to these strikes more than Palestinian citizens.PMID:38493323 (Source: The Israel Medical Association Journal)
Source: The Israel Medical Association Journal - March 17, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Joseph Mendlovic Yuval Dadon Francis B Mimouni Source Type: research