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Risk factors related to loss of reduction after anatomic repair of acromioclavicular joint dislocation in patients with acute traumatic acromioclavicular joint dislocation.

Apivatgaroon A, Sukkarnkosol S, Pukrittayakamee NC et al. · 2025 · JSES international

Background Suspension stabilization is a commonly used surgical method for acute acromioclavicular (AC) joint dislocation. However, a failure rate of around 26% caused various emerging surgical techniques and recommendations. We aimed to…

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Dietary Management of Atherogenic Dyslipidemia.

Kim S, Shin MJ, Krauss RM · 2025 · Current atherosclerosis reports

Purpose of review This paper reviews the effects of major macronutrients and specific dietary interventions on atherogenic dyslipidemia, a common trait characterized by increased concentrations of triglyceride-rich and small, dense LDL…

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Radiotherapy in breast cancer patients achieving nodal pathologic complete response after neoadjuvant therapy: a scoping review.

Cavalcante FP, Cardoso A, Antonini M et al. · 2025 · Translational breast cancer research : a journal focusing on translational research in breast cancer

Background Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is widely accepted as standard treatment in breast cancer, particularly in cases of tumors with aggressive biology. NAC has increased the rates of breast-conserving surgery (BCS) and the conversion…

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Weight Suppression, Brain Reward Response to Food Cues, and Bulimic Behaviours: A Pilot fMRI Study.

Singh S, Jagannathan K, Childress AR et al. · 2026 · European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association

Objective Weight suppression (WS), or the difference between one's highest past and current weights, may help maintain bulimia nervosa (BN) by altering reward response to food cues. This pilot study tested associations among WS, brain…

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Alcohol

· 2006

The effects of maternal alcohol (ethanol) ingestion during lactation are complex and depend on the pattern of maternal drinking. With casual alcohol use (such as 1 glass of wine or beer) it is best to wait 2 to 2.5 hours per drink before…

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An Exploratory Analysis of Eye-Tracking During a Virtual Reality Social Cognition Intervention for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Gámez Martínez S, Lovatón Romero G, Alcañiz Raya M et al. · 2026 · Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking

The diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder is based on clinical judgment, as there are no clearly identified markers to determine the presence of this condition. Gaze patterns have been proposed as a potential biomarker for autism. This…

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Aphantasia and visual working memory: No direct evidence of impaired visual working memory in aphantasics, either in behavioral performance or the accuracy of a multivoxel pattern classifier.

Knight KF, Milton F, Zeman A · 2026 · Neuropsychologia

Visual mental imagery and visual working memory are often thought to be closely related. After all, both have been argued to involve the temporary maintenance of visual representations in conscious awareness. We might expect, therefore,…

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Associations of fear, anger, happiness, and hope with risk judgments: Revisiting appraisal-tendency framework with a replication and extensions registered report of Lerner and Keltner (2001).

Lu S, Efendić E, Feldman G · 2025 · Journal of personality and social psychology

The appraisal-tendency framework proposed that specific emotions predispose individuals to appraise future events corresponding to the core appraisal themes of the emotions. In a registered report with a U.S. American online Amazon…

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Caregiver emotional support and youth mental health after sexual abuse.

Sitton MJ, McDonald R, Rosenfield D et al. · 2026 · Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43)

Emotional support from a caregiver is theorized to benefit adolescents after sexual abuse, yet the empirical evidence for this is inconsistent. The present study examines the cross-sectional relation between caregiver emotional support and…

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Mobile App Use in Clinical Care for Cleft Patients in the UK and Republic of Ireland.

de Berker HT, Rivers CM · 2026 · The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association

ObjectiveTo establish whether mobile applications (apps) are used as part of routine care for patients with cleft lip and palate in the UK and Republic of Ireland and to determine what role apps could play in the delivery of care.DesignA…

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Tumor-induced rickets/osteomalacia (TIO): diagnostic pitfalls and therapeutic options.

Ito N, Fukumoto S · 2025 · Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research

A 10-year-old girl developed bilateral gonalgia and waddling gait. Biochemical and imaging studies showed hypophosphatemia with impaired proximal tubular phosphate reabsorption and high intact fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) level,…

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Randomized controlled trial of intravenous dexamethasone to prevent relapse in the treatment of migraine in a pediatric emergency department.

Tourigny-Ruel G, Bailey B, Jean-Charles S et al. · 2026 · Headache

Objective This study aimed to evaluate whether a single dose of intravenous dexamethasone, when added to standard abortive therapy, reduces relapse of migraine after emergency department (ED) discharge in children and adolescents.…

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The European earwig Forficula auricularia (Dermaptera: Forficulidae) in California citrus: a sampling method, population surveys, and description of earwig movement into the tree canopy.

Rosenheim JA, Cluff E, Morrow K · 2025 · Journal of economic entomology

The European earwig F. auricularia L. is an omnivore that has only recently been identified as a direct, fruit-feeding pest of citrus. Here, we start to build the basic tools needed for integrated pest management for this species. We…

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Looking for Biomarkers Which May Explain Idiopathic Environmental Intolerance Attributed to Electromagnetic Fields (IEI-EMF): Does RF-EMF Exposure Influence Salivary Cortisol Response?

Verrender A, Manley J, Wallace NK et al. · 2025 · Bioelectromagnetics

In order to understand Idiopathic Environmental Intolerance attributed to Electromagnetic Fields (IEI-EMF), it has been argued that it is crucial to test for effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) on biomarkers, given…

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Cryoanalgesia to treat phantom limb pain following a trans-femoral (above-knee) amputation: a randomized, sham-controlled pilot study.

Ilfeld BM, Finneran JJ, Abdullah B et al. · 2026 · Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

Background A previous clinical trial applied percutaneous cryoneurolysis to lower limb amputees with phantom pain. The primary outcome measure was negative, but a secondary analysis suggested that patients with a below-knee amputation…

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