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We evaluated the relationship between erectile dysfunction (ED) and IL-6 levels in males with COVID-19. The study included 80 male patients aged 30-45 years who were hospitalised due to COVID-19. The International Index of...

Ivermectin (IVM) is an FDA approved macrocyclic lactone compound traditionally used to treat parasitic infestations and has shown to have antiviral potential from previous in-vitro studies. Currently, IVM is commercially...

A retrospective study revealed seven cases of coelomic steatitis in adult tentacled snakes (), including two males and five females, between May 2014 and August 2020. Common clinical signs included death after unusual floating,...

Early discontinuation and poor adherence are common limitations of conventional preventive migraine medications that limit their long-term efficacy. Therefore, a migraine preventive medication with favorable long-term safety is...

The clinical presentation and outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) have not been well studied.We performed a meta-analysis to examine the presenting features, outcomes and the...

We describe the spectrum of acute neurological disorders among hospitalized patients who recently had COVID-19 mRNA vaccination.We performed a prospective study at 7 acute hospitals in Singapore. Hospitalized patients who were...

Hepatic tuberculosis (HTB) is rare and mimics neoplastic liver lesions clinico-radiologically leading to misdiagnosis and even unnecessary surgery.We analysed 43 cases of HTB diagnosed at a referral cancer centre over 10 years....

Oral cavity and oropharyngeal squamous cell cancers (OC-OPSCC) display high cancer-specific mortality and increased non-cancer mortality. We examined cause of death in patients treated for OC-OPSCC with brachytherapy,...

Highly efficacious vaccines against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have been developed. However, the emergence of viral variants that are more infectious than the earlier SARS-CoV-2 strains is...

Hepatitis B and C viruses chronically affect approximately 3.5% of the global population, causing more than 800,000 deaths yearly due to severe liver pathogenesis. Current HBV vaccines have significantly contributed to the...

The LumiraDx SARS-CoV-2 Ag Test has previously been shown to accurately detect severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in individuals symptomatic for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This evaluation...

Pyroptosis, a type of regulated cell death controlled by the gasdermin family of proteins to form plasma membrane pores is known. Nonetheless, the function of pyroptosis-related long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in this process...

The growing number of deaths related to sepsis has become a major concern for past few years. Sepsis is a complex pathological reactions that is explained by series of host response to microbial insult. The resulted systemic...

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has once again reminded us of the significance of host immune response and consequential havocs of the immune dysregulation. The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)...

The world has experienced epidemics of coronavirus infections several times over the last two decades. Recent studies have shown that using medical imaging techniques can be useful in developing an automatic computer-aided...

Myocardial infarction (MI) or acute myocardial infarction (AMI), commonly referred to as a heart attack, happens when the blood flow to part of the heart stops, causing damage to the heart muscle. Chest pain or discomfort that...

SBP and DBP have important associations with cardiovascular events, but are seldom considered simultaneously.This study sought to simultaneously analyze systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP)...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the main cause of death in children around the world. The last Dutch epidemiological study described the incidence over 10 years ago. Mechanism of injury seems to change with the age of the child,...

Patients admitted to the intensive care unit with critical COVID-19 often require prolonged periods of mechanical ventilation. Difficulty weaning, lack of progress, and clinical deterioration are commonly encountered. These...

Red cell distribution width (RDW) has been shown to predict adverse outcomes in specific scenarios. We aimed to assess the association between RDW and all-cause death and a clinically relevant composite endpoint in a population...