CONCLUSION: There has been a higher prevalence of anxiety, depression, stress, and other mental health illnesses, among adolescents in LMICs during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is important to note that no existing literature directly addresses
Onychomycosis, defined as a fungal nail infection, affects 5.5% of the global population. Our objectives were to analyse prescription trends of onychomycosis medications using the Medicare Part D Prescribers database from 2016 to 2020, stratified by
CONCLUSION: We found that SARD patients had frequent breakthrough COVID-19, but the proportion experiencing severe COVID-19 was low. DMARD type, including CD20 inhibitors, did not significantly affect risk of breakthrough COVID-19. Evidence of prior
Individual differences in cortisol output may influence adolescents' adjustment to the COVID-19 pandemic; however, boys and girls may differ in terms of associations between cortisol output and internalizing symptoms in the context of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has strained healthcare systems globally. The successive epidemic waves have shown different characteristics. The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 modified the epidemic behavior that previous variants had followed. The aim of this
Objective: Recent studies on Long COVID found that patients report prominent emotional distress and significant correlations between distress and cognitive performance have been identified, raising the question of how to manage or treat these issues
The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship amongst early childhood caries (ECC), economic development, and dental public health programmes in Hong Kong. We searched exhaustively qualitative and quantitative data on the oral
CONCLUSIONS: MRNA COVID-19 vaccines provide protection against symptomatic COVID-19 illness and are highly effective at preventing severe illness in pregnant people. The observed effect of vaccine waning highlights the importance of booster doses to