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Background: Recent data suggest an increased risk of congenital anomalies with prenatal exposure to opioid analgesics. We sought to further quantify the risk of anomalies after opioid analgesic exposure during the first trimester in a population-based cohort study. Methods: Using administrative health data from Ontario, we followed 599 579 gestational parent–infant pairs from singleton pregnancies without opioid use disorder. We identified opioid analgesics dispensed in the first trimester and...

Abstract. The late James A. Davis characterized American public opinion in the Reagan era as “conservative weather” amidst a liberalizing “climate.” By climate,

TECH4GOOD Monchito B. Ibrahim Former DICT Undersecretary The internet has allowed everyone, individuals and businesses alike, to cope with the current crisis. Before the pandemic, some may still have viewed the internet as a luxury, but today, it has become vital. The digital highway has allowed

The importance of digitisation of theses for researchers, universities and libraries is quite obvious for storage and easy access.

PLOS' new Global Equity publishing model supports Open Access publishing for all researchers in a regionally equitable way

Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects more than one in three women in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It is associated with both pregnancy and HIV, adversely affecting women in this region. This is the first systematic examination of the effects of IPV on HIV-positive (HIV+) pregnant women in SSA. A systematic review of the literature on HIV+ pregnant women experiencing IPV in SSA was carried out. Searches were carried out in PubMed, Web of Science and African Journals Online databases. Articles pub...

CCC, a leader in advancing copyright, accelerating knowledge, and powering innovation, announces The Royal Society, the UK's National Academy of Science, has adopted RightsLink for Scientific Communications

Journal to address the causes and effects of climate change on every level

Planetary health is a term that is premised on the notion that human wellbeing is dependent on the wellbeing of the earth including living and nonliving systems.

One of the consequences of globalization is the inadvertent spread of invasive plant and animal species. Land flatworms have invaded the entire world