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Climate change exacerbates allergic respiratory diseases by increasing airborne allergens. This review explores mitigation strategies, including real-time monitoring and smartphone apps, to reduce health impacts and improve outcomes.
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this review was to synthesize the perceptions and practices of community members relating to trachoma in Africa. INTRODUCTION: Trachoma is the leading cause of blindness worldwide, and Africa is the worst-affected continent. Synthesized evidence relating to the disease has focused on various aspects including epidemiology, control, health education, facial cleanliness, interventions for trachomatous trichiasis, and the burden of trachoma on women. Currently, systematic reviews on perceptions and practices relating to trachoma are lacking despite the existence of pri...
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013 was awarded jointly to , and "for the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems".
Immersive virtual reality boosts the effectiveness of spinal cord stimulation for chronic pain December 23, 2020 - For patients receiving spinal cord stimulation (SCS) for chronic pain, integration with an immersive virtual reality (VR) system - allowing patients to see as well as feel the effects of electrical stimulation on a virtual image of their own body - can enhance the pain-relieving effectiveness of SCS, reports a study in PAIN®, the official publication of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Klu...