Med discoveriesPub Date : 2024-03-19DOI: 10.52768/2993-1142/1130
Rainer WG Gruessner
{"title":"Rationale for Living Donor Organ Transplantation","authors":"Rainer WG Gruessner","doi":"10.52768/2993-1142/1130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52768/2993-1142/1130","url":null,"abstract":"The use of Living Donors (LDs) for the purpose of solid organ transplantation has raised many questions and concerns from the very infancy of this field and have continued over time. These include ethical, medical, psychosocial, cultural, financial, racial, and other aspects. The obvious questions are","PeriodicalId":74134,"journal":{"name":"Med discoveries","volume":" 19","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140389377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Med discoveriesPub Date : 2024-02-16DOI: 10.52768/2993-1142/1118
Jose Ferrer Costa
{"title":"Virtual Reality in Mental Health Interventions: A Mini-Review","authors":"Jose Ferrer Costa","doi":"10.52768/2993-1142/1118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52768/2993-1142/1118","url":null,"abstract":"The escalating incidence of mental health disorders calls for innovative therapeutic interventions. Virtual Reality (VR) has emerged as a significant augmentation to traditional therapeutic strategies, including cognitive-behavioral therapy and exposure therapy.","PeriodicalId":74134,"journal":{"name":"Med discoveries","volume":"57 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140455038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Med discoveriesPub Date : 2023-11-22DOI: 10.52768/2993-1142/1091
Jyotsna Verma
{"title":"Biochemical Screening and Pregnancy Outcome after Assisted Reproduction","authors":"Jyotsna Verma","doi":"10.52768/2993-1142/1091","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52768/2993-1142/1091","url":null,"abstract":"Women conceived using Artificial Reproduction Technology (ART) are more likely to have a high risk of Down’s Syndrome (DS) compared with the women who conceived naturally. On comparison with naturally conceived pregnancies","PeriodicalId":74134,"journal":{"name":"Med discoveries","volume":"84 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139247860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Med discoveriesPub Date : 2023-10-12DOI: 10.52768/2993-1142/1080
Fateme Dehghani Arani
{"title":"A Comparative Study of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Weight Reduction and Activity Increase in Obese Individuals with Coronary Artery Disease","authors":"Fateme Dehghani Arani","doi":"10.52768/2993-1142/1080","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52768/2993-1142/1080","url":null,"abstract":"Obesity is a metabolic disorder and is often the cause of health problems such as cardiovascular diseases. The purpose of this preliminary study was to compare the efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy","PeriodicalId":74134,"journal":{"name":"Med discoveries","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139320072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Med discoveriesPub Date : 2023-10-10DOI: 10.52768/2993-1142/1079
Rui Ma
{"title":"Clinical Features and Genetic Analysis on 2 Cases and their Families with Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy","authors":"Rui Ma","doi":"10.52768/2993-1142/1079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52768/2993-1142/1079","url":null,"abstract":"To accumulate clinical features and clinical laboratory data about cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leucoencephalopathy.","PeriodicalId":74134,"journal":{"name":"Med discoveries","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139321084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Med discoveriesPub Date : 2023-10-03DOI: 10.52768/2993-1142/1078
Wenhua Li
{"title":"Advances in the Application of 6-Gingerol in Diseases of the Central Nervous System","authors":"Wenhua Li","doi":"10.52768/2993-1142/1078","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52768/2993-1142/1078","url":null,"abstract":"6-Gingerol is the main active component of ginger, which is widely used in traditional Chinese medicine. 6-Gingerol has a variety of pharmacological effects, including anti-apoptosis, antiviral, immune protection, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anti-tumor","PeriodicalId":74134,"journal":{"name":"Med discoveries","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139323821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Med discoveriesPub Date : 2023-09-29DOI: 10.52768/2993-1142/1077
O. Onwuameze
{"title":"Depression as a Predictor for Rehospitalization in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders","authors":"O. Onwuameze","doi":"10.52768/2993-1142/1077","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52768/2993-1142/1077","url":null,"abstract":"Depression is known to impact the clinical course, outcome and prognosis of Schizophrenia spectrum disorder (SSD), however, this association is still not well established in the literature","PeriodicalId":74134,"journal":{"name":"Med discoveries","volume":"79 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139334296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Med discoveriesPub Date : 2023-09-28DOI: 10.52768/2993-1142/1076
R. Byard
{"title":"Recent Trends in Cycling Behaviour in Older Males: An Analysis and Plea for Therapeutic Options","authors":"R. Byard","doi":"10.52768/2993-1142/1076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52768/2993-1142/1076","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years there has been an increase in middle-aged and older males riding bicycles along city streets. While this in itself would not seem to represent a problem, a number of issues arise. Firstly, these riders do not seem to venture outdoors unless they are surrounded","PeriodicalId":74134,"journal":{"name":"Med discoveries","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139335201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Med discoveriesPub Date : 2023-09-25DOI: 10.52768/2993-1142/1075
Sofia K Georgiou-Siafis
{"title":"Homeostasis of Circadian Rhythm and Therapeutic Approaches to Manage its Related-Disorders: The Case of Medicinal Mushrooms Rich in Melatonin","authors":"Sofia K Georgiou-Siafis","doi":"10.52768/2993-1142/1075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52768/2993-1142/1075","url":null,"abstract":"Circadian rhythm consists of complicated molecular mechanisms to orchestrate environmental stimuli to intrinsic molecular clocks. However, circadian rhythm is frequently deregulated in modern society by both extrinsic and biological factors leading to Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders (CRSD).","PeriodicalId":74134,"journal":{"name":"Med discoveries","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135924006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Med discoveriesPub Date : 2023-09-21DOI: 10.52768/2993-1142/1074
Susanne M Lang
{"title":"Obesity Paradox and Critical Covid -19 Disease: Debunking a Myth","authors":"Susanne M Lang","doi":"10.52768/2993-1142/1074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52768/2993-1142/1074","url":null,"abstract":"Short-and long-term morbidity and mortality associated with Covid-19 disease remains high. Obesity is a recognized risk factor for symptomatic Covid-19, disease, hospitalization, critical Covid-19 disease, and fatal organ dysfunctions. Whether obesity is causally linked with mortality of critically ill Covid-19 patients is an unresolved question.","PeriodicalId":74134,"journal":{"name":"Med discoveries","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139338192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}