{"title":"Global burden of psoriasis in children and adolescents, 1990-2021: a population-based study.","authors":"Hanwen Zhang, Xiuzu Song, Wenzhong Xiang","doi":"10.5114/aoms/207060","DOIUrl":"10.5114/aoms/207060","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8278,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Medical Science","volume":"21 3","pages":"1091-1094"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12305512/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144752144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urszula Religioni, Jameason Cameron, Mariola Borowska, Agnieszka Barańska, Artur Białkowski, Piotr Merks
{"title":"Changes in cannabis use during the COVID-19 pandemic: a comparison between Poland and Canada.","authors":"Urszula Religioni, Jameason Cameron, Mariola Borowska, Agnieszka Barańska, Artur Białkowski, Piotr Merks","doi":"10.5114/aoms/207491","DOIUrl":"10.5114/aoms/207491","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8278,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Medical Science","volume":"21 3","pages":"1095-1098"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12305544/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144752140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alexander C Razavi, Mark Sokolsky, Roger S Blumenthal
{"title":"LDL-cholesterol control in high-risk individuals: an international obstacle and call for earlier combination lipid-lowering therapy.","authors":"Alexander C Razavi, Mark Sokolsky, Roger S Blumenthal","doi":"10.5114/aoms/207067","DOIUrl":"10.5114/aoms/207067","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8278,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Medical Science","volume":"21 3","pages":"747-749"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12305525/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144752147","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integration of molecular diagnostics and karyotyping for enhanced detection of chromosomal abnormalities in fetuses.","authors":"Shiyu Sun, Caiyu Liu, Xinqiang Lan, Yi Tang","doi":"10.5114/aoms/205110","DOIUrl":"10.5114/aoms/205110","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8278,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Medical Science","volume":"21 3","pages":"1062-1068"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12305761/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144752146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mariola Borowska, Jakub Świtalski, Urszula Religioni, Krystian Wdowiak, Marta Mańczuk
{"title":"Hospital care for cancer patients: the impact of support services on the patient experience.","authors":"Mariola Borowska, Jakub Świtalski, Urszula Religioni, Krystian Wdowiak, Marta Mańczuk","doi":"10.5114/aoms/205073","DOIUrl":"10.5114/aoms/205073","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8278,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Medical Science","volume":"21 3","pages":"1080-1084"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12305503/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144752145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evolving global patterns of congenital heart anomalies from 1990 to 2021.","authors":"Enhui Yang, Hao Lin, Yuansi Zhang, Yu Zhang, Feng Chen","doi":"10.5114/aoms/205265","DOIUrl":"10.5114/aoms/205265","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Congenital heart anomalies (CHAs) remain a significant global health issue for children, evidenced by persistent disparities in healthcare access across different socio-demographic index (SDI) regions and genders, despite slight decreases in prevalence.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study used the Global Burden of Disease 2021 dataset to analyze CHAs in children aged 0-14 from 204 countries. Data analysis was performed using R software, incorporating global mapping, Joinpoint regression, and estimation of annual percent changes and rates, stratified by age, sex, and SDI.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 218,909,652 children, including 113,892,505 (52.03%) males and 105,017,147 (47.97%) females, were included in the analysis. From 1990 to 2021, the global prevalence of CHAs in children decreased by 4.294% (95% uncertainty interval [UI], -5.696-2.695%). Over three decades, CHA-associated deaths decreased from 497,979 (95% UI: 282,166-642,052) to 222,415 (95% UI: 181,359-275,182). The global mortality rate decreased from 28.633 (95% UI: 16.224-36.918) to 11.055 (95% UI: 9.014-13.678) per 100,000 population, while the prevalence rate changed from 377.257 cases per 100,000 in 1990 to 361.060 cases per 100,000 in 2021. Among the five SDI regions, the low SDI region had the highest CHA-associated mortality rate in 2021.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The study highlights the persistent global challenge of CHAs, particularly in low-SDI regions. It underscores the need for targeted public health interventions to reduce disparities and improve health outcomes globally.</p>","PeriodicalId":8278,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Medical Science","volume":"21 4","pages":"1201-1212"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12509868/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145278859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alicja Rzymska, Witold Kycler, Magdalena Muszyńska, Paweł Rzymski
{"title":"Limited confidence in cervical cancer screening - unusually increased carcinoembryonic antigen expression resulting in the rapid development of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2.","authors":"Alicja Rzymska, Witold Kycler, Magdalena Muszyńska, Paweł Rzymski","doi":"10.5114/aoms/204809","DOIUrl":"10.5114/aoms/204809","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8278,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Medical Science","volume":"21 3","pages":"1073-1076"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12305510/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144752148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Blood coagulation disorders associated with transient global amnesia (TGA): a cause or consequence?","authors":"Dariusz Dziubek, Karolina Dziubek, Marcelina Stodolak","doi":"10.5114/aoms/205327","DOIUrl":"10.5114/aoms/205327","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8278,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Medical Science","volume":"21 3","pages":"1077-1079"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12305508/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144752138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maciej Banach, Federica Fogacci, Atanas G Atanasov, Anca Pantea Stoian, Jacek Jóźwiak, Ibadete Bytyçi, Ivan Pećin, Niki Katsiki, Mohsen Mazidi, Ioanna Gouni-Berthold, Peter E Penson, Dan Gaita, Arrigo F G Cicero
{"title":"A 360° perspective on cardiovascular prevention: the International Lipid Expert Panel SiMple tIps for the heaLthy hEart (ILEP-SMILE).","authors":"Maciej Banach, Federica Fogacci, Atanas G Atanasov, Anca Pantea Stoian, Jacek Jóźwiak, Ibadete Bytyçi, Ivan Pećin, Niki Katsiki, Mohsen Mazidi, Ioanna Gouni-Berthold, Peter E Penson, Dan Gaita, Arrigo F G Cicero","doi":"10.5114/aoms/205732","DOIUrl":"10.5114/aoms/205732","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cardiovascular disease (CVD), particularly atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), is the most common cause of death worldwide. Despite decades of research into lifestyle factors and medications, we still cannot effectively prevent the occurrence of ASCVD or the many incident CVD events and their complications. Yet, in most countries, only a small percentage of the healthcare budget is allocated to (primary) prevention, and only a few nations have introduced effective integrated (coordinated) programmes in primary prevention to promote health education, invest in health as early as possible, and prevent adverse CVD events. The International Lipid Expert Panel SiMple tIps for the heaLthy hEart (ILEP-SMILE) responds to this significant ineffectiveness by offering the most comprehensive population approach, including early, effective education, improvement of all recognised risk factors, alongside those that remain frequently unmeasured, such as lipoprotein(a), factors which are often overlooked such as sleep disturbances and alcohol consumption, and the challenging aspect of stress, and its effect on cardiovascular health. Finally, ILEP-SMILE places considerable emphasis on adherence as a result of education; without it, even efficient lifestyle changes and the most innovative drugs may not yield the expected outcomes. This is also a loud call to action and international collaboration to jointly address the lifetime burden of cardiovascular disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":8278,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Medical Science","volume":"21 3","pages":"711-718"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12305506/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144752123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring the mediating role of the plasma lipidome in the pathway from the gut microbiota to dementia: a Mendelian randomization study.","authors":"Binghan Li, Xu Sun, Xiao Luo, Yuting Kan, Weisen Wang, Tianren Wang, Cheng Wu, Yongbo Hu, Xiaoying Bi","doi":"10.5114/aoms/201447","DOIUrl":"10.5114/aoms/201447","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Previous studies have indicated a potential association between the gut microbiota (GM) and dementia; however, the exact cause-and-effect relationships between GM, various types of dementia, and the potential influence of the plasma lipidome as intermediaries are still unclear.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>We used genome-wide association study (GWAS) data to identify GM taxa, plasma lipid species (lipidome), and five types of dementia: Alzheimer's disease (AD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD), frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and vascular dementia (VD). We used Mendelian randomization (MR) to investigate the possible causal connections among the GM, plasma lipidome, and dementias. The inverse variance weighting (IVW) method served as the primary statistical approach. We investigated the role of plasma lipidome as a potential mediating factor in this relationship.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 41 positive and 39 negative causal relationships between genetic susceptibility in the GM taxa or bacterial pathways and dementia, as well as 14 negative causal relationships between the plasma lipidome and dementias, were identified. Additionally, only 1 potential mediation pathway was identified as having a significant mediating effect.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our results suggest a link between the GM and the plasma lipidome with five distinct types of dementia, indicating that the phosphatidylcholine (O-16:1_18:2) level could play a role in the pathway from the species <i>Bacteroides coprocola</i> to vascular dementia.</p>","PeriodicalId":8278,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Medical Science","volume":"21 3","pages":"964-973"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12305551/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144752143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}