18+ hour, 39+ min ago   (154+ words) Florida’s motorcycle insurance framework can separate individual risk-taking from the financing of catastrophic trauma care. When meaningful first-party medical coverage is absent or inadequate, unreimbursed costs may be shifted to hospitals, physicians, public programs, insured families, and taxpayers. This editorial…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (270+ words) Testosterone therapy increases lean mass and can improve muscle strength in men with hypogonadism. This review examines the relationship between testosterone therapy, tendon adaptation, and tendon injury, including the possibility of a mismatch between changes in muscle strength and tendon…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (104+ words) Acute bilateral lower limb ischemia is a rare and life-threatening vascular emergency. Atypical presentations may lead to misdiagnosis, particularly when behavioral disturbances dominate the clinical picture. This report discusses a case of a 40-year-old South-Asian female who presented with severe…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (316+ words) Background: Healthcare inequities in access to primary care services remain a significant public health concern in Canada. Differences in having a regular healthcare provider may affect continuity of care, chronic disease management, and preventive health service utilization among Canadian adults....

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (352+ words) Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate geographic access to traditional versus video urodynamics testing in the United States and Puerto Rico utilizing Medicare-billing data. Methods: We performed a national geospatial analysis using the 2024 Medicare Physician and Other Practitioners Public Use…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (120+ words) Overtime work, defined as recurrent work performed beyond regular contractual hours across clinical settings, has become an increasingly normalized feature of modern healthcare systems, often viewed as a marker of professional dedication rather than a sign of structural imbalance. However,…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (432+ words) Introduction: Disability-related welfare schemes form a critical component of India’s social protection architecture, yet community-level evidence on the gap between awareness and utilization in urban settings remains limited. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of disability and its socio-demographic…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (304+ words) Objective: Obesity is a multifactorial chronic disease with a rising prevalence globally and in Pakistan. Despite this, public understanding and acceptance of obesity as a disease remain inconsistent, often contributing to stigma and delayed care. Examining how different groups perceive…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (288+ words) Background Outpatient management of operative ankle fractures has consistently demonstrated financial and clinical benefits in the literature. We aim to determine factors associated with preoperative and postoperative complications of ankle fractures and create a predictive model that will assist surgeons…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (147+ words) Infections can significantly impair quality of life in patients with life-limiting disease, yet antibiotics are infrequently used for symptom control in palliative care due to challenges in administration, concerns about antimicrobial resistance, and limited clinical guidance. Emerging evidence and pharmacokinetic…...