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Systematic review / meta-analysis 2020
Mental health

A Systematic Review of the Health and Healthcare Inequalities for People with Intersex Variance.

International journal of environmental research and public health

Extensive research documents the health inequalities LGBTI people experience, however far less is known for people with intersex variation. This paper presents a review of intersex health and healthcare inequalities by evaluating research published from 2012 t

Systematic review / meta-analysis 2021
Mental health

A systematic review on shared biological mechanisms of depression and anxiety in comorbidity with psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, and hidradenitis suppurativa.

European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists

Background Mental disorders in comorbidity with chronic skin diseases may worsen disease outcome and patients' quality of life. We hypothesized the comorbidity of depression, anxiety syndromes, or symptoms as attributable to biological mechanisms that the comb

Systematic review / meta-analysis 2019
Mental health

Aberrant Epigenomic Modulation of Glucocorticoid Receptor Gene (NR3C1) in Early Life Stress and Major Depressive Disorder Correlation: Systematic Review and Quantitative Evidence Synthesis.

International journal of environmental research and public health

Early life stress (ELS) induced by psychological trauma, child maltreatment, maternal separation, and domestic violence predisposes to psycho-behavioral pathologies during adulthood, namely major depressive disorder (MDD), anxiety, and bipolar affective disord

Systematic review / meta-analysis 2021
Infections and immunity

Antimicrobial treatment of Erysipelatoclostridium ramosum invasive infections: a systematic review.

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

The aim of this systematic review was to determine the causal role of Erysipelatoclostridium ramosum in specific invasive infections in humans, and to assess the clinical outcome of antibiotic therapy used to treat them. Several electronic databases were syste

Systematic review / meta-analysis 2022
Children's health

Can molar incisor hypomineralization cause dental fear and anxiety or influence the oral health-related quality of life in children and adolescents?-a systematic review.

European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry

Purpose Molar Incisor Hypomineralization (MIH) are first molars with developmental enamel defects and are common findings in many child populations. The porous nature of MIH enamel and the presence of post-eruptive enamel breakdown leads to the presence of hyp

Randomised controlled trial 2025
Lungs and breathing

Clinical investigation on nebulized human umbilical cord MSC-derived extracellular vesicles for pulmonary fibrosis treatment.

Signal transduction and targeted therapy

Mesenchymal stromal cell-derived extracellular vesicles (MSC-EVs) are recognized as a promising strategy for cell-free therapy, however, their therapeutic role in pulmonary fibrosis remains unrevealed. Here, we report the safety and efficacy of MSC-EVs from hu

Systematic review / meta-analysis 2022
Women's health

Does self-sampling for human papilloma virus testing have the potential to increase cervical cancer screening? An updated meta-analysis of observational studies and randomized clinical trials.

Frontiers in public health

Objectives A meta-analysis was conducted to examine the effectiveness of HPV self-sampling proposal on cervical cancer screening (CCS) uptake when compared with an invitation to have a clinician to collect the sample. Secondary outcomes were acceptability and

Systematic review / meta-analysis 2020
General medicine and research

Effectiveness of herbal oral care products in reducing dental plaque & gingivitis - a systematic review and meta-analysis.

BMC complementary medicine and therapies

Background Despite the large number of trials conducted using herbal oral care products for the reduction of dental plaque or gingivitis, results are conflicting and inconclusive. Objective To assess the effectiveness of herbal oral care products compared to c

Systematic review / meta-analysis 2022
Mental health

Effectiveness of online mindfulness-based interventions in improving mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

PloS one

Introduction Psychotherapies, such as mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs), are currently needed to tackle mental health problems. Online MBIs have become promising since face-to-face interventions are limited during the COVID-19 pandemic due to lockdown and