Objectives Outward medical tourism is when people seek medical treatment in a different country to the one they live in. We ...

Purpose Few studies have examined how psychosocial risk and protective factors in adolescence shape mental health outcomes ...

Objectives This study aims to assess travel time, associated costs, challenges and factors influencing healthcare facility choices among persons with cancer in Southern India. Design An explanatory ...

Objectives This scoping review addresses the underexplored issue of abuse of people with mental illnesses by healthcare ...

Introduction Visual Hallucinations (VHs) (seeing things that others do not, or visions) are a common feature of psychosis, causing significant distress and disability. Services rarely ask about these ...

Introduction Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines have been introduced in the Chinese market since 2016. However, the HPV ...

Objectives Although breastfeeding is associated with lower postnatal depression and anxiety, limited research exists regarding long-term maternal mental health outcomes. This study examined the ...

Introduction Students enrolling in higher education often adopt lifestyles linked to worse mental health, potentially contributing to the peak age onset of mental health problems in early adulthood.

Introduction Each year, millions of people experience recurrent diverticulitis episodes. Elective sigmoid colon resection reduces the risk of recurrence, but The American Society of Colon and Rectal ...

Introduction With the increasing prevalence of asthma in children, exercise has become an essential component of asthma management, playing a significant role in improving overall health and quality ...

2 Queen's University Belfast Centre for Public Health, Belfast, UK Aims This cross-sectional study aimed to assess resilience, professional quality of life and coping mechanisms in UK doctors. It also ...

Objective To evaluate the effect of level 1, high observation beds (HOBs) compared with high dependency unit (HDU) and neurosurgical intensive care unit (NICU) admission on service provision, such as ...