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American Journal of Men's Health Jul 2017Precision medicine can greatly benefit men's health by helping to prevent, diagnose, and treat prostate cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia, infertility, hypogonadism,... (Review)
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Precision medicine can greatly benefit men's health by helping to prevent, diagnose, and treat prostate cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia, infertility, hypogonadism, and erectile dysfunction. For example, precision medicine can facilitate the selection of men at high risk for prostate cancer for targeted prostate-specific antigen screening and chemoprevention administration, as well as assist in identifying men who are resistant to medical therapy for prostatic hyperplasia, who may instead require surgery. Precision medicine-trained clinicians can also let couples know whether their specific cause of infertility should be bypassed by sperm extraction and in vitro fertilization to prevent abnormalities in their offspring. Though precision medicine's role in the management of hypogonadism has yet to be defined, it could be used to identify biomarkers associated with individual patients' responses to treatment so that appropriate therapy can be prescribed. Last, precision medicine can improve erectile dysfunction treatment by identifying genetic polymorphisms that regulate response to medical therapies and by aiding in the selection of patients for further cardiovascular disease screening.
Topics: Humans; Male; Men's Health; Precision Medicine
PubMed: 26186950
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Ugeskrift For Laeger Apr 2023Paediatric urology is a subspeciality of urology, with close links to paediatric surgery. This review concludes that a holistic life-long approach to management in... (Review)
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Paediatric urology is a subspeciality of urology, with close links to paediatric surgery. This review concludes that a holistic life-long approach to management in highly specialised treatment centres is essential for many of the rare congenital conditions - in Denmark, paediatric urology is centralised to two institutions: Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen and Aarhus University Hospital in Aarhus. Other than performing basic urology in paediatric patients, both centres specialise in complex and rare urological conditions and thus have been accredited by the European Reference Network on rare diseases through the eUrogen collaboration. Patient populations have covered span from prenatal to childhood, transition and for some anomalies, even into adulthood.
Topics: Child; Humans; Urology; Specialization; Pediatrics
PubMed: 37057699
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Lakartidningen Feb 2018Substantial differences in valuation of lifestyle-related knowledge at Swedish medical schools Lifestyle factors are crucial for prevention and management of many...
Substantial differences in valuation of lifestyle-related knowledge at Swedish medical schools Lifestyle factors are crucial for prevention and management of many non-communicable diseases such as hypertension, stroke, diabetes, coronary heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Lifestyle medicine is included in national learning outcomes for undergraduate medical education in Sweden. Since assessment drives learning, we reviewed questions from 124 written examinations from all 7 medical schools in Sweden, conducted between 2012 and 2015. There is up to a 5-fold difference between different universities in the weight attached to lifestyle-related knowledge compared to knowledge related to pharmacological treatments.
Topics: Academic Performance; Education, Medical, Undergraduate; Educational Measurement; Health Behavior; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Humans; Life Style; Pharmacology; Preventive Medicine; Sweden
PubMed: 29437200
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Ugeskrift For Laeger Mar 2023
Topics: Humans; Anabolic Androgenic Steroids; Public Health
PubMed: 36896609
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Ugeskrift For Laeger Jun 2023Focused cardiac ultrasound (FoCUS) is a point-of-care cardiac examination performed and interpreted by the emergency physician in the clinical context. This review... (Review)
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Focused cardiac ultrasound (FoCUS) is a point-of-care cardiac examination performed and interpreted by the emergency physician in the clinical context. This review summarises the current knowledge of FoCUS. The objective is to answer four predefined clinical questions: Are there any signs of pericardial effusion? Are there any signs of right ventricular dilatation? Are there any signs of reduced or hyperdynamic left ventricular function? Are there any signs of abnormal inferior vena cava? FoCUS is not a replacement for echocardiography but a useful tool in detecting cardiopulmonary pathology and haemodynamic abnormalities in the emergency setting.
Topics: Humans; Heart; Echocardiography; Emergency Medicine; Pericardial Effusion; Physical Examination
PubMed: 37381836
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Radiologia 2020
Topics: Nuclear Medicine
PubMed: 32475611
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Infectious Disease Clinics of North... Mar 2019Tropical medicine deals with infectious and noninfectious diseases geographically located between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. It encompasses diseases that... (Review)
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Tropical medicine deals with infectious and noninfectious diseases geographically located between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. It encompasses diseases that result from poverty, poor sanitation, infrastructure, and inadequate health resources. Lack of availability of clean water and food made with unhygienic practices add to the morbidity of these diseases. The tropics are reeling under the onslaught of climate change, deforestation, and air, water, and soil pollution, which worsens an already fragile health system. This article provides an overview of the definition, classification, geophysical problems, syndromic approach to common tropical infections, diagnostic challenges in the tropics, and access to medicines.
Topics: Climate Change; Communicable Diseases; Geography; Humans; Noncommunicable Diseases; Public Health; Tropical Medicine
PubMed: 30712755
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Canadian Family Physician Medecin de... Nov 2022
Topics: Humans; Family Practice; Exercise Test
PubMed: 36376034
DOI: 10.46747/cfp.6811793 -
Ugeskrift For Laeger Jun 2018
Topics: Humans; Precision Medicine; United States; United States Food and Drug Administration
PubMed: 29886885
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Ugeskrift For Laeger Mar 2018
Topics: Denmark; Humans; Precision Medicine
PubMed: 29559072
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