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Sep 1, 2024 | 
academic.oup.com | Selby JV
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a supraventricular arrhythmia characterized by disordered atrial electrical activation, ineffective atrial contraction, and increased risk of thromboembolic stroke.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
peerj.com | Selby JV |Hassan HE |Brady SM |Kim SS
Curcumin improves atrial fibrillation susceptibility by regulating tsRNA expression in aging mouse atrium 1Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China 2Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangdong, China 3Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University,...
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Jul 23, 2024 | 
academic.oup.com | Selby JV
People with delusional infestation often seek treatment from infectious diseases clinicians. The condition was first described in the literature in the 1890s by the French physician George Thibierge, who introduced the term “acarophobia” and described a series of patients with the devastating, unshakeable belief that they were infested with mites [1]. Over the following 50 years, several European physicians, including Swedish neurologist Dr. Karl Ekbom, further described the condition [1–5].
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Mar 27, 2024 | 
academic.oup.com | Selby JV
This editorial refers to ‘Kidney replacement therapy: trends in incidence, treatment, and outcomes of myocardial infarction and stroke in a nationwide Scottish study’, by P.J. Gallacher et al., https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae080.
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Mar 21, 2024 | 
academic.oup.com | Selby JV |Kidd IJ
It started with a phone call. By the time I returned from an afternoon field trip, it had become half a dozen phone calls. Soon, I had also received dozens of photographs of “specimens” that included debris, carpet fibers, hair, skin flakes, and scabs, attached to a rapid-fire series of e-mails detailing the nature of a parasitic infestation that the sender was experiencing.
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Mar 1, 2024 | 
academic.oup.com | Anoop S. V |Scottish Index |Selby JV
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an increasingly important non-communicable disease which now affects 15%–20% of the world’s population.1 Cardiovascular disease is the most common complication of CKD.2 Cardiovascular risk increases as kidney function declines and is highest in patients with kidney failure.3,4 Globally, the number of patients living with kidney failure is ∼4–9 million, whilst the number of patients receiving kidney replacement therapy (KRT) (i.e. haemodialysis, peritoneal...
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Feb 3, 2024 | 
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | C. R. Smit |Selby JV |J. W. Hovius
CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT The authors declare no conflict of interest. REFERENCES 1, , , , , , et al. History of Morgellons disease: the same name for different psychodermatologic diseases? Wien Med Wochenschr. 2017; 167(Suppl 1): 49–51. 2, , . The mystery of Morgellons disease: infection or delusion? Am J Clin Dermatol. 2006; 7(1): 1–5. 3, , . Treatment of Morgellons disease with doxycycline. Clin Case Rep. 2021; 9(12):e05148. 4, . Delusional infestation. Clin Microbiol Rev.
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Jan 21, 2024 | 
acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Michael O’Rorke |Elizabeth Chrischilles |Selby JV
Ensuring that effective treatment with minimal side effects is accessible to all people, including those with rare cancers, is embraced in one of eight goals of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) National Cancer Plan1 which was released April 3, 2023. The Plan’s aspirational statements respond to the Cancer Moonshot and offer a roadmap for cancer research.
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Jan 3, 2024 | 
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Janick Weberpals |Shirley Wang |Selby JV
CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT The authors declare no conflict of interest. Supporting Information Filename Description pds5740-sup-0001-Supinfo.pdfPDF document, 513.4 KB Data S1. Supporting Information: Supplementary Appendix and Figures (pdf ). REFERENCES 1 United States Food and Drug Administration. Framework for FDA's real world evidence program. 2018.
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Dec 18, 2023 | 
diabetesjournals.org | Selby JV
Recommendations
1.1 Ensure treatment decisions are timely, rely on evidence-based guidelines, capture key elements within the social determinants of health, and are made collaboratively with people with diabetes and care partners based on individual preferences, prognoses, comorbidities, and informed financial considerations. B1.2 Align approaches to diabetes management with the Chronic Care Model.
