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Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on smoking (waterpipe and cigarette) and participants' BMI across various sociodemographic groups in Arab countries in the Mediterranean Region
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EU European Publishing
, 2022 , Article)
INTRODUCTION: Tobacco smokers are at high risk of developing severe COVID-19. Lockdown was a chosen strategy to deal with the spread of infectious diseases; nonetheless, it influenced people's eating and smoking behaviors. ...
Exploring the challenges of virtual internships during the COVID-19 pandemic and their potential influence on the professional identity of health professions students: A view from Qatar University
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Frontiers Media
, 2023 , Article)
Introduction: COVID-19 has imposed many shared limitations on medical and health education. Just like other health professions programs at most institutions, the Qatar University health cluster (QU Health) applied a ...
Antibody-Dependent Enhancement (ADE) and the role of complement system in disease pathogenesis
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2022 , Article Review)
Antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) has been associated with severe disease outcomes in several viral infections, including respiratory infections. In vitro and in vivo studies showed that antibody-response to SARS-CoV ...
Musculoskeletal Physical Therapy After COVID-19: Time for a New “Normal”
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
In late 2019, a previously unknown coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 (the coronavirus that causes COVID-19), was reported in Wuhan, China. Similar to the polio virus epidemic, the fear, uncertainty, and collective response associated ...
Markers associated with covid-19 susceptibility, resistance, and severity
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MDPI AG
, 2021 , Article Review)
In December 2019, the latest member of the coronavirus family, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), emerged in Wuhan, China, leading to the outbreak of an unusual viral pneumonia known as coronavirus ...
Mental health, burnout and resilience in community pharmacists during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article)
BackgroundThe study aimed to assess burnout, resilience, and levels of depression, anxiety, stress and fear among community pharmacists during the pandemic, and examine if fear of COVID-19 is associated with these outcomes ...
D-Dimer Concentrations and COVID-19 Severity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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Frontiers Media
, 2020 , Article Review)
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a recently described infectious disease caused
by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Since late 2019,
COVID-19 has rapidly spread in virtually all countries, ...
Income-related health inequality among Chinese adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence based on an online survey.
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BMC
, 2021 , Article)
Partial- or full-lockdowns, among other interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic, may disproportionally affect people (their behaviors and health outcomes) with lower socioeconomic status (SES). This study examines ...
BNT162b2 antigen dose and SARS-CoV-2 omicron infection in adolescents
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Other)
COVID-19 vaccine antigen dose might affect protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection,1, 2 but direct evidence to quantify this effect is absent. We conducted a matched, retrospective, cohort study using a regression ...
Complementary and alternative medicine use during the COVID-19 pandemic: Community pharmacists’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Article)
BackgroundThe challenges in COVID-19 treatment have driven patients to seek Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) for the prevention and/or treatment of the disease. Pharmacists are uniquely positioned to promote ...