Consumer-driven approach to determining health research priorities: what matters most to people living in rural Australia?
Rural, regional and remote (henceforth 'rural') communities face unique health challenges, including limited access to health care, workforce shortages, and higher disease burden. Consumer and community involvement is essential for …
Rectal Shaving in Colorectal Endometriosis Surgery-Definition, Evidence and Variability.
Objectives: We aim to evaluate how rectal shaving is defined in the current literature, how consistently this definition is used, and what this means for the results and comparability of …
Association Between General Practitioner's Sex and Documented Diagnoses of Female-Specific Disorders in German Primary Care: A Large Matched Cross-Sectional Study.
In Germany, women have direct access to gynaecologists without GP referral, making the GP's role in female-specific conditions largely secondary. It has not previously been examined whether the sex of …
Reframing endometriosis care in low-resource settings: a pragmatic 5R framework for recognition, rule-out, relief, referral and review.
Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory gynecological condition associated with severe dysmenorrhea, chronic pelvic pain, deep dyspareunia, cyclic bowel or urinary symptoms and infertility. It is also linked to psychological morbidity, …
Clinical Impact of HPV Self-Sampling and Molecular Biomarkers on Cervical Cancer Screening and Triage: "The Times They Are A-Changin'"-A Comprehensive Review and Future Perspectives.
Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is a necessary but insufficient cause of cervical cancer (CC) and reflects a long-standing host-virus equilibrium shaped by immune control, viral persistence, and latency. The transition …