A new study has brought to light nine survivor accounts of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) among a small section of ...

This contribution is part of the special series of Inaugural Articles by members of the National Academy of Sciences elected in 2023. Contributed by Shuhai Xiao; received April 19, 2024; accepted ...

1 James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 2 Division of Hospital Medicine, James M. Anderson Center for Health ...

Objective This study aimed to understand the reasons for the practice by the Muslim community, traditional practitioners and the views of religious scholars as well as the medicalisation trend of the ...

The Great Unconformity is a major gap in Earth's geologic record. The missing layer between Precambrian and Cambrian rocks represents a gap of around a billion years of history. Among much debate ...

Background: In this paper, the basic elements related to the selection of participants for a health research are discussed. Sample representativeness, sample frame, types of sampling, as well as the ...

The search for the near-perfect dividend snowball is a quest that I devote much of my time to. Why do I do this? Because a dividend snowball (i.e., an ever-growing stream of passive income from ...

Methods: A cross-sectional web-based survey was conducted in China between June and July 2023 using convenience and snowball sampling. A total of 1109 valid responses were analyzed using partial least ...

The mental health crisis, especially among youth, has filled headlines in recent years. Researchers have begun to take note of how religious and spiritual practices relate to greater mental health.

The recognition of an addictive disorder relating to the harmful use of certain foods is being called for by clinicians and researchers, which evidence supports as being distinct from eating disorders ...