Highlights ■ Ensuring quality education, providing vocational training, and promoting communication technology, technical, and scientific programs are goals set by the United Nations to enhance learning opportunities for all. ■ Critical thinking, fostered through theoretical and practical activities, is essential for building relevant skills, including literacy and numeracy. ■ The Scientists of Tomorrow/Cientistas do Amanhã project is a reproducible initiative that can be implemented in other research centers and schools. ABSTRACT The Scientists of Tomorrow project is a partnership between […]

Highlights Multicancer early detection panels are novel assays that allow screening for dozens of cancers using a single blood sample. Data on the optimal workflow for ordering, interpreting, and managing subsequent evaluations of multi-cancer early detection results are lacking. Primary care providers expressed concerns about the cost and management of subsequent evaluations for a positive multicancer early detection test. ABSTRACT Objective Multicancer early detection panels have recently become available to patients with healthcare provider prescriptions and available funds. These tests […]

ABSTRACT Introduction Gratitude has several implications. Over time, a logical relationship has been established between gratitude and well-being. In addition, researchers aimed to establish associations between gratitude and other factors of positive feelings using scientific methods. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions to develop gratitude and its benefits to human beings. Objective This study aimed to evaluate and quantify the available scientific evidence on interventions to acquire knowledge on gratitude as a quantifiable causal factor of benefit […]

ABSTRACT Objective To investigate the distribution of parturients at Hospital Municipal da Vila Santa Catarina Dr. Gilson de Cássia Marques de Carvalho according to the Robson classification, identify the cesarean rate in each Robson Group, and understand which group contributes more to the prevalence of Cesarean sections. Methods This is a retrospective observational cross-sectional study conducted through the analysis of medical records of parturients admitted to Hospital Municipal da Vila Santa Catarina Dr. Gilson de Cássia Marques de Carvalho from […]

ABSTRACT Objective To assess clinicians’ knowledge about pulmonary rehabilitation, and identify the barriers faced when referring patients with health insurance to pulmonary rehabilitation. Methods This was a survey-based cross-sectional study conducted in 2019, at a private reference hospital in São Paulo, Brazil. Eligible participants were physicians registered with the following specialties: internal medicine, geriatrics, cardiology, pulmonology or thoracic surgery. Results We collected 72 responses, and 99% of participants recognized chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as a potential indication for pulmonary rehabilitation; […]