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J Dermatol 2021 Feb 24. Epub 2021 Feb 24.

Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Qatar, Doha, Qatar.

Res Dev Disabil 2021 Feb 20;112:103910. Epub 2021 Feb 20.

Department of Early and Special Education, Boise State University, United States. Electronic address:

A family's quality of life (FQOL) has been shown to impact the quality of life for the child with intellectual disabilities. Therefore, it is important to understand the factors that contribute to FQOL to inform the types of interventions and supports that are provided to families. The goal of this study was to determine whether social support and resilience account for variance in Family Quality of Life as reported by mothers of children with intellectual disabilities. Read More

J Biophotonics 2021 Feb 22:e202000496. Epub 2021 Feb 22.

Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Qatar, Doha, Qatar.

The study of any intervention able to counteract SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is considerably envisaged. It was previously shown, in in vitro models of infections, that the LED blue light is able to decrease the viral load of HSV-1 and ZIKV. In our study, LED photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) at blue wavelengths (450, 454 and 470 nm) was tested in an in vitro model of SARS-CoV-2 infection, employing 3 experimental settings: SARS-CoV-2 was irradiated and then transferred to cells; already infected cells were irradiated; cells were irradiated prior to infection. Read More

Contemp Clin Trials 2021 Feb 20;103:106321. Epub 2021 Feb 20.

Department of Pediatrics and Nursing, University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT, USA; Division of Pain and Palliative Medicine, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, CT, USA.

Objective: Juvenile-onset fibromyalgia (JFM) is a chronic debilitating pain condition that negatively impacts physical, social and academic functioning. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is beneficial in reducing functional disability among adolescents with JFM but has only a modest impact on pain reduction and does not improve physical exercise participation. This randomized controlled trial (RCT) aims to test whether a novel intervention that combines CBT with specialized neuromuscular exercise training (the Fibromyalgia Integrative Training program for Teens "FIT Teens") is superior to CBT alone or a graded aerobic exercise (GAE) program. Read More

Lancet Infect Dis 2021 Feb 16. Epub 2021 Feb 16.

Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; Clinical Trials Center Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; German Centre for Infection Research, partner site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany; European Confederation of Medical Mycology Council, Basel, Switzerland.

With increasing numbers of patients needing intensive care or who are immunosuppressed, infections caused by moulds other than Aspergillus spp or Mucorales are increasing. Although antifungal prophylaxis has shown effectiveness in preventing many invasive fungal infections, selective pressure has caused an increase of breakthrough infections caused by Fusarium, Lomentospora, and Scedosporium species, as well as by dematiaceous moulds, Rasamsonia, Schizophyllum, Scopulariopsis, Paecilomyces, Penicillium, Talaromyces and Purpureocillium species. Guidance on the complex multidisciplinary management of infections caused by these pathogens has the potential to improve prognosis. Read More