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Objectives

This article aims to discuss the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the identification and management of breast diseases, with a specific focus on breast cancer.

Materials and methods

Healthcare providers have integrated AI technologies such as surgical robots and remote monitoring systems to improve the accuracy and efficiency of breast disease diagnosis and treatment.

Results

Surgical robots equipped with AI algorithms provide real-time guidance to surgeons, analyze imaging data, and ensure precise procedures for better outcomes in breast cancer surgeries. AI-driven remote monitoring systems allow for close monitoring of patient health data, disease progression prediction, and personalized treatment recommendations.

Conclusions

The incorporation of AI technology into healthcare practices for breast diseases has revolutionized patient care delivery, enhancing outcomes, promoting patient engagement, and improving overall quality of care. These advancements offer personalized and tailored healthcare strategies that meet the unique needs of each patient, reshaping the healthcare industry.

Background

Considering the various effects of the corona epidemic on humans, the current study was conducted to investigate adults' nutritional patterns and the psychological status during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods and materials

This cross-sectional analytical study was performed on adults in Iran during the COVID-19 epidemic. A total of 315 participants were examined by the convenience sampling method. To collect data from the standard 21 questionnaire (das) and Eating Attitudes Test - 26 items were used. The data were analysis by SPSS and independent t-test, correlation coefficient, and chi-square analysis of variance at a significance level of less than 0.05.

Results

The mean age of the participants was 31.93 ± 10.02 years. Based on the findings, 31.1% had some degree of depression, 29.5% had some degree of anxiety, and 31.7% have been affected by varying degrees of stress. Also, 8.7% of the participants had eating disorders. A statistically significant relationship was observed between depression score, anxiety score, stress score as well as an overall score of mental disorders and eating disorders; in such a way that with the increase of each of these cases, the score of eating disorders also increases.

Conclusion

Following the prevalence of the COVID-19 epidemic and its psychological effects, the level of stress and anxiety has increased. Awareness controlled the level of anxiety and stress and prevented its adverse effects on nutrition.

The challenge of matching the profile of medical professionals with the needs of society remains throughout the entire training period of a doctor. In the current environment, society is evolving faster than training programs. This article reviews the different periods of a doctor's training, from entering university to entering the labor market as a medical specialist, reflecting on key milestones in this long journey.

Salmonellosis is a disease that can become systemic, especially in immunosuppressed patients. However, the case of a 28-year-old male patient with no comorbidities is presented, who was admitted with a history of fever, hepatosplenomegaly, acute kidney injury with proteinuria, and lymphopenia, following ingestion of food at an unsanitary site. Salmonella typhi was identified in 3 blood cultures, and the patient responded favorably to antibiotic treatment.

Background

Childbirth is considered a critical experience in a woman's life when she needs mental adaptation and reorganization of relationships. Factors such as personality and self-perception can help facing and solving crises. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between personality types and stress resilience among pregnant women.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional study on 210 multiparous and nulliparous pregnant women who were 32–37 weeks pregnant and referred to Shiraz medical hospitals for delivery selected via convenience sampling. Data collection tools were personal and midwifery information questionnaires and the Goldberg personality and visual pain assessment scale that were completed through interviews. Data analysis was performed by SPSS software using descriptive tests to describe the data and the Pearson correlation test to analyze the data.

Results

The highest personality type was conscientiousness (48.1%) and the lowest was extraversion (2.4%). Maternal resilience had a significant positive relationship with extraversion (p = .001) and conscientiousness (p = .001). There was no significant relationship between the 2 variables of neuroticism and maternal resilience (p = .12). There was a significant positive relationship between the 2 variables of openness to experience and maternal resilience (p = .005).

Conclusion

Women's healthcare providers can help to mitigate the negative effects of psychological distress, and psychologically empower this vulnerable group by considering the resilience and personality type of pregnant women during prenatal care.

Introduction

One of the effective factors in reducing postpartum mental illnesses, such as anxiety, is observing maternal rights and mothers' positive attitude about childbirth. The present study aimed to determine the relationship between maternal rights charter observance during labor and postpartum anxiety.

Materials and methods

This was a cross-sectional study. We investigated the observance of maternal rights charter using a researcher-made questionnaire. Postpartum anxiety was investigated using Spielberger questionnaire. The relationship between these 2 factors was investigated via studying 160 eligible pregnant mothers admitted in Hazrat Zeinab, Hafez, and Shooshtari hospitals. Data were analyzed through SPSS software (version 16), using one-way ANOVA and Pearson correlation coefficient at the significant level of 5%.

Results

There a was a significant relationship between the delivery team members in terms of dimensions in the maternal rights charter (p = .003) and general dimensions (p = .001). This difference was in emotional (p = .001) and informational (p = .013) dimensions. There was no significant difference in physical dimension (p = .070). Among the participants, 93.75% had implicit anxiety and 83.75% had explicit anxiety.

Conclusions

Failure to observe maternal rights charter was associated with an increase in explicit and implicit postpartum anxiety. Maternal rights in the physical aspect were observed equally by the midwife instructor, staff, and residents. However, there was a difference in the emotional and informational dimensions of the members of the delivery team.