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Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences, Volume 7, Issue 2

September 2020 - 21 articles

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Articles (21)

  • Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
531 Views
8 Pages

29 September 2020

The practice of physical medicine underwent a sea change at the turn of the 20th century, but the management of mental disorders stayed much the same as it had been since Rome. New names have been coined for disorders, and synthetic drugs are adverti...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
973 Views
7 Pages

Oral Pathology Induced by Excess or Deficiency of Glucocorticoids in Adults

  • Rucsandra Elena Dănciulescu Miulescu,
  • Loreta Guja,
  • Bogdan Socea,
  • Anca Dumitriu,
  • Stana Paunica and
  • Emil Ștefănescu

29 September 2020

Oral manifestations are present both in Cushing's syndrome and in adrenal insufficiency. Possible oro-dental pathology in patients with Cushing's syndrome include jawbone loss, tooth loss, and periodontal diseases. Professional societies did not incl...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,560 Views
8 Pages

Diagnosis and Management of Pericardial Effusion

  • Maria Manea,
  • Ovidiu Gabriel Bratu,
  • Nicolae Bacalbasa and
  • Camelia Cristina Diaconu

29 September 2020

Pericardial effusion is a common pathology in clinical practice. The etiology of pericardial effusion is diverse, from infectious diseases, malignancies, autoimmune diseases, chronic renal failure, to drug-related or after an invasive cardiac interve...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
360 Views
6 Pages

Hepatitis C Virus: Host, Environmental and Viral Factors Promoting Spontaneous Clearance

  • Sergiu Ioan Micu,
  • Marilena Musat,
  • Andrada Dumitru,
  • Dan Nicolae Paduraru,
  • Anca Rogoveanu,
  • Anca Dumitriu,
  • Stana Paunica,
  • Cristian Balalau and
  • Roxana Emanuela Popoiag

29 September 2020

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a pathogenic entity which determines inflammation and liver damage through complex immune mechanisms. Although progress has been made in managing the disease course, chronic infection still remains a significant cause of mo...

  • Review
  • Open Access
359 Views
6 Pages

Composition and Modification of the Lung Microbiome in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

  • Victoria Maria Ruta,
  • Teodora Gabriela Alexescu,
  • Ana Rodica Ungur,
  • Milena Adina Man,
  • Victoria Georgiana Sfirlea,
  • Iulia Olimpia Pfingstgraf,
  • Nicoleta Motoc and
  • Carmen Monica Pop

29 September 2020

Lungs have long been considered sterile, but recent research has shown that a large number of microbiological organisms exist in the lungs of healthy subjects (including bacteria, fungi, and viruses), collectively known as the microbiome. It undergoe...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
270 Views
5 Pages

Intestinal Microbiota—A Possible Contributor to Cardiovascular Diseases?

  • Roua Iorga,
  • Ovidiu Gabriel Bratu,
  • Nicolae Bacalbasa,
  • Mihnea-Alexandru Gaman and
  • Camelia Cristina Diaconu

29 September 2020

The intestinal microbiota represents an interesting and emergent field of research, with already known implications in metabolic and immunological functions. Recently, there is increasing evidence that specific gut microbial populations are associate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
523 Views
6 Pages

Assessing Test Anxiety and Resilience Among Greek Adolescents During COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Sofia Sakka,
  • Vasiliki Aliki Nikopoulou,
  • Eleni Bonti,
  • Paraskevi Tatsiopoulou,
  • Panayiota Karamouzi,
  • Aikaterini Giazkoulidou,
  • Virginia Tsipropoulou,
  • Eleni Parlapani,
  • Vasiliki Holeva and
  • Ioannis Diakogiannis

29 September 2020

The aim of the present study was to explore the impact of school year’s extension due to the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) by addressing test anxiety and by studying the coping strategies adolescents used to overcome it. For the majority of the ado...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
1,149 Views
9 Pages

29 September 2020

Breast cancer patients are vulnerable to elevated stress related to receiving the diagnosis, unfamiliar and invasive treatment, and coping with the side-effects of treatment, which may find various forms of expression. Another common feature of this...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
248 Views
5 Pages

Work Place Impact on Mental Wellbeing of Frontline Doctors

  • Vishnupriya Veeraraghavan and
  • Krishnan Srinivasan

29 September 2020

Background. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19, also known as 2019-nCoV), a cluster of acute respiratory illness with unknown causes, has occurred in India since January 2020. Over the past several months, the entire world is struggling to cope with...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
312 Views
8 Pages

Study on the Formulation and Characterization of a Photoprotective Cream Containing a New Synthetized Compound

  • Teodora Dalila Balaci,
  • Emma Adriana Ozon,
  • Daniela Luiza Baconi,
  • Georgiana Nițulescu,
  • Bruno Velescu,
  • Cristian Bălălău,
  • Ioana Păunică and
  • Cătălina Ancuța Fița

29 September 2020

Starting from a new organic sunscreen synthesized in our laboratory by the condensation of sodium salt of the p-aminosalicylic acid with 2,6–dichloroacetanilide, efficient cosmetic formulation with broad photoprotective properties was obtained by usi...

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