Medical Sciences, Vol. 12, Pages 34: Quantifying Lumbar Foraminal Volumetric Dimensions: Normative Data and Implications for Stenosis—Part 2 of a Comprehensive Series Medical Sciences doi: 10.3390/medsci12030034 Authors: Renat Nurmukhametov Manuel De Jesus Encarnacion Ramirez Medet Dosanov Abakirov Medetbek Stepan Kudryakov Laith Wisam Alsaed Gennady Chmutin Gervith Reyes Soto Jeff Ntalaja Mukengeshay Tshiunza Mpoyi Chérubin Vladimir Nikolenko Artem Gushcha Sabino Luzzi Andreina Rosario Rosario Carlos Salvador Ovalle Katherine Valenzuela Mateo Jesus Lafuente Baraza Juan Carlos Roa Mo ..read more

Medical Sciences, Vol. 12, Pages 33: Advanced Therapies for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Medical Sciences doi: 10.3390/medsci12030033 Authors: Daniel Josef Lindegger Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) remains a significant global health challenge with approximately 38 million people currently having the virus worldwide. Despite advances in treatment development, the virus persists in the human population and still leads to new infections. The virus has a powerful ability to mutate and hide from the human immune system in reservoirs of the body. Current standard treatment with antiretroviral th ..read more

Medical Sciences, Vol. 12, Pages 32: Conservative Treatment in Avascular Necrosis of the Femoral Head: A Systematic Review Medical Sciences doi: 10.3390/medsci12030032 Authors: Evgeniy Nikolaevich Goncharov Oleg Aleksandrovich Koval Eduard Nikolaevich Bezuglov Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Vetoshkin Nikolay Gavriilovich Goncharov Manuel De Jesus Encarnación Ramirez Nicola Montemurro Introduction: Avascular necrosis (AVN) of the femoral head is a pressing orthopedic issue, leading to bone tissue death due to disrupted blood supply and affecting the quality of life of individuals significantly. This ..read more

Medical Sciences, Vol. 12, Pages 31: Interleukin-6 as a Director of Immunological Events and Tissue Regenerative Capacity in Hemodialyzed Diabetes Patients Medical Sciences doi: 10.3390/medsci12020031 Authors: Maria-Florina Trandafir Octavian Savu Daniela Pasarica Coralia Bleotu Mihaela Gheorghiu Hemodialyzed patients have innate immunity activation and adaptive immunity senescence. Diabetes mellitus is a frequent cause for chronic kidney disease and systemic inflammation. We studied the immunological pattern (innate and acquired immunity) and the tissular regeneration capacity in two groups o ..read more

Medical Sciences, Vol. 12, Pages 30: Risk Scoring System to Predict Mortality in Gastric Cancer with Peritoneal Carcinomatosis Medical Sciences doi: 10.3390/medsci12020030 Authors: Marina Alessandra Pereira Marcus Fernando Kodama Pertille Ramos Amir Zeide Charruf André Roncon Dias Ulysses Ribeiro, Jr. Gastric cancer (GC) with peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) has a particularly unfavorable prognosis. This limited survival raises doubts about which factors confer an extremely worse outcome and which patients could benefit from more aggressive treatments, in an attempt to improve survival and bette ..read more

Medical Sciences, Vol. 12, Pages 29: Could Insulin Be a Better Regulator of Appetite/Satiety Balance and Body Weight Maintenance in Response to Glucose Exposure Compared to Sucrose Substitutes? Unraveling Current Knowledge and Searching for More Appropriate Choices Medical Sciences doi: 10.3390/medsci12020029 Authors: Georgios Antasouras Antonios Dakanalis Maria Chrysafi Sousana K. Papadopoulou Ioulia Trifonidi Maria Spanoudaki Olga Alexatou Agathi Pritsa Aikaterini Louka Constantinos Giaginis Background: Insulin exerts a crucial impact on glucose control, cellular growing, function, and metab ..read more

Medical Sciences, Vol. 12, Pages 28: Prospects and Challenges in Developing mRNA Vaccines for Infectious Diseases and Oncogenic Viruses Medical Sciences doi: 10.3390/medsci12020028 Authors: Lakshmi Venkata Simhachalam Kutikuppala Islam Kourampi Ramya S. D. Kanagala Priyadarshini Bhattacharjee Sri Harsha Boppana mRNA vaccines have emerged as an optimistic technological platform for vaccine innovation in this new scientific era. mRNA vaccines have dramatically altered the domain of vaccinology by offering a versatile and rapid approach to combating infectious diseases and virus-induced cancers ..read more

Medical Sciences, Vol. 12, Pages 27: Emotion Processing in Peripheral Neuropathic Pain: An Observational Study Medical Sciences doi: 10.3390/medsci12020027 Authors: Gianluca Isoardo Mauro Adenzato Stefano Ciullo Elena Fontana Ilaria Stura Giuseppe Migliaretti Paolo Titolo Enrico Matteoni Andrea Calvo Federica Laino Francesca Palumbo Rita B. Ardito Background: In clinical practice, the implementation of tailored treatment is crucial for assessing the patient’s emotional processing profile. Here, we investigate all three levels of analysis characterizing emotion processing, i.e., r ..read more

Medical Sciences, Vol. 12, Pages 25: Double Hit of Hydroxichloroquine and Amiodarone Induced Renal Phospholipidosis in a Patient with Monoclonal Gammopathy and Sclerodermiform Syndrome: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Medical Sciences doi: 10.3390/medsci12020025 Authors: José C. De la Flor Pablo Rodríguez-Doyágüez Daniel Villa Rocío Zamora Francisco Díaz Phospholipidosis is a rare disorder which consists of an excessive intracellular accumulation of phospholipids and the appearance of zebra bodies or lamellar bodies when looking at them using electron microscopy. This disease is ass ..read more

Medical Sciences, Vol. 12, Pages 26: Humidification during Invasive and Non-Invasive Ventilation: A Starting Tool Kit for Correct Setting Medical Sciences doi: 10.3390/medsci12020026 Authors: Riccardo Re Sergio Lassola Silvia De Rosa Giacomo Bellani The humidification process of medical gases plays a crucial role in both invasive and non-invasive ventilation, aiming to mitigate the complications arising from bronchial dryness. While passive humidification systems (HME) and active humidification systems are prevalent in routine clinical practice, there is a pressing need for further evaluation ..read more