Female physicians most effective at treating childhood asthma

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Female physicians have a better perception of asthma symptoms in children than their male counterparts, according to Turkish researchers.

The finding could indicate significant contribution of gender-related factors in clinical attitudes and beliefs,Bulent Sekerel (Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey) and colleagues explain in the journal BMC Health Services Research.

Understanding the level of management ability of physicians may guide interventions to improve quality of care and patient outcomes,?the authors write

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new mechanistic hypotheses in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

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"The result shows the added value of a multidisciplinary approach combined with information retrieval in hypothesis discovery in biomedical research. The new hypothesis, which was derived in silico, provides a framework for further mechanistic studies into the underlying molecular mechanisms of CRPS and requires evaluation in clinical and epidemiological studies."

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