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Standards for practical management of drug hypersensitivity reactions to intravenous drugs and proactive early allergy involvement before referral: A WAO Statement

Hypersensitivity reactions to intravenous therapies—including antibiotics, chemotherapeutics, biologics, anesthesia agents, and contrast media—pose significant challenges in acute care settings. These reactions often occur outside the purview of allergy specialists, leading to de...

Chronic kidney disease prevalence in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a growing global health burden; however, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region faces a disproportionately higher burden due to rapid urbanisation, elevated rates of metabolic syndrome, and a uniquely diverse multinational population. Epidemiolo...

Urine-based microsatellite loss of heterozygosity as a pre-cytological biomarker for cervical cancer: two sequential pilot studies from Sudan

Cervical cancer is the second most common malignancy in Sudanese women, with most cases presenting at an advanced stage because functional screening infrastructure is absent across the majority of the country. The Papanicolaou smear faces substantial cultural and logistical barri...

Investigating graduates’ perception of overall goal attainment of a resilience-focused medical program offered in the United Arab Emirates: a quantitative cross-sectional study, 2025

It is vital to develop transversal skills that collectively reinforce individual learners’ resilience. Although resilience-focused initiatives are widely adopted in health and care professions’ education, these initiatives seem to take the form of discrete interventions, as oppos...

Targeting Overweight and Obesity Phenotypes for Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: A Call to Action for the Middle East and Beyond

ABSTRACT Although there are conflicting clinical data on the efficacy of weight reduction in reducing secondary events in patients with comorbid overweight and obesity (OAO) and cardiovascular disease (CVD), there is excellent epidemiological and biological evidence of a cause–ef...

Phylogenetic Evidence of Local HIV-1 Transmission and Antiretroviral Drug Resistance in the Middle East and North Africa

The molecular epidemiology and antiretroviral (ARV) drug resistance of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) remain incompletely outlined in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The aim of this retrospective molecular epidemiology study was to analyze MENA HIV-1 sequenc...