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The disparity in maternal mortality and severe morbidity between high- and low-income countries is well established. Previously, we highlighted within-country disparities in Ethiopia using demographic and health survey data. [...]

Questionnaires assessing symptoms in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) rely on retrospective reporting, introducing recall bias and missing symptom variability. Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) addresses these limitations by capturing real-time symptom data.The aim of this study was to compare EMA symptom ratings with traditional questionnaires in patients with COPD.A subsample from the FAntasTIGUE study rated symptoms using questionnaires (visual analog scale, modified Medical Research Council Dyspnea Scale, Physical Activity Rating Scale-Dyspnea Questionnaire, Checklist Individual Strength-subscale Subjective Fatigue, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and COPD Assessment Test) and EMA. [...]

Large language models (LLMs) mark a structural turning point in digital medicine, as they are now capable not only of processing medical information but of conveying it in ways that are context-sensitive, linguistically coherent, and tailored to the needs of specific audiences. In urology, a specialty defined by high communication demands, explanation-intensive disease entities, and complex organizational interfaces, the central question is no longer one of technical feasibility but of the fundamental repositioning of clinical communication. [...]

Artificial intelligence based methods for anatomy segmentation can help automate characterization of large imaging datasets. The growing number of similar functionality models raises the challenge of evaluating them on datasets that do not contain ground truth annotations. [...]

Objective.Adaptive radiotherapy (ART) requires robust end-to-end (E2E) testing tools capable of reproducing organ deformation, physiological motion, and multimodal imaging properties. TheToraco-abdominalAnthropomorphic Phantom withMotion forAdaptiveRadiotherapy (TAM-ARa) is a dynamic anthropomorphic phantom developed to support the design, validation, and quality assurance of online ART workflows.Approach.The phantom was constructed with anatomically realistic bone, lung, and abdominal organ models fabricated from tissue equivalent materials. [...]

Sézary syndrome (SS) is a rare neoplasm associated with poor prognosis. Due to the rarity of the disease, large-scale investigations are scarce, while identifying prognostic factors is essential for improving treatment outcomes. [...]