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This study found that TikTok provides valuable insights into experiences with lupus erythematosus, highlighting distress from symptoms, negative perceptions of pharmacologic treatments, and issues with feeling "medically gaslighted.

This study used TikTok videos to explore experiences of individuals with lupus erythematosus, revealing that mucocutaneous symptoms significantly impact mental health and body image, while pharmacologic treatments are often viewed negatively, leading to important implications for clinical interactions and validation.

This study highlights the prevalence of photographic bias in before-and-after images in dermatology, emphasizing how factors like lighting and camera angles can mislead patients and influence expectations, often leading to dissatisfaction and unrealistic aesthetic standards.

Negative expectations can cause adverse effects in patients even without active treatment, and managing this nocebo effect involves better communication and patient-clinician relationships.

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This paper analyzes Hilary Mantel's memoir, "Giving Up The Ghost," highlighting how childhood family dynamics influenced her bodily perceptions and acceptance of female gender identity, impacting her experience of endometriosis symptoms.

This article investigates how print advertisements create persuasive messages using hidden meanings within their language and structure, without presenting new empirical results.

This study found that misinformation about breast cancer symptom management is highly prevalent on Instagram, with over half of the content deemed misleading, especially posts promoting unproven remedies, and commercial intent present in many posts, mainly created by influencers rather than healthcare professionals.

This article reviews and critiques Tamsin Wilton's arguments on MTF transsexualism, suggesting her work reaffirms Cartesian dualism rather than dismantling it, and emphasizes the need for continued dialogue in transsex, lesbian, and feminist communities.

This article argues that polysomnographic studies recommended for factitious leg ulcers in patients may be based on faulty assumptions about causality related to unusual sleep disorders.

In this narrative case report, the authors discuss a patient recently diagnosed with an early-stage hematologic malignancy, highlighting her skepticism toward conventional medicine and preference for natural remedies over pharmaceutical treatments.

This study demonstrates that a proposed multi-stage framework improves the accuracy and faithfulness of drug-related responses generated by language models, compared to traditional methods.

In this narrative review, the authors discuss the potential impact of hormone therapy on androgenetic alopecia among transgender individuals, especially transgender men using testosterone, and its adverse effects on emotional well-being and body image within a socially stigmatized population.

This study concluded that excessive use of psychodynamic defense mechanisms can increase the risk of burnout and secondary traumatic stress in caregivers, while compassion satisfaction might mitigate emotional exhaustion.

Analysts should confront their biases and self-interests to improve therapy.

This article provides an introduction to gender-affirming hormone therapy for transgender and gender-nonbinary patients, designed as a continuing education activity, but does not report new clinical results.

This letter challenges an interpretation of results from a zinc lozenge trial that suggested patient perceptions of receiving treatment might indicate effective blinding, arguing this only holds for crossover studies.

This review discusses Ganser syndrome as a rare and misunderstood disorder within psychiatric practice, noting its exclusion from the DSM-5 and potential dual origins as organic or psychogenic.

This case report highlights a rare instance of late dumping syndrome following fundoplication in an adult, diagnosed using an oral glucose tolerance test, illustrating its potential for reducing diagnostic delays.

This study investigated AGA professionals' perspectives and found that 42% were misled by commercial influences, underestimated these biases' extent, and faced ethical challenges in treatment due to societal pressures and misinformation, highlighting a need for evidence-based guidance and research scrutiny tools.

This commentary discusses challenges in maintaining proper blinding in placebo-controlled trials, illustrated by a study where zinc and placebo lozenges were nearly indistinguishable in taste by participants.

This article discusses the dynamics of the "mole gaze" and cybersexism on the Web, analyzing interactions through personal and theoretical lenses, and suggests the need for both structural and psychological change to counteract these issues.

This paper analyzes Hilary Mantel's memoir and suggests that conflicts between her bodily experiences and psychological identifications affected her acceptance of a female gender identity, influencing her experience of endometriosis.

This review discusses various misconceptions and myths in medicine-related topics, spanning body functions, aging, disease, nutrition, alternative medicine, and health risks, and provides no new experimental results.

The claimant sued for negligence after a hair treatment caused harm and distress, and the defendant responded after legal action started.

This study identified six belief themes that may contribute to hairpulling behavior in women with trichotillomania, suggesting an important role for cognitions in this disorder's phenomenology.

This study explores a new therapeutic method called THE YOU TECHNIQUE, which uses performing arts like stand-up comedy to help people with alopecia reduce stigmatization and improve coping strategies, showing promising empirical results in enhancing subjective quality of life.

This study reports two cases of bubble hair deformity in young men caused by prolonged exposure to bathroom heating lamps during showers, suggesting that maintaining a safe distance from heating devices may prevent this thermal injury to hair.

This study found that precision 40Hz gamma-transcranial alternating current stimulation significantly improved negative and cognitive symptoms in patients with schizophrenia compared to a sham group, suggesting promising potential for this neuromodulation technique in treating these symptoms.