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Anosognosia for hemiplegia as a tripartite disconnection syndrome
(2019-08-06)
The syndrome of Anosognosia for Hemiplegia (AHP) can provide unique insights into the neurocognitive processes of motor awareness. Yet, prior studies have only explored predominately discreet lesions. Using advanced ...
Electrocardiographic changes following six-months of long-distance triathlon training in previously recreationally active individuals
(2019-07-31)
Background: Clinical electrocardiographic (ECG) guidelines for athlete’s heart are based upon cross-sectional data. We aimed to longitudinally evaluate the influence of endurance training on the ECG and compare the prevalence ...
Dorsal Prefrontal Cortex Impairment in Methoxetamine-Induced Psychosis: an 18F-FDG PET/CT Case Study
(2019-05-27)
Novel psychoactive substances (NPSs) have currently become a major public health concern because of relatively easy accessibility to these compounds and difficulty in identifying them with routine laboratory techniques. ...
Pharmaceutical policy reforms to regulate drug prices in Asia Pacific Region: The case of Australia, China, India, Malaysia, New Zealand and South Korea
(2019-05)
Medicine price directly affects affordability and access to medicines particularly in countries where a major portion of pharmaceutical spending is through out-of-pocket payment, such as in the Asia Pacific region. We have ...
Pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance (pCPA): Timelines Analysis and Policy Implications
(2019-02-18)
This analysis follows our recent study showing that Canadian public reimbursement delays have lengthened from regulatory approval to listing decisions by public drug plans and delayed public access to innovative medicines, ...
Hyperconnectivity of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex in obsessive-compulsive disorder
(2018-11-30)
Neuroimaging research has highlighted maladaptive thalamo-cortico-striatal interactions in obsessive-compulsive disorder as well as a more general deficit in prefrontal functioning linked with compromised executive ...
Appraisal of patient-reported outcome measures in analogous diseases and recommendations for use in phase II and III clinical trials of pyruvate kinase deficiency
(2018-11-19)
Purpose: Pyruvate kinase deficiency (PKD) is a rare disease and understanding of its epidemiology and associated burden remains limited. With no current curative therapy, clinical manifestations can be life threatening, ...