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Hi all, I just stumbled upon International Classification of Headache Disorders which reprints the named classification system's hierarchy, but not the actual diagnostic criteria for each condition. My assumption is that this verbatim copy/paste violates the International Headache Society's copyright and should be removed from that article, but I figured I'd check-in here for others' thoughts. I recall a past discussion on the larger ICD codes ( this discussion, I think), but I didn't follow the aftermath of that to see if there was pushback on the subsequent AfD(s). For reference, the relevant copyright declaration for ICHD is here: "...may be reproduced freely for scientific, educational or clinical uses by institutions, societies or individuals. Otherwise, copyright belongs exclusively to the International Headache Society. Reproduction of any part or parts in any manner for commercial uses requires the Society’s permission, which will be granted on payment of a fee." so clearly not compliant with our license. Thanks. Ajpolino ( talk) 15:53, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
The redirect Not eating, which currently targets Fasting, has been nominated at RfD. While this is not solely a medical issue, it's one that does have medical relevance. Please leave any thoughts you have at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 October 10#Not eating. Thryduulf ( talk) 09:27, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
The article Dorsal nexus is an orphan for ten years now. No article refers to it. This means something is seriously wrong. Could someone please have a look at it? Should it be part of the template on cerebral cortex? Thanks! Ruud Buitelaar ( talk) 02:19, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
Is this(Atelectasis develops in 75-90% of people undergoing general anesthesia for a surgical procedure.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lumb |first1=Andrew B |title=Nunn's Applied Respiratory Physiology |date=2017 |publisher=Elsevier |isbn=9780702062940 |pages=289 |edition=Eight edition}}</ref>) plausible? I cannot check as I do not have access to the source. Edit is the only contribution by the user. Cheers, · · · Peter Southwood (talk): 07:13, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
the actual book page indicated (pg 289) is difficult to get, however it is on page 298-- Ozzie10aaaa ( talk) 20:59, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
I know that some wikipedias prohibit automatic translations, but what is the policy on using AI tools like DeepL and even ChatGPT to start a translation?
I had to write something in English and French a few days ago. I wrote it in English first, but then I put it into ChatGPT to translate it into French. When I went in to review the output, it looked better than anything I could have come up with. It even translated some very technical terms and translated the acronyms where possible. I've looked around on Reddit and people there seem to agree that it even accurately translates colloquial and slang terms.
So, could I use ChatGPT to translate articles and then do a manual review to ensure accuracy? IrateSpecialist ( talk) 01:54, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
I am surprised we don't have an article on vector-borne diseases (VBD) yet. For now, I've created one that is a redirect to disease vector. I don't think this is sufficient though. We do have an article on waterborne diseases. Or perhaps it exists but under a different name that I haven't found yet?
I am coming to this topic because I am currently improving content about climate change impacts on health, e.g. climate change and infectious diseases. The IPCC Sixth Assessment Report has a chapter on this (see here) and this chapter mentions vector-borne diseases (or VBD) 33 times. Mainly because climate change will make some of those diseases more common in areas where they were not before. In a nutshell, those "tropical" diseases are moving further North and South and up the mountains... Maybe those "groupings of diseases" articles are not so satisfying to work on (the overarching article infection is also only C class (1400 pageviews per day)). Anyone interested to help with this effort? EMsmile ( talk) 12:24, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
Long time coming. Charles Piller, Science report here, and also covered by The Wall Street Journal. This needs to be worked in at Simufilam, Cassava Sciences and Lindsay Burns, who is also implicated by the sources. Thank you to all the editors who have stayed on top of this for years. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 16:09, 14 October 2023 (UTC)
The article has been up for peer review for a couple of months and has not attracted any comments. If anyone from this project would like to take a look in whatever detail suits them and leave any relevant comments, please go ahead. I will be nominating for FA soon and any work that can be done sooner may not have to be done later. Mainly looking for anything that has been left out that should be there. Cheers, · · · Peter Southwood (talk): 11:04, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
The draft page for PFC could use some expert input from prehospital, nursing and military medics. Hopefully once it’s published it can attract more editors to improve it further. TheMouseMen ( talk) 22:36, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
A new syndrome is splashing in the media, Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome. It seems to be legit: Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Health: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association, but I'm not sure how to best create the article. I am not even sure about the dashes vs hyphens thing. If anybody wants to make a stub, that's be great. Abductive ( reasoning) 06:52, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
Hi, do any of you know anyone who edits in Malay (preferably medical topics)? I have a group who is interested in getting involved and improving articles and it would be great to connect them with a few people who are already editing.
Thanks!
JenOttawa ( talk) 15:10, 16 October 2023 (UTC)
Picked up from the hot articles list that Asperger syndrome is currently under going a rewrite. Might need some WP:MED input (the lead is off and the rest is not within my competency). Thanks, Little pob ( talk) 12:36, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
I've created some redirects for a browser add-on which convert journals URLs/DOIs to the full texts available through The Wikipedia Library. I thought it might be of use to some of you. SmartSE ( talk) 14:10, 20 October 2023 (UTC)
See Talk:Parkinson's disease#Old Shaky Dude Picture SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 14:21, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
On the circumcision article, many users were divided on whether or not to describe penile cancer as “rare” (or “relatively rare”) in the lead. A collapsible footnote which read “Penile cancer is a rare disease in the developed world, but much more prevalent in the developing world” ended up being the WP:EDITCON compromise we settled on, until it was recently reverted by a user. Please review these discussions: 1 & 2, and advise on how we could move forward. Prcc27 ( talk) 05:00, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
nobody responded in support or in opposition of my compromise(see following dummy edit for wording correction). Yet someone had opposed the compromise [6]. So this bold edit cannot be said to have enjoyed WP:EDITCON. Rather, it appears that, tucked away in a footnote, no one noticed it. Sirfurboy🏄 ( talk) 08:48, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
) Bon courage ( talk) 05:29, 23 October 2023 (UTC)a rare cancer with orphan disease designation and a prevalence of 0.1-1 per 100,000 men in high-income countries, but it constitutes up to 10% of malignancies in men in some African, Asian and South American regions.
I just submitted 2 edit requests for the sargramostim wiki page via Wiki talk: /info/en/?search=Talk:Sargramostim#Remove_paragraph_that_contains_benzyl_alcohol_formulation._No_longer_on_market.
So that these edit requests aren't lost/very delayed, the Wiki Live chat suggested I post a review request here the WikiProject Medicine.
Thank you 97.81.195.108 ( talk) 19:42, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
Is the ref added by User:Ajisdragon sufficient to support the substantive change of meaning in this edit? DMacks ( talk) 15:52, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
Can I use the following references for the article near sightedness
Healthline.com and British Journal of ophthalmology?
Tesleemah (
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03:38, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
There is a discussion at Talk:Evolocumab § Deaths covered up that could use additional input. Thank you. Primefac ( talk) 08:38, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
For your attention. In German wikipedia the article Androgen backdoor pathway has been deleted due to WP:OR. User Maxim Masiutin tried to push "his" research in wikipedia, helpful hints (for instance that this is a theory which needs secondary sources) have been ignored. In the end, the user has been blocked as well.
I am not familiar with that matter but maybe some of you is and can have a look on that. Cheers, -- Julius Senegal ( talk) 13:29, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
Could you please have a look at the categorization of this article? Shall the categories before Special:Diff/1117740465 reinstated? Leyo 20:27, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
I wrote Early sports specialization, which ended up with a surprising number of red links. If you're interested in kids, sports, or orthopedics, please take a look. It could be that some of these just need a redirect. ( Gymnasts' wrist might need to be a Wikipedia:Disambiguation page; I've heard that there are at least six different conditions with that name.) WhatamIdoing ( talk) 04:39, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
There's an ongoing RfC at Talk:Richard D. Gill#Rfc - Kate Shemirani radio show appearance of relevance to this project. Structuralists ( talk) 21:28, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
Can you please give your opinion at Talk:Blood-saliva_barrier on whether a new article is needed for blood-saliva barrier (BSB)? Thank you in advance! -- Maxim Masiutin ( talk) 12:05, 1 November 2023 (UTC)
Just created this neoplasm stub: Intra-ampullary papillary–tubular neoplasm. Probably won't do any more work on it, but happy to receive feedback. Little pob ( talk) 19:03, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
There have been some recent extensive edits by new editors on this biography. Can someone with psychiatry expertise review it? 05:07, 8 November 2023 (UTC) ScienceFlyer ( talk) 05:07, 8 November 2023 (UTC)
Countries tend to all have their own versions of a Reference Daily Intake and Daily Value for food labels and general recommendations. Existing articles for things that are similar to, but are not DV and RDI, include Acceptable daily intake (≈UL), Dietary Reference Values, Guideline Daily Amount, and Reference Intake.
But even with all these articles we fail to cover a large chunk of the world's population: what about the "NRV" used by AU and NZ, the separate "NRV" used by China, the Indian (ICMR) RDA, or the Korean and Japanese "RDIs"? It just seems less than practical to create an article for every large-enough country's nutritional recommendations, especially when they all start with largely similar principles and get similar conclusions.
We should get an article that talks about and lists these things in general. But what do we call it? Artoria 2e5 🌉 00:22, 8 November 2023 (UTC)
I've created Eye transplantation from a redirect, but as I am not well versed in medical topics, I would apprecitate more eyes upon it. No Swan So Fine ( talk) 10:10, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
Could you please review the anatomy section of the article on paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, particularly the description of the ECG image? I added this section as a whole, although I'm not a cardiologist. Thank you! I also edited the paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia in many other places. If you could, please then review the whole article. Thank you in advance! Maxim Masiutin ( talk) 12:45, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
Asto77 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) has too many contribs for me to review, but could use some guidance on WP:MEDRS. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 13:53, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
Could you please review from the point of view of Molecular biology / genetics specialist the following texts:
Thank you! Maxim Masiutin ( talk) 15:49, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
Editors in this project may perhaps be interested in Category talk:Fasting advocates#Discussion about this category. It would be helpful to get input from editors who are familiar with the topic of fasting and related health implications. -- Tryptofish ( talk) 17:36, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
Hello! I'm posting here to notify this WikiProject that an RFC that may be relevant to it has started regarding the definition of sex. Loki ( talk) 07:58, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
I've asked Judkessler ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) on their talk to stop making rapid, mass changes to External links. They haven't stopped, and all may need checking. I only got the Featured articles or those that hit my watchlist. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 17:01, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
(Cross-posted from Talk:Amoxicillin#Source retraction). Can someone with some topic area knowledge assess whether a sentence in Amoxicillin § Respiratory infections needs to be modified due to the retraction of a source it cites? I tried, but I'm not smart enough. Folly Mox ( talk) 12:55, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Mathematical modelling of infectious diseases#Requested move 30 October 2023 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Polyamorph ( talk) 08:08, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
https://www.wikisciencecompetition.org/contest/ has started. Please join, and encourage your friends to join. WhatamIdoing ( talk) 20:30, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
I have recommended the mid-level practitioner page for deletion. Please join the conversation. 172.56.209.24 ( talk) 01:51, 25 November 2023 (UTC)
An editor has suggested a post here to ascertain the validity or worthiness of a citation to a meta-analysis which has no firm conclusion but uses the above terms. Talk:Foreskin#This sentence needs to be reworded or removed.
While we have cited it only as saying it 'suggests', the weight given to it is considered undue and possibly trivial by some. Any input would be welcome. Thelisteninghand ( talk) 16:12, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
To be clear, we're talking about this source
which contains this text:
In a histological study of eight glabrous (hairless) skin locations, Meissner’s index (number of Meissner’s cells divided by number of epidermal ridges) was highest in the finger tip (0.96) and lowest in the prepuce (0.28), as was the size of the Meissner’s corpuscles in each part of the body: 120–260 × 64–84 μm for finger tip compared with 66–84 × 38–52 μm for the prepuce [45]. The latter study concluded that the prepuce is the least sensitive glabrous tissue of the body.
This is relevant biomedical knowledge in a WP:MEDRS source. It is not "suggestion" or "trivia". We don't exclude content just because it doesn't accord an anti-circumcision agenda. Bon courage ( talk) 06:40, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
For reviews. @ Brianda (Wiki Ed) and Ian (Wiki Ed): could you please remind this class that schizophrenia is a featured article, so that they will avoid editing there, as per past recommendations ? They also don't seem to have flagged the talk pages of articles they will be editing. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 20:16, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
I'm very slowly trying to bring chronic fatigue syndrome to GA level. The literature is quite messy and at times contradictory. I was wondering if some more people could watch the article, to discuss the more tricky parts of the article.
At the moment, we're discussing the structure of the management and treatment sections, which could use more eyes. Talk:chronic fatigue syndrome#Resplitting treatment from management. Thanks! —Femke 🐦 ( talk) 12:28, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
Just wanted to touch base with some US med school students:
I was under the impression that you technically get your medical license after the year-long postgraduate/internship year plus passing the USMLE 3, which is before (completing) residency. I was also under the impression that it's the license (i.e., not the residency) that makes it legal for you to practice (general) medicine.
If I've got that wrong, please let me know. (It's the 'calling me a Mid-level practitioner is an insult' thing again.) WhatamIdoing ( talk) 20:45, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
The macula densa is in the last portion of the distal straight tubule (thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle) NOT the distal convoluted tubule. See Gonzalez-Vicente, Agustin; Saez, Fara; Monzon, Casandra M.; Asirwatham, Jessica; Garvin, Jeffrey L. (2019). "Thick Ascending Limb Sodium Transport in the Pathogenesis of Hypertension". Physiological Reviews. 99 (1): 235–309. doi: 10.1152/physrev.00055.2017. PMC 6335098. PMID 30354966. and "Tubuloglomerular Feedback - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics". I have tried to fix this error in GIMP, however, the kerning gets corrupted and I am unable to fix this significant error. I have reached out to both User:Shypoetess and commons:User:M.Komorniczak, and it appears this error stretches across multiple language projects. Is someone with a good SVG editor able to fix it? Issues like this is why my medical school professors discourage my classmates from using Wikipedia, which I think is a real shame. Yanping Nora Soong ( talk) 02:56, 22 November 2023 (UTC)
Percy Lavon Julian has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Spinixster (chat!) 08:43, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
Editors here might be interested in this proposal that would allow you to quickly choose in Preview mode from among your favorite edit summaries that you pre-define yourself. Feedback at: WP:VPW#Proposal: add user-defined Common edit summaries to Preferences. Mathglot ( talk) 23:38, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
I have nominated Digital media use and mental health for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. voorts ( talk/ contributions) 02:06, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
I'm considering trying to write a repeat expansion disorder (also known as microsatellite expansion diseases) page. There is an existing Trinucleotide repeat disorder page but this misses about 15 repeat expansion disorders. review paper. A lot of the content would overlap so it's possible that trinucleotide repeat disorders should be a section of a repeat expansion disorder page. It would be good to know what people think of creating a repeat expansion disorder page? Tank ( talk) 07:40, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
I'm just going to preface this by saying that I'm not using the talk page because it is innactive and I doubt I will get a response.
I'm currently trying to go through all of the disease stubs and stumbled upon Dysgammaglobulinemia. I'm having a hard time finding consistant information on it. Here's the definitions i've found so far:
Selective deficiency of one or more, but not all, classes of immunoglobulins. [14] [15]
Common variable immunodeficiency, also known as dysgammaglobulinemia, is a group of disorders involving both B-cell and T-cell immune function. [16] [17]
Immunoglobulin class switch recombination deficiencies (CSR-Ds, which were previously named “dysgammaglobulinemia” and then “hyper-IgM syndromes”) are characterized by elevated serum IgM levels and a considerable decrease in IgG, IgA and IgE. [18]
From what I can gather it's either a synonym for Common variable immunodeficiency or hyper-IgM syndrome or it's a separate disorder. If anyone has any insight that would be helpful. CursedWithTheAbilityToDoTheMath ( talk) 17:05, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
I brought this to the talk page of the relevant article but failed to draw much discussion. @ Autisticeditor 20—who was pinged there as well but did not respond—has been on a mission to eliminate all mentions of the term "sexually transmitted disease" in favor of " sexually transmitted infection" (the current title of our article on the subject). I can't see the need for such drastic action, and I would imagine it should be treated as we treat other alternative names, provided that they are not biased or misleading (for instance, our article is titled color, but the spelling colour is also acceptable to use as long as there is consistency within an article, and should not be purged from the encyclopedia). However, perhaps there are other users who agree with such actions, so I would love to hear them out. I considered bringing this matter to RfC, but it seems appropriate to begin here. Anonymous 04:18, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
I've broken the pre-exposure prophylaxis article into two; one for the general concept, and the other for Pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention, for the specific treatment now generally known as PrEP. I've created relevant hatnotes and a disambiguation page to prevent reader confusion. I'd appreciate any comments/improvements other editors can provide. — The Anome ( talk) 13:54, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
The {{ medref}} template has recently been changed [21] to remove mention of primary sources and it now says
This article needs additional medical references for verification. Please help improve this article by adding appropriate references. Unsourced or poorly sourced material may be challenged and removed.
I don't think this is quite right – should we not mention 'biomedical information'? I'm also not sure it's wise not to mention primary sources. Thoughts? Bon courage ( talk) 07:13, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
Primary sources, some uncited, needs broad attention. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 05:32, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
I was disturbed to find that some drugs with FDA-mandated Black box warnings have articles that are missing any mention of the box or the risk. It's disturbing to me that someone would create a page and mention minor side effects but leave this out. Looking to drum up interest in a project to programmatically identify and (manually?) remedy all such articles. Anyone? RudolfoMD ( talk) 02:31, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
<ref>...</ref>
tags. (For the actual purpose of
Wikipedia:External links, your link to PubChem should replace the dead URL that's there now, rather than being added after it, and we don't usually put those in citation templates. I'll go fix that now.)
WhatamIdoing (
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23:20, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
{{main other|[[Category:ECHA InfoCard ID from Wikidata|*]]}}
. It seems consensus has changed. Wait... They're hidden maintenance categories...
RudolfoMD (
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07:05, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
I've reverted this edit and discussion between me and RudolfoMD is here. As I suggested there, the first step in this situation should be to initiate a discussion in d:Wikidata:WikiProject Medicine. I also suggested a possible solution: adding boxed warning (Q879952) as a value of a qualifier to legal status (medicine) (P3493) statements like this:
legal status (medicine) (P3493) |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
+ add value |
However, due to Wikidata being much more detailed than Wikipedia (information that fits into one Wikipedia article is often split into multiple Wikidata items), it is not clear to me right now, whether this type of information should be included in the item describing the active substance or in items describing specific pharmaceutical products like Tylenol (Q3245302). So, as I said, this should be discussed in Wikiproject Medicine in Wikidata first. Sadly, such discussion has not been initiated yet. And as a side note: there is no such thing in Wikidata as be bold policy, given the nature of Wikidata, this type of import of data should be carefully considered and discussed in advance. Wostr ( talk) 17:08, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
US: ℞-only ◼︎⚠️
is no more understandable than US: ℞-only ◼︎
and looks awkward when you know the intent is to indicate the same idea. Can we explain what the ◼︎ and ▼ mean instead?alt=
attribute or abbr
tag for this unicode character would be sufficient.
Wostr (
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14:58, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
{{#ifeq:{{#invoke:String|match|s={{#property:P3493}}|pattern=boxed warning|plain=true}}|boxed warning|output}}
{{#ifeq:{{#invoke:String|match|s={{#property:P3493}}|pattern=boxed warning|plain=true}}|boxed warning|<math>\begin{array}{|} \hline W\!ARNING \\ \hline \end{array}</math>}}
works at
[23] and is a no-op at
[24]. That's helpful. And thanks to my edits with mix'n'match, now I'm eligible to use QS. So thanks for that too. Now where to put it to get it in the infobox....
RudolfoMD (
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18:39, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
BREAKING #99 to test / explore stuff. OK to revert.
. But the code above at "4." seems like a good next step, using what Woster wrote ; I made that more recently.
RudolfoMD (
talk)
05:38, 20 October 2023 (UTC) |legal_US_comment= {{{legal_US_comment|}}}
???
RudolfoMD (
talk)
10:24, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
{{#ifeq:{{#invoke:String|match|s={{#property:P3493}}|pattern=boxed warning|plain=true}}|boxed warning|[[Boxed warning|<math>\begin{array}{|} \hline W\!ARNING \\ \hline \end{array}</math>]]<ref name="FDA-AllBoxedWarnings">{{cite web |title=FDA-sourced list of all drugs with black box warnings (Use Download Full Results and View Query links.) |url=https://nctr-crs.fda.gov/fdalabel/ui/spl-summaries/criteria/343802 |website=nctr-crs.fda.gov |publisher=[[FDA]] |access-date=22 Oct 2023}}</ref>}}
in Template:Infobox_drug/sandbox to make a warning appear in response to the wikidata. [Note, this is the previously posted code snippet but modified to link to
boxed warning, and have a reference, as of course it should, but now it's much longer. ] [PPS: Edit: Whoops, forgot,
User:Little_pob/scratchpad is the plan. I should be sleeping, not editing, right now.]{{Infobox drug/sandbox
, and then click on Show preview. When I do this in the
Brincidofovir article, the Warning box does appear. So what I've learned is that if the Wikidata item is correct, then the infobox in the article will be correct, even in preview. I've also learned that we cannot go by the test cases. They might show the Warning box while the infobox in an article might not, as was in the case of
Template:Infobox drug/testcases-warning#Paracetamol. We seem to be almost there, but not quite. Another tip is to be sure to use the full template name, "Infobox drug", when you preview the sandbox in an article. You might get an erroneous outcome for those which use the redirect, {{
drugbox}}. So, in other words, {{drugbox/sandbox
in preview might not work as expected, so instead, be sure to use {{Infobox drug/sandbox
.
P.I. Ellsworth ,
ed.
put'er there
11:25, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
User:Buidhe has nominated Reactive attachment disorder for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 19:32, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
This discussion about renaming categories related to drug brands may be of interest. -- Whywhenwhohow ( talk) 20:24, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
See ongoing discussions at Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/5/Biological and health sciences/Health and the current list at Wikipedia_talk:Vital_articles/Level/5/Subpage_4#Health,_medicine,_and_disease and feel free to suggest what is missing or needs to be swapped :) Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:20, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
Please see Talk:Mid-level practitioner#Requested move 12 December 2023. WhatamIdoing ( talk) 20:21, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello! A public broadcaster from Germany, Deutsche Welle, just donated thirteen short English-language explainer videos about general physiology to Commons. You can find them at commons:Category:Creative Commons videos by Deutsche Welle. Do you think any of them could be used in an article? Thank you, -- Gnom ( talk) 11:51, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
I was going through some of the disease stubs and found Organ-limited amyloidosis. Since it has so many subtypes, would it be appropriate to turn it into a set index article?
I'm only asking because the concept of set index articles are new to me and I easily get confused by them.
CursedWithTheAbilityToDoTheMath ( talk) 06:37, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
"It was discovered that the tumor cells communicate with each other in a large network, exchange substances that are essential for survival, and can thus evade the effects of radiation or chemotherapy. Network communication also plays an important role in the spread of the disease. The tumor cells are even networked with healthy nerve cells and receive direct signals from them – in this way, the tumors can grow faster. The mechanisms that are investigated not only offer fundamentally new explanations for the highly aggressive growth of this type of tumor. They also provide approaches for novel therapies – to stop brain tumor growth and make existing therapies more effective. The disruption and even destruction of tumor cell networks is thus becoming a completely new therapeutic principle in oncology, with the first clinical trials building on these findings."
Is this new theme useful to show? Wname1 ( talk) 09:57, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
Bipolar disorder has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 ( talk) 19:20, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
The redirect IL-5 antibody has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 December 11 § IL-5 antibody until a consensus is reached. Best, user: A smart kitten meow 11:33, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
I have opened up discussion on the Reliable Sources noticeboard regarding false medical information on the Verywell network of sites. Verywell and content by its parent Dotdash (now called Dotdash Meredith) have previously been blacklisted, but is designated as "no consensus" rather than "unreliable" or "deprecated".
I have not started an RFC before and would welcome any comments. ScienceFlyer ( talk) 20:03, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
Unreferenced stub that has languished for ~15 years now. Can anyone add refs/verify this, or should be WP:TNT it? Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:48, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
shouldn't KarXT be moved to something like xanomeline/trospium, similar to dextromethorphan/bupropion? thanks. Biosthmors ( talk) 14:53, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
New article on "a novel approach to asthma classification inspired by precision medicine": Asthma phenotyping and endotyping. Any comments regarding WP:MEDRS compliance and/or whether it merits a separate article? AndyTheGrump ( talk) 14:15, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
I've added the article about Archie Cochrane as being within the scope of WikiProject Medicine. I hope to improve the article and am open to suggestions about how it can currently be improved. John Desmond ( talk) 14:11, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
Feel free to leave comments for me to improve the William Utermohlen article before I take it to FAC, at Wikipedia:Peer review/William Utermohlen/archive3. Thanks, Realmaxxver ( talk) 19:40, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
A student created a new article on Ovarian squamous cell carcinoma. Give the length of the article, I don't feel confident doing even a basic once-over to make sure it doesn't content anything risky. And since it comes from an advanced pharmacology class rather than a medical class, I don't want to just assume it's probably good.
I have no specific concerns about the article - it looks mostly ok to me - but I would really appreciate if someone could take a critical look at it. Thanks all! Ian (Wiki Ed) ( talk) 17:19, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
Can someone access the source from which the Advantages and Limitations table comes in this section? The text of the source gives some indication we may need to be concerned about copyright, but I can't see the tables. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 18:55, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
@ SandyGeorgia: I can take a look this weekend. Keilana ( talk) 23:06, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
Alzheimer's disease and COVID-19 is from the same course, and is going to need a look. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 00:13, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
Childhood accidental spiral tibial fracture ==> Toddler's fracture
Would this be a good idea? On one hand, the article seems to distinguish the two kinds of fractures, while on the other hand, it notes that recent work has considered one a subset of the other. Since the latter is more recent, and obviously they're very similar to the layman, I'm wondering whether it should be left red (either to encourage article creation or to avoid confusion), or whether a redirect would be good, both because they're related and because we want to discourage content forking. The phrase doesn't appear in the body of any other article; its only other appearances, in Bone fracture and Crus fracture, are limited to this citation. [1] Nyttend ( talk) 17:59, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
References
Dr. Clay Jones, a pacticing paediatrician, has recently raised concern over potential errors in the article on Teething.
Please, see the following link for details:
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/from-the-vault-infant-teething-myths-and-misconceptions/ AufbauPrinciple ( talk) 16:28, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
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Hi all, I just stumbled upon International Classification of Headache Disorders which reprints the named classification system's hierarchy, but not the actual diagnostic criteria for each condition. My assumption is that this verbatim copy/paste violates the International Headache Society's copyright and should be removed from that article, but I figured I'd check-in here for others' thoughts. I recall a past discussion on the larger ICD codes ( this discussion, I think), but I didn't follow the aftermath of that to see if there was pushback on the subsequent AfD(s). For reference, the relevant copyright declaration for ICHD is here: "...may be reproduced freely for scientific, educational or clinical uses by institutions, societies or individuals. Otherwise, copyright belongs exclusively to the International Headache Society. Reproduction of any part or parts in any manner for commercial uses requires the Society’s permission, which will be granted on payment of a fee." so clearly not compliant with our license. Thanks. Ajpolino ( talk) 15:53, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
The redirect Not eating, which currently targets Fasting, has been nominated at RfD. While this is not solely a medical issue, it's one that does have medical relevance. Please leave any thoughts you have at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 October 10#Not eating. Thryduulf ( talk) 09:27, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
The article Dorsal nexus is an orphan for ten years now. No article refers to it. This means something is seriously wrong. Could someone please have a look at it? Should it be part of the template on cerebral cortex? Thanks! Ruud Buitelaar ( talk) 02:19, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
Is this(Atelectasis develops in 75-90% of people undergoing general anesthesia for a surgical procedure.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lumb |first1=Andrew B |title=Nunn's Applied Respiratory Physiology |date=2017 |publisher=Elsevier |isbn=9780702062940 |pages=289 |edition=Eight edition}}</ref>) plausible? I cannot check as I do not have access to the source. Edit is the only contribution by the user. Cheers, · · · Peter Southwood (talk): 07:13, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
the actual book page indicated (pg 289) is difficult to get, however it is on page 298-- Ozzie10aaaa ( talk) 20:59, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
I know that some wikipedias prohibit automatic translations, but what is the policy on using AI tools like DeepL and even ChatGPT to start a translation?
I had to write something in English and French a few days ago. I wrote it in English first, but then I put it into ChatGPT to translate it into French. When I went in to review the output, it looked better than anything I could have come up with. It even translated some very technical terms and translated the acronyms where possible. I've looked around on Reddit and people there seem to agree that it even accurately translates colloquial and slang terms.
So, could I use ChatGPT to translate articles and then do a manual review to ensure accuracy? IrateSpecialist ( talk) 01:54, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
I am surprised we don't have an article on vector-borne diseases (VBD) yet. For now, I've created one that is a redirect to disease vector. I don't think this is sufficient though. We do have an article on waterborne diseases. Or perhaps it exists but under a different name that I haven't found yet?
I am coming to this topic because I am currently improving content about climate change impacts on health, e.g. climate change and infectious diseases. The IPCC Sixth Assessment Report has a chapter on this (see here) and this chapter mentions vector-borne diseases (or VBD) 33 times. Mainly because climate change will make some of those diseases more common in areas where they were not before. In a nutshell, those "tropical" diseases are moving further North and South and up the mountains... Maybe those "groupings of diseases" articles are not so satisfying to work on (the overarching article infection is also only C class (1400 pageviews per day)). Anyone interested to help with this effort? EMsmile ( talk) 12:24, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
Long time coming. Charles Piller, Science report here, and also covered by The Wall Street Journal. This needs to be worked in at Simufilam, Cassava Sciences and Lindsay Burns, who is also implicated by the sources. Thank you to all the editors who have stayed on top of this for years. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 16:09, 14 October 2023 (UTC)
The article has been up for peer review for a couple of months and has not attracted any comments. If anyone from this project would like to take a look in whatever detail suits them and leave any relevant comments, please go ahead. I will be nominating for FA soon and any work that can be done sooner may not have to be done later. Mainly looking for anything that has been left out that should be there. Cheers, · · · Peter Southwood (talk): 11:04, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
The draft page for PFC could use some expert input from prehospital, nursing and military medics. Hopefully once it’s published it can attract more editors to improve it further. TheMouseMen ( talk) 22:36, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
A new syndrome is splashing in the media, Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome. It seems to be legit: Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Health: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association, but I'm not sure how to best create the article. I am not even sure about the dashes vs hyphens thing. If anybody wants to make a stub, that's be great. Abductive ( reasoning) 06:52, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
Hi, do any of you know anyone who edits in Malay (preferably medical topics)? I have a group who is interested in getting involved and improving articles and it would be great to connect them with a few people who are already editing.
Thanks!
JenOttawa ( talk) 15:10, 16 October 2023 (UTC)
Picked up from the hot articles list that Asperger syndrome is currently under going a rewrite. Might need some WP:MED input (the lead is off and the rest is not within my competency). Thanks, Little pob ( talk) 12:36, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
I've created some redirects for a browser add-on which convert journals URLs/DOIs to the full texts available through The Wikipedia Library. I thought it might be of use to some of you. SmartSE ( talk) 14:10, 20 October 2023 (UTC)
See Talk:Parkinson's disease#Old Shaky Dude Picture SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 14:21, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
On the circumcision article, many users were divided on whether or not to describe penile cancer as “rare” (or “relatively rare”) in the lead. A collapsible footnote which read “Penile cancer is a rare disease in the developed world, but much more prevalent in the developing world” ended up being the WP:EDITCON compromise we settled on, until it was recently reverted by a user. Please review these discussions: 1 & 2, and advise on how we could move forward. Prcc27 ( talk) 05:00, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
nobody responded in support or in opposition of my compromise(see following dummy edit for wording correction). Yet someone had opposed the compromise [6]. So this bold edit cannot be said to have enjoyed WP:EDITCON. Rather, it appears that, tucked away in a footnote, no one noticed it. Sirfurboy🏄 ( talk) 08:48, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
) Bon courage ( talk) 05:29, 23 October 2023 (UTC)a rare cancer with orphan disease designation and a prevalence of 0.1-1 per 100,000 men in high-income countries, but it constitutes up to 10% of malignancies in men in some African, Asian and South American regions.
I just submitted 2 edit requests for the sargramostim wiki page via Wiki talk: /info/en/?search=Talk:Sargramostim#Remove_paragraph_that_contains_benzyl_alcohol_formulation._No_longer_on_market.
So that these edit requests aren't lost/very delayed, the Wiki Live chat suggested I post a review request here the WikiProject Medicine.
Thank you 97.81.195.108 ( talk) 19:42, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
Is the ref added by User:Ajisdragon sufficient to support the substantive change of meaning in this edit? DMacks ( talk) 15:52, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
Can I use the following references for the article near sightedness
Healthline.com and British Journal of ophthalmology?
Tesleemah (
talk)
03:38, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
There is a discussion at Talk:Evolocumab § Deaths covered up that could use additional input. Thank you. Primefac ( talk) 08:38, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
For your attention. In German wikipedia the article Androgen backdoor pathway has been deleted due to WP:OR. User Maxim Masiutin tried to push "his" research in wikipedia, helpful hints (for instance that this is a theory which needs secondary sources) have been ignored. In the end, the user has been blocked as well.
I am not familiar with that matter but maybe some of you is and can have a look on that. Cheers, -- Julius Senegal ( talk) 13:29, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
Could you please have a look at the categorization of this article? Shall the categories before Special:Diff/1117740465 reinstated? Leyo 20:27, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
I wrote Early sports specialization, which ended up with a surprising number of red links. If you're interested in kids, sports, or orthopedics, please take a look. It could be that some of these just need a redirect. ( Gymnasts' wrist might need to be a Wikipedia:Disambiguation page; I've heard that there are at least six different conditions with that name.) WhatamIdoing ( talk) 04:39, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
There's an ongoing RfC at Talk:Richard D. Gill#Rfc - Kate Shemirani radio show appearance of relevance to this project. Structuralists ( talk) 21:28, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
Can you please give your opinion at Talk:Blood-saliva_barrier on whether a new article is needed for blood-saliva barrier (BSB)? Thank you in advance! -- Maxim Masiutin ( talk) 12:05, 1 November 2023 (UTC)
Just created this neoplasm stub: Intra-ampullary papillary–tubular neoplasm. Probably won't do any more work on it, but happy to receive feedback. Little pob ( talk) 19:03, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
There have been some recent extensive edits by new editors on this biography. Can someone with psychiatry expertise review it? 05:07, 8 November 2023 (UTC) ScienceFlyer ( talk) 05:07, 8 November 2023 (UTC)
Countries tend to all have their own versions of a Reference Daily Intake and Daily Value for food labels and general recommendations. Existing articles for things that are similar to, but are not DV and RDI, include Acceptable daily intake (≈UL), Dietary Reference Values, Guideline Daily Amount, and Reference Intake.
But even with all these articles we fail to cover a large chunk of the world's population: what about the "NRV" used by AU and NZ, the separate "NRV" used by China, the Indian (ICMR) RDA, or the Korean and Japanese "RDIs"? It just seems less than practical to create an article for every large-enough country's nutritional recommendations, especially when they all start with largely similar principles and get similar conclusions.
We should get an article that talks about and lists these things in general. But what do we call it? Artoria 2e5 🌉 00:22, 8 November 2023 (UTC)
I've created Eye transplantation from a redirect, but as I am not well versed in medical topics, I would apprecitate more eyes upon it. No Swan So Fine ( talk) 10:10, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
Could you please review the anatomy section of the article on paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, particularly the description of the ECG image? I added this section as a whole, although I'm not a cardiologist. Thank you! I also edited the paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia in many other places. If you could, please then review the whole article. Thank you in advance! Maxim Masiutin ( talk) 12:45, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
Asto77 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) has too many contribs for me to review, but could use some guidance on WP:MEDRS. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 13:53, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
Could you please review from the point of view of Molecular biology / genetics specialist the following texts:
Thank you! Maxim Masiutin ( talk) 15:49, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
Editors in this project may perhaps be interested in Category talk:Fasting advocates#Discussion about this category. It would be helpful to get input from editors who are familiar with the topic of fasting and related health implications. -- Tryptofish ( talk) 17:36, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
Hello! I'm posting here to notify this WikiProject that an RFC that may be relevant to it has started regarding the definition of sex. Loki ( talk) 07:58, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
I've asked Judkessler ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) on their talk to stop making rapid, mass changes to External links. They haven't stopped, and all may need checking. I only got the Featured articles or those that hit my watchlist. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 17:01, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
(Cross-posted from Talk:Amoxicillin#Source retraction). Can someone with some topic area knowledge assess whether a sentence in Amoxicillin § Respiratory infections needs to be modified due to the retraction of a source it cites? I tried, but I'm not smart enough. Folly Mox ( talk) 12:55, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Mathematical modelling of infectious diseases#Requested move 30 October 2023 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Polyamorph ( talk) 08:08, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
https://www.wikisciencecompetition.org/contest/ has started. Please join, and encourage your friends to join. WhatamIdoing ( talk) 20:30, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
I have recommended the mid-level practitioner page for deletion. Please join the conversation. 172.56.209.24 ( talk) 01:51, 25 November 2023 (UTC)
An editor has suggested a post here to ascertain the validity or worthiness of a citation to a meta-analysis which has no firm conclusion but uses the above terms. Talk:Foreskin#This sentence needs to be reworded or removed.
While we have cited it only as saying it 'suggests', the weight given to it is considered undue and possibly trivial by some. Any input would be welcome. Thelisteninghand ( talk) 16:12, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
To be clear, we're talking about this source
which contains this text:
In a histological study of eight glabrous (hairless) skin locations, Meissner’s index (number of Meissner’s cells divided by number of epidermal ridges) was highest in the finger tip (0.96) and lowest in the prepuce (0.28), as was the size of the Meissner’s corpuscles in each part of the body: 120–260 × 64–84 μm for finger tip compared with 66–84 × 38–52 μm for the prepuce [45]. The latter study concluded that the prepuce is the least sensitive glabrous tissue of the body.
This is relevant biomedical knowledge in a WP:MEDRS source. It is not "suggestion" or "trivia". We don't exclude content just because it doesn't accord an anti-circumcision agenda. Bon courage ( talk) 06:40, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
For reviews. @ Brianda (Wiki Ed) and Ian (Wiki Ed): could you please remind this class that schizophrenia is a featured article, so that they will avoid editing there, as per past recommendations ? They also don't seem to have flagged the talk pages of articles they will be editing. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 20:16, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
I'm very slowly trying to bring chronic fatigue syndrome to GA level. The literature is quite messy and at times contradictory. I was wondering if some more people could watch the article, to discuss the more tricky parts of the article.
At the moment, we're discussing the structure of the management and treatment sections, which could use more eyes. Talk:chronic fatigue syndrome#Resplitting treatment from management. Thanks! —Femke 🐦 ( talk) 12:28, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
Just wanted to touch base with some US med school students:
I was under the impression that you technically get your medical license after the year-long postgraduate/internship year plus passing the USMLE 3, which is before (completing) residency. I was also under the impression that it's the license (i.e., not the residency) that makes it legal for you to practice (general) medicine.
If I've got that wrong, please let me know. (It's the 'calling me a Mid-level practitioner is an insult' thing again.) WhatamIdoing ( talk) 20:45, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
The macula densa is in the last portion of the distal straight tubule (thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle) NOT the distal convoluted tubule. See Gonzalez-Vicente, Agustin; Saez, Fara; Monzon, Casandra M.; Asirwatham, Jessica; Garvin, Jeffrey L. (2019). "Thick Ascending Limb Sodium Transport in the Pathogenesis of Hypertension". Physiological Reviews. 99 (1): 235–309. doi: 10.1152/physrev.00055.2017. PMC 6335098. PMID 30354966. and "Tubuloglomerular Feedback - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics". I have tried to fix this error in GIMP, however, the kerning gets corrupted and I am unable to fix this significant error. I have reached out to both User:Shypoetess and commons:User:M.Komorniczak, and it appears this error stretches across multiple language projects. Is someone with a good SVG editor able to fix it? Issues like this is why my medical school professors discourage my classmates from using Wikipedia, which I think is a real shame. Yanping Nora Soong ( talk) 02:56, 22 November 2023 (UTC)
Percy Lavon Julian has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Spinixster (chat!) 08:43, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
Editors here might be interested in this proposal that would allow you to quickly choose in Preview mode from among your favorite edit summaries that you pre-define yourself. Feedback at: WP:VPW#Proposal: add user-defined Common edit summaries to Preferences. Mathglot ( talk) 23:38, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
I have nominated Digital media use and mental health for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. voorts ( talk/ contributions) 02:06, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
I'm considering trying to write a repeat expansion disorder (also known as microsatellite expansion diseases) page. There is an existing Trinucleotide repeat disorder page but this misses about 15 repeat expansion disorders. review paper. A lot of the content would overlap so it's possible that trinucleotide repeat disorders should be a section of a repeat expansion disorder page. It would be good to know what people think of creating a repeat expansion disorder page? Tank ( talk) 07:40, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
I'm just going to preface this by saying that I'm not using the talk page because it is innactive and I doubt I will get a response.
I'm currently trying to go through all of the disease stubs and stumbled upon Dysgammaglobulinemia. I'm having a hard time finding consistant information on it. Here's the definitions i've found so far:
Selective deficiency of one or more, but not all, classes of immunoglobulins. [14] [15]
Common variable immunodeficiency, also known as dysgammaglobulinemia, is a group of disorders involving both B-cell and T-cell immune function. [16] [17]
Immunoglobulin class switch recombination deficiencies (CSR-Ds, which were previously named “dysgammaglobulinemia” and then “hyper-IgM syndromes”) are characterized by elevated serum IgM levels and a considerable decrease in IgG, IgA and IgE. [18]
From what I can gather it's either a synonym for Common variable immunodeficiency or hyper-IgM syndrome or it's a separate disorder. If anyone has any insight that would be helpful. CursedWithTheAbilityToDoTheMath ( talk) 17:05, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
I brought this to the talk page of the relevant article but failed to draw much discussion. @ Autisticeditor 20—who was pinged there as well but did not respond—has been on a mission to eliminate all mentions of the term "sexually transmitted disease" in favor of " sexually transmitted infection" (the current title of our article on the subject). I can't see the need for such drastic action, and I would imagine it should be treated as we treat other alternative names, provided that they are not biased or misleading (for instance, our article is titled color, but the spelling colour is also acceptable to use as long as there is consistency within an article, and should not be purged from the encyclopedia). However, perhaps there are other users who agree with such actions, so I would love to hear them out. I considered bringing this matter to RfC, but it seems appropriate to begin here. Anonymous 04:18, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
I've broken the pre-exposure prophylaxis article into two; one for the general concept, and the other for Pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention, for the specific treatment now generally known as PrEP. I've created relevant hatnotes and a disambiguation page to prevent reader confusion. I'd appreciate any comments/improvements other editors can provide. — The Anome ( talk) 13:54, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
The {{ medref}} template has recently been changed [21] to remove mention of primary sources and it now says
This article needs additional medical references for verification. Please help improve this article by adding appropriate references. Unsourced or poorly sourced material may be challenged and removed.
I don't think this is quite right – should we not mention 'biomedical information'? I'm also not sure it's wise not to mention primary sources. Thoughts? Bon courage ( talk) 07:13, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
Primary sources, some uncited, needs broad attention. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 05:32, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
I was disturbed to find that some drugs with FDA-mandated Black box warnings have articles that are missing any mention of the box or the risk. It's disturbing to me that someone would create a page and mention minor side effects but leave this out. Looking to drum up interest in a project to programmatically identify and (manually?) remedy all such articles. Anyone? RudolfoMD ( talk) 02:31, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
<ref>...</ref>
tags. (For the actual purpose of
Wikipedia:External links, your link to PubChem should replace the dead URL that's there now, rather than being added after it, and we don't usually put those in citation templates. I'll go fix that now.)
WhatamIdoing (
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23:20, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
{{main other|[[Category:ECHA InfoCard ID from Wikidata|*]]}}
. It seems consensus has changed. Wait... They're hidden maintenance categories...
RudolfoMD (
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07:05, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
I've reverted this edit and discussion between me and RudolfoMD is here. As I suggested there, the first step in this situation should be to initiate a discussion in d:Wikidata:WikiProject Medicine. I also suggested a possible solution: adding boxed warning (Q879952) as a value of a qualifier to legal status (medicine) (P3493) statements like this:
legal status (medicine) (P3493) |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
+ add value |
However, due to Wikidata being much more detailed than Wikipedia (information that fits into one Wikipedia article is often split into multiple Wikidata items), it is not clear to me right now, whether this type of information should be included in the item describing the active substance or in items describing specific pharmaceutical products like Tylenol (Q3245302). So, as I said, this should be discussed in Wikiproject Medicine in Wikidata first. Sadly, such discussion has not been initiated yet. And as a side note: there is no such thing in Wikidata as be bold policy, given the nature of Wikidata, this type of import of data should be carefully considered and discussed in advance. Wostr ( talk) 17:08, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
US: ℞-only ◼︎⚠️
is no more understandable than US: ℞-only ◼︎
and looks awkward when you know the intent is to indicate the same idea. Can we explain what the ◼︎ and ▼ mean instead?alt=
attribute or abbr
tag for this unicode character would be sufficient.
Wostr (
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14:58, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
{{#ifeq:{{#invoke:String|match|s={{#property:P3493}}|pattern=boxed warning|plain=true}}|boxed warning|output}}
{{#ifeq:{{#invoke:String|match|s={{#property:P3493}}|pattern=boxed warning|plain=true}}|boxed warning|<math>\begin{array}{|} \hline W\!ARNING \\ \hline \end{array}</math>}}
works at
[23] and is a no-op at
[24]. That's helpful. And thanks to my edits with mix'n'match, now I'm eligible to use QS. So thanks for that too. Now where to put it to get it in the infobox....
RudolfoMD (
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18:39, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
BREAKING #99 to test / explore stuff. OK to revert.
. But the code above at "4." seems like a good next step, using what Woster wrote ; I made that more recently.
RudolfoMD (
talk)
05:38, 20 October 2023 (UTC) |legal_US_comment= {{{legal_US_comment|}}}
???
RudolfoMD (
talk)
10:24, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
{{#ifeq:{{#invoke:String|match|s={{#property:P3493}}|pattern=boxed warning|plain=true}}|boxed warning|[[Boxed warning|<math>\begin{array}{|} \hline W\!ARNING \\ \hline \end{array}</math>]]<ref name="FDA-AllBoxedWarnings">{{cite web |title=FDA-sourced list of all drugs with black box warnings (Use Download Full Results and View Query links.) |url=https://nctr-crs.fda.gov/fdalabel/ui/spl-summaries/criteria/343802 |website=nctr-crs.fda.gov |publisher=[[FDA]] |access-date=22 Oct 2023}}</ref>}}
in Template:Infobox_drug/sandbox to make a warning appear in response to the wikidata. [Note, this is the previously posted code snippet but modified to link to
boxed warning, and have a reference, as of course it should, but now it's much longer. ] [PPS: Edit: Whoops, forgot,
User:Little_pob/scratchpad is the plan. I should be sleeping, not editing, right now.]{{Infobox drug/sandbox
, and then click on Show preview. When I do this in the
Brincidofovir article, the Warning box does appear. So what I've learned is that if the Wikidata item is correct, then the infobox in the article will be correct, even in preview. I've also learned that we cannot go by the test cases. They might show the Warning box while the infobox in an article might not, as was in the case of
Template:Infobox drug/testcases-warning#Paracetamol. We seem to be almost there, but not quite. Another tip is to be sure to use the full template name, "Infobox drug", when you preview the sandbox in an article. You might get an erroneous outcome for those which use the redirect, {{
drugbox}}. So, in other words, {{drugbox/sandbox
in preview might not work as expected, so instead, be sure to use {{Infobox drug/sandbox
.
P.I. Ellsworth ,
ed.
put'er there
11:25, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
User:Buidhe has nominated Reactive attachment disorder for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 19:32, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
This discussion about renaming categories related to drug brands may be of interest. -- Whywhenwhohow ( talk) 20:24, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
See ongoing discussions at Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/5/Biological and health sciences/Health and the current list at Wikipedia_talk:Vital_articles/Level/5/Subpage_4#Health,_medicine,_and_disease and feel free to suggest what is missing or needs to be swapped :) Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:20, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
Please see Talk:Mid-level practitioner#Requested move 12 December 2023. WhatamIdoing ( talk) 20:21, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello! A public broadcaster from Germany, Deutsche Welle, just donated thirteen short English-language explainer videos about general physiology to Commons. You can find them at commons:Category:Creative Commons videos by Deutsche Welle. Do you think any of them could be used in an article? Thank you, -- Gnom ( talk) 11:51, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
I was going through some of the disease stubs and found Organ-limited amyloidosis. Since it has so many subtypes, would it be appropriate to turn it into a set index article?
I'm only asking because the concept of set index articles are new to me and I easily get confused by them.
CursedWithTheAbilityToDoTheMath ( talk) 06:37, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
"It was discovered that the tumor cells communicate with each other in a large network, exchange substances that are essential for survival, and can thus evade the effects of radiation or chemotherapy. Network communication also plays an important role in the spread of the disease. The tumor cells are even networked with healthy nerve cells and receive direct signals from them – in this way, the tumors can grow faster. The mechanisms that are investigated not only offer fundamentally new explanations for the highly aggressive growth of this type of tumor. They also provide approaches for novel therapies – to stop brain tumor growth and make existing therapies more effective. The disruption and even destruction of tumor cell networks is thus becoming a completely new therapeutic principle in oncology, with the first clinical trials building on these findings."
Is this new theme useful to show? Wname1 ( talk) 09:57, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
Bipolar disorder has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 ( talk) 19:20, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
The redirect IL-5 antibody has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 December 11 § IL-5 antibody until a consensus is reached. Best, user: A smart kitten meow 11:33, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
I have opened up discussion on the Reliable Sources noticeboard regarding false medical information on the Verywell network of sites. Verywell and content by its parent Dotdash (now called Dotdash Meredith) have previously been blacklisted, but is designated as "no consensus" rather than "unreliable" or "deprecated".
I have not started an RFC before and would welcome any comments. ScienceFlyer ( talk) 20:03, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
Unreferenced stub that has languished for ~15 years now. Can anyone add refs/verify this, or should be WP:TNT it? Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:48, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
shouldn't KarXT be moved to something like xanomeline/trospium, similar to dextromethorphan/bupropion? thanks. Biosthmors ( talk) 14:53, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
New article on "a novel approach to asthma classification inspired by precision medicine": Asthma phenotyping and endotyping. Any comments regarding WP:MEDRS compliance and/or whether it merits a separate article? AndyTheGrump ( talk) 14:15, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
I've added the article about Archie Cochrane as being within the scope of WikiProject Medicine. I hope to improve the article and am open to suggestions about how it can currently be improved. John Desmond ( talk) 14:11, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
Feel free to leave comments for me to improve the William Utermohlen article before I take it to FAC, at Wikipedia:Peer review/William Utermohlen/archive3. Thanks, Realmaxxver ( talk) 19:40, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
A student created a new article on Ovarian squamous cell carcinoma. Give the length of the article, I don't feel confident doing even a basic once-over to make sure it doesn't content anything risky. And since it comes from an advanced pharmacology class rather than a medical class, I don't want to just assume it's probably good.
I have no specific concerns about the article - it looks mostly ok to me - but I would really appreciate if someone could take a critical look at it. Thanks all! Ian (Wiki Ed) ( talk) 17:19, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
Can someone access the source from which the Advantages and Limitations table comes in this section? The text of the source gives some indication we may need to be concerned about copyright, but I can't see the tables. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 18:55, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
@ SandyGeorgia: I can take a look this weekend. Keilana ( talk) 23:06, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
Alzheimer's disease and COVID-19 is from the same course, and is going to need a look. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 00:13, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
Childhood accidental spiral tibial fracture ==> Toddler's fracture
Would this be a good idea? On one hand, the article seems to distinguish the two kinds of fractures, while on the other hand, it notes that recent work has considered one a subset of the other. Since the latter is more recent, and obviously they're very similar to the layman, I'm wondering whether it should be left red (either to encourage article creation or to avoid confusion), or whether a redirect would be good, both because they're related and because we want to discourage content forking. The phrase doesn't appear in the body of any other article; its only other appearances, in Bone fracture and Crus fracture, are limited to this citation. [1] Nyttend ( talk) 17:59, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
References
Dr. Clay Jones, a pacticing paediatrician, has recently raised concern over potential errors in the article on Teething.
Please, see the following link for details:
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/from-the-vault-infant-teething-myths-and-misconceptions/ AufbauPrinciple ( talk) 16:28, 28 December 2023 (UTC)