When making complete dentures, both functional and aesthetic criteria need to be met so that the patient can accept the prosthetic restoration more easily and be satisfied with it. The aim of the research was to determine smile parameters as anthropological criteria for the selection of teeth when making complete dentures. The study included 91 den...

By Milena Kostić, Marko Igic, Marija Đorđević, Ermin Đerlek, Ana Pejcic, Nikola Gligorijević, Ivana Stankovic, Nadica S. Đorđević, Marija Andjelkovic Apostolovic

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is characterized by impaired glycemic control, which increases the risk of cardiovascular and metabolic complications. Exercise is a key non-pharmacological intervention known to improve blood glucose regulation, but the acute effects of different exercise modalities on glycemic control in T2DM remain unclear. The ai...

By Anja Lazić, Tatjana Jevtovic Stoimenov, Nebojša Trajković

Multiple myeloma is a malignant plasma cell disorder characterized by clonal proliferation of abnormal plasma cells. Global five-year survival rates range from 60% to 70%, largely due to novel therapeutic strategies. In our country, conventional therapies remain standard, with monoclonal antibodies recently introduced for relapsed/refractory cases....

By Dragana Drašković, Goran Marjanović, Miodrag Vučić, Irena Ćojbašić

There are no specific risk factors for stroke after bee or wasp stings; however, several researchers have cited multiple stings in the head and neck region as a significant factor in the occurrence of these serious complications. We present a case of a previously healthy man with multiple acute cerebral infarctions in the subcortical and borderline...

By Vekoslav Mitrović, Snezana Lazic, Bratislav Lazic, Radojica Stolić

Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping personalized medicine by enabling earlier diagnosis, tailored therapies, and faster drug discovery. The aim of the paper was to synthesize current evidence on AI applications in precision healthcare and quantify their impact on diagnostics, therapeutic decision-making, and discovery. We conducted a systemat...

By Marko Kimi Milić, Šćepan Sinanović, Tatjana Kilibarda, Saša Bubanj

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, autoimmune demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. The association of vitamin D deficiency, sun exposure, and higher incidence of multiple sclerosis has been known for long, and a number of studies have confirmed anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective properties of vitamin D. Vitamin D receptor (VDR...

By Lazar Bajić, Dejan Savic, Nikola Krstić, Ana Andrejević, Andrija Rančić, Miljana Mladenović, Tatjana Jevtovic Stoimenov

The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the critical importance of accurate and reliable methods for the early detection and management of cases. Traditional approaches to COVID-19 diagnosis often rely on binary classification methods, which may limit their accuracy and robustness. In this study, we propose a novel approach that leve...

By Affaf Khaouane, Latifa Khaouane, Samira Ferhat, Salah Hanini

Beginning as a wave of unexplained pneumonia cases in Wuhan in December 2019, the novel coronavirus SARS-Cov-2 illness (COVID-19) spread throughout the world and posed a major threat to public health. People's lives were changing quickly, and COVID-19 instances were spreading quickly over the world, making people frightful. One of the ways in which...

By Ana Pjevač, Teodora Safiye, Ardea Milidrag, Tatjana Mladenović, Ivana Rodić, Mirjana Jovanović

This study aimed to determine the effect of the self-efficacy enhancement program on medication adherence and self-efficacy in patients with the acute coronary syndrome. The parallel randomized clinical trial study was conducted on 86 patients with the acute coronary syndrome in Shahroud, Iran, by using a convenience sampling method. Data collectio...

By Maryam Mahdavian, Mahboobeh Khajeh, Shahrbanoo Goli, Kamran Pourmand, Seyedmohammad Mirhosseini, Hossein Ebrahimi

Patients who undergo kidney transplantation can encounter significant changes in body composition because of weight gain caused by fat mass accumulation and muscle mass loss, resulting in poor graft outcomes. The study aimed to investigate the impact of different obesity parameters on graft function in kidney transplant recipients. A cross-sectiona...

By Zorica Dimitrijević, Ina Konstantinović, Jelena Ranđelović, Tamara Vrećić, Mina Cvetković, Karolina Paunović, Goran Paunović, Branka Mitić