Background: Current osteoporosis screening guidelines recommend bone mineral density (BMD) testing following fragility fractures. Despite the existence of such guidelines, previous studies have demonstrated that rates of osteoporosis screening...
Background. Persons with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have increased risk of cardiometabolic disease. The Supervised Weight loss and Exercise Training for Rheumatoid Arthritis (SWET-RA) trial demonstrated improved RA cardiometabolic risk with a...
Background: In infants with neurological symptoms, ischemic stroke and bacterial meningitis are possible. To rule out meningitis, clinicians often perform a lumbar puncture. However, there is minimal research describing the cerebrospinal fluid...
Background: In some patients who receive a cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) device, the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) does not improve.
Methods: We analyzed patients enrolled in the REVERSE, MADIT-CRT, and BLOCK-HF trials,...
Background: Parents of neonates with seizures report persistent symptoms of depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress. We aimed to characterize the parent experience of caring for children impacted by neonatal seizures, including longitudinal...
Background: Postmenopausal bleeding (PMB) is the most common initial presentation of endometrial cancer. The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology recommends evaluation of PMB with transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) to determine the...
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Prior studies have investigated the association between vitiligo and sensorineural hearing loss in adults, with the knowledge that melanocytes are involved in the auditory system. While there are conflicting data regarding this...
Background: While cardiometabolic disease (CMD) is the number one cause of death for women in the US, age at CMD onset is 10-20 years after that of men. This stark difference in CMD incidence is attributed to menopausal estrogen withdrawal. Along...
Background: Sepsis is a life-threatening response to infection that results in significant morbidity and mortality in children. International standardized guidelines have been developed by organizations such as the Surviving Sepsis Campaign to...
Background and objective: Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are carbohydrates abundant in human breast milk. Their composition varies widely among women, and prior research has identified numerous factors contributing to this variation. However,...