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The Color of COVID-19: Structural Racism and the Disproportionate Impact of the Pandemic on Older Black and Latinx Adults.
(The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 2021-02)
<h4>Objectives</h4>The aim of this evidence-based theoretically informed article was
to provide an overview of how and why the COVID-19 outbreak is particularly detrimental
for the health of older Black and Latinx ...
The Host Response to Viral Infections Reveals Common and Virus-Specific Signatures in the Peripheral Blood.
(Frontiers in immunology, 2021-01)
Viruses cause a wide spectrum of clinical disease, the majority being acute respiratory
infections (ARI). In most cases, ARI symptoms are similar for different viruses although
severity can be variable. The objective of ...
Unlicensed Umbilical Cord Blood Units Provide a Safe and Effective Graft Source for a Diverse Population: A Study of 2456 Umbilical Cord Blood Recipients.
(Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for
Blood and Marrow Transplantation, 2020-04)
Umbilical cord blood (UCB) transplantation (UCBT) is a curative procedure for patients
with hematologic malignancies and genetic disorders and expands access to transplantation
for non-Caucasian patients unable to find a ...
Bupropion and Naltrexone in Methamphetamine Use Disorder.
(The New England journal of medicine, 2021-01)
<h4>Background</h4>The use of naltrexone plus bupropion to treat methamphetamine use
disorder has not been well studied.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted this multisite, double-blind,
two-stage, placebo-controlled trial with ...
Predicting future suicidal events in adolescents using the Concise Health Risk Tracking Self-Report (CHRT-SR).
(Journal of psychiatric research, 2020-07)
<h4>Background</h4>Several self-report rating scales have been developed to assess
suicidal ideation, yet most have limited utility in predicting future suicide attempts.
This is particularly critical in adolescence, where ...
Regulatory focus and the p factor: Evidence for self-regulatory dysfunction as a transdiagnostic feature of general psychopathology.
(Journal of psychiatric research, 2021-05)
A general psychopathology ('p') factor captures transdiagnostic features of mental
illness; however, the meaning of the p factor remains unclear. Regulatory focus theory
postulates that individuals regulate goal pursuit ...
Anti-inflammatory effects of recreational marijuana in virally suppressed youth with HIV-1 are reversed by use of tobacco products in combination with marijuana.
(Retrovirology, 2022-05-31)
<h4>Background</h4>Marijuana's putative anti-inflammatory properties may benefit HIV-associated
comorbidities. How recreational marijuana use affects gene expression in peripheral
blood cells (PBC) among youth with HIV-1 ...
Comparable satisfaction and clinical outcomes after surgery for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in the adult (AISA) between the US and Japan.
(Journal of orthopaedic science : official journal of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association, 2023-01)
<h4>Background</h4>The impact of ethnicity on the surgery outcomes of adolescent idiopathic
scoliosis in the adult (AISA) is poorly understood. This study aimed to compare the
surgery outcomes for AISA between the United ...
Development of Risk Stratification Predictive Models for Cervical Deformity Surgery.
(Neurosurgery, 2022-12)
<h4>Background</h4>As corrective surgery for cervical deformity (CD) increases, so
does the rate of complications and reoperations. To minimize suboptimal postoperative
outcomes, it is important to develop a tool that allows ...
High early death rates, treatment resistance, and short survival of Black adolescents and young adults with AML.
(Blood advances, 2022-10)
Survival of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is inversely associated with
age, but the impact of race on outcomes of adolescent and young adult (AYA; range,
18-39 years) patients is unknown. We compared survival ...