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The Association Between Systemic Inflammation as Measured by Calprotectin and Autoantibody Load in Rheumatoid Arthritis

open access: yesArthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Objective Plasma calprotectin is a marker of neutrophil activity. Its relation to the clinical phenotype and autoantibodies in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is only partly understood. We therefore aimed to investigate the association between calprotectin and the clinical parameters C‐reactive protein (CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), anti–cyclic
Caroline Grönwall   +34 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tobacco cigarette use versus electronic cigarette use: determinants of smoking and vaping behavior

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background It is important to know why individuals use electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) compared to tobacco cigarettes. This comparison provides policy makers with opportunities to target different types of users.
Kim Romijnders   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clozapine:norclozapine ratio as a marker of metabolic risk and therapeutic response and effect of valproate on clozapine levels

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims Clozapine is the most effective antipsychotic in treatment‐resistant schizophrenia. Clozapine causes weight gain and increased diabetes risk. The role of its metabolite norclozapine and clozapine:norclozapine ratio (CLZ/NCLZ) in metabolic effects has been debated.
Susanna Maria Rask   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perception and the influence of information toward e-cigarette smoking behavior

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases
Introduction Perceptions, personal perspectives, and public awareness of e-cigarette information have a significant impact on e-cigarette smoking behavior, and provide comprehensive information that can help reduce interest in e-cigarette smoking and ...
Pantira Parinyarux   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Changing patterns of first e-cigarette flavor used and current flavors used by 20,836 adult frequent e-cigarette users in the USA

open access: yesHarm Reduction Journal, 2018
Background Understanding the role that flavors play in the population’s use of e-cigarettes and the impact that flavored e-cigarette products have on the population’s use of more harmful tobacco products, like conventional cigarettes, has been identified
Christopher Russell   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The impact of pharmacogenetic‐informed care on medication adherence and psychological factors associated with adherence: A narrative review

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Improvement in medication adherence is often proposed as a potential advantage of pharmacogenetic‐guided prescribing over a traditional one‐size‐fits‐all approach. This paper provides a review of the published literature and presents the findings of studies that measure adherence to medication as an outcome of pharmacogenetic‐informed care, or that ...
Lucy Galloway   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Dangerous Flavors of E-Cigarettes

open access: yesNew England Journal of Medicine, 2019
Nicotine is amazingly addictive. About 20 years ago, researchers in a nearby laboratory were studying the effects of cigarette smoke on lung function in mice. To expose a mouse to cigarette smoke, the mouse is placed in a plastic tube, head out. The tube is positioned in a stream of smoke, which the mouse then breathes. On the day of the first exposure,
Jeffrey M, Drazen   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Breaking point: Identifying the factors that predict suspension from school

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract School suspensions are associated with adverse educational and psychosocial outcomes, yet little is known about how structural disadvantage, relational factors, health behaviours, well‐being indicators and school‐level factors jointly predict suspension risk in England.
Stephanie Cahill   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Association Between Perpetration of Relational Aggressive Tendencies and Adolescent Antisocial Behavior

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Most research on relational aggression has primarily examined these behaviors among children, with limited exploration of its developmental progression during early adolescence and its associations with antisocial behaviors such as alcohol use, physical aggression, and rule‐breaking conduct.
Briana Amador   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The association between e-cigarette use and asthma among never combustible cigarette smokers: behavioral risk factor surveillance system (BRFSS) 2016 & 2017

open access: yesBMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2019
Background E-cigarette use prevalence has grown rapidly in the US. Despite the popularity of these products, few acute exposure toxicity studies exist, and studies on long-term pulmonary health effects are limited.
Albert D. Osei   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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