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Shared Genetic Effects and Antagonistic Pleiotropy Between Multiple Sclerosis and Common Cancers

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Epidemiologic studies have reported inconsistent altered cancer risk in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS). Factors such as immune dysregulation, comorbidities, and disease‐modifying therapies may contribute to this variability.
Asli Buyukkurt, Marius Ygonia, Ali Manouchehrinia, Philippe Lefrançois, Ingrid Kockum, Adil Harroud   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Protecting pregnancy during pandemics: What recent outbreaks teach us

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Public health emergences often place pregnant people at a greater risk of severe disease. In this commentary, we highlight some of the insights from recent public health emergencies, spanning the 2009 influenza A/H1N1 pandemic to the recent mpox ...
Annette K. Regan, Flor M. Muñoz
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Legislating for the Provision of Comprehensive Substance Abuse Treatment Programs for Pregnant and Mothering Women [PDF]

, 2009
Additionally, in writing this article it became clear that, although the data collection in this area has improved over the past twenty years, more specific data is needed in order to have a clearer picture of the exact nature of the unmet need so that ...
Rieckman, Traci, PhD, Steverson, Janet W.   +1 more
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Predicting Loss of Ambulation in Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy R9

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Limb girdle muscular dystrophy type R9 (LGMDR9) results from biallelic variants in FKRP. There is limited data to predict loss of ambulation (LOA) among those with LGMDR9. Methods Participants in an ongoing dystroglycanopathy natural history study (NCT00313677) with FKRP variants who had achieved ambulation and were more than 3 ...
Chandra L. Miller, Lauren N. Coffey, Shelley R. H. Mockler, Katie M. Laubscher, Carrie M. Stephan, M. Bridget Zimmerman, Katherine D. Mathews   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mental health, chronic and infectious conditions among pregnant persons in US state prisons and local jails 2016–2017

Women's Health
Background: Pregnant individuals in incarcerated settings have unique healthcare needs. Rates of mental health, infectious diseases, and chronic disease are higher among nonpregnant incarcerated women compared with those who are not, but the prevalence ...
Caitlin A Hendricks, Karissa M Rajagopal, Carolyn B Sufrin, Camille Kramer, Monik C Jiménez   +4 more
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Applying an Ethical Lens to the Treatment of People With Multiple Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The practice of neurology requires an understanding of clinical ethics for decision‐making. In multiple sclerosis (MS) care, there are a wide range of ethical considerations that may arise. These involve shared decision‐making around selection of a disease‐modifying therapy (DMT), risks and benefits of well‐studied medications in comparison to
Methma Udawatta, Farrah J. Mateen
wiley   +1 more source

Getting and Keeping Health Coverage for Low-Income Californians: A Guide for Advocates [PDF]

, 2016
Western Center's "Getting and Keeping Health Care Coverage for Low-Income Californians: A Guide for Advocates", provides California advocates -- legal services attorneys, enrollment counselors, health care workers, community organizers and others -- with
Elizabeth Landsberg, Jen Flory, Mona Tawatao, Shirley Sanematsu   +3 more
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Diffusion Spectrum Imaging Maps Early Axonal Loss and a Unique Progressive Signal in Neuronal Intranuclear Inclusion Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To delineate specific in vivo white matter pathology in neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease (NIID) using diffusion spectrum imaging (DSI) and define its clinical relevance. Methods DSI was performed on 42 NIID patients and 38 matched controls.
Kaiyan Jiang, Yixiu Pei, Xiaobao Hu, Ying Xiong, Fang Wang, Yanyan Yu, Min Zhu, Dandan Tan, Meihong Zhou, Daojun Hong, Fuqing Zhou   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

“We were on lockdown for pretty much my entire pregnancy”: a qualitative study of pregnancy care in prisons and jails during the COVID-19 pandemic

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Background The number of incarcerated women in the United States has increased dramatically over the past 40 years and each year, and some of them are pregnant.
Abaki Beck, Ingie Osman, Ashley N. Watson, Aparea Smith, Brittany Seaver, Carolyn Sufrin, Rebecca J. Shlafer   +6 more
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The limits of preconception care for global health

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters
Global health programmes aimed at reducing maternal and childhood mortality and morbidity are increasingly employing the concept of “preconception care” – an approach that the World Health Organization defines as interventions that occur before women (or
Miranda R. Waggoner, Michelle Pentecost
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