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Impact of self-reported race on Villalta Scale postthrombotic syndrome scores and correlation with venous disease-specific quality of life: an exploratory analysis of the Acute Venous Thrombosis: Thrombus Removal with Adjunctive Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis Trial

Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis
Background: The Villalta Scale (VS) to diagnose postthrombotic syndrome (PTS) consists of 5 patient-reported leg symptoms and 6 clinician-rated leg signs. It is unknown how the scale performs across racial groups.
James Shih, MD, Chu-Shu Gu, PhD, Suresh Vedantham, MD, John Kaufman, MD, Susan R. Kahn, MD   +4 more
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Effectiveness of Resistance Intradialytic Exercise Compared to Aerobic Intradialytic Exercise for Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis commonly experience reduced physical function, fatigue, poor sleep quality, and impaired health‐related quality of life. Intradialytic exercise has been proposed as a non‐pharmacological strategy to improve these outcomes.
Klebson da Silva Almeida, Gisela Cristiane Miyamoto, Daniel da Costa Torres, Ian Setubal Reis Chaves, Jonas do Carmo Paschoalin, Braúlio Lima Nascimento, Luciana Dias Chiavegato   +6 more
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Racial differences in knowledge, attitudes toward vaccination, and risk practices around Lyme disease in the United States

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionLyme disease (LD) incidence in the United States is highly regional, with most cases occurring in 16 high-incidence jurisdictions. LD incidence and severity of disease have been found to vary by race.
Madiha Shafquat, Niyati Patel, Brandon McFadden, Brandon McFadden, James H. Stark, L. Hannah Gould   +5 more
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Analysis of the association between racial inequities and edentulism in Brazil: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

Cadernos de Saúde Pública
This study aimed to evaluate whether individuals who self-identify as black and/or mixed-race have a higher prevalence of tooth loss compared to white individuals in Brazil, using a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Bianca Oliveira de Carvalho, Rodrigo Galo, Yure Gonçalves Gusmão, Maria Eliza da Consolação Soares   +3 more
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KDM7A and KDM1A inhibition suppresses tumour promoting pathways in prostate cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Treatment resistance is a major challenge for patients with advanced prostate cancer. This study examined an alternative approach to target the major prostate cancer‐promoting pathway by targeting epigenetic factors, whose levels are higher in tumours.
Jennie N Jeyapalan, Veronika M Metzler, Simone de Brot, Corinne L Woodcock, Anna E Harris, Jennifer Lothion‐Roy, Emeli M Nilsson, Atara Ntekim, Michael S Toss, Jenny L Persson, Francesca Khani, Brian D Robinson, Lorraine J Gudas, Emad Rakha, David M Heery, Catrin S Rutland, Nigel P Mongan   +16 more
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Racial and ethnic patterns and differences in health care expenditures among Medicare beneficiaries with and without cognitive deficits or Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias

BMC Geriatrics, 2020
Background Numerous studies have documented racial and ethnic differences in the prevalence and incidence of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD).
Sungchul Park, Jie Chen
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Long‐Term Follow‐Up of Chemotherapy‐Associated Biological Aging in Women With Early Breast Cancer

Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.
Women threated with adjuvant chemotherapy for early breast cancer have sustained long‐term increase in p16INK4a,, a robust marker of cell senescence, suggesting a chemotherapy‐associated age acceleration. p16INK4a as well as other biomarkers may identify patients at greatest risk for senescence‐related diseases of aging.
Hyman B. Muss, Alexis C. Wardell, Allison M. Deal, Kirsten A. Nyrop, Allison Ross, Yara G. Abdou, Jeffrey D. Aldrich, Lisa A. Cary, E. Claire Dees, Katherine E. Reeder‐Hayes, Emily M. Ray, Natalia Mitin, Denis Tsygankov   +12 more
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Racial differences in testicular cancer in the United States: descriptive epidemiology

BMC Cancer, 2020
Background Testicular cancer (TC) is the most common malignancy in young adult men, and in many countries the incidence rates of testicular cancer have been increasing since the middle of the twentieth century.
Yang Li, Qi Lu, Yu Wang, Shuangge Ma
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Racial-ethnic disparities in psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States: the role of experienced discrimination and perceived racial bias

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Research on mental health disparities by race-ethnicity in the United States (US) during COVID-19 is limited and has generated mixed results. Few studies have included Asian Americans as a whole or by subgroups in the analysis.
Ming Wen, Lu Shi, Donglan Zhang, Yan Li, Zhuo Chen, Baojiang Chen, Liwei Chen, Lu Zhang, Hongmei Li, Jian Li, Xuesong Han, Dejun Su   +11 more
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Risk Prediction Models for Recurrence After Curative Treatment of Early‐Stage or Locally Advanced Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review

Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.
This systematic review synthesizes prognostic models for survival and recurrence in resected non‐small cell lung cancer. While many models demonstrate moderate to good discrimination, few are externally validated and reporting quality is variable, limiting clinical applicability and highlighting the need for robust, transparent model development ...
Evangeline Samuel, S. Tissera, E. Paul, J. Zalcberg, R. G. Stirling   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source