Soft palate angle and basihyoid depth increase with tongue size and with body condition score in horses.

Background: Obesity has been associated with human obstructive sleep apnoea and canine brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome. The effect of body condition score (BCS) on structures of the oropharynx, nasopharynx and upper airway of the horse has not been investigated.

Objectives: To investigate the effect of BCS on tongue measurements, soft palate angle and basihyoid depth in horses.

Left out in the cold - inequity in infectious disease control due to cold chain disparity.

Vaccines and diagnostic tools stand out as among the most influential advancements in public health, credited with averting an estimated 6 million deaths annually and substantially alleviating the burden of infectious disease. Despite this progress, the global imperative to prevent, detect, and combat infectious disease persists. Regrettably, hundreds of thousands of lives are still lost due to inadequate access to vaccines and diagnostics.

Determinants associated with receiving a medical appointment through the Primary Care Access Points for unattached adults in Quebec: A cross-sectional study.

Canada is experiencing an unprecedented primary care crisis, with 6.5 million Canadians reporting lacking a family physician, including 31% of the Quebec population. To address this problem, the province of Quebec implemented Primary Care Access Points (GAPs) to help unattached patients navigate and access primary care services while awaiting attachment.

Inflammatory Waldenström Macroglobulinemia is associated with clonal hematopoiesis: a multicentric cohort.

Inflammation in Waldenström Macroglobulinemia (iWM) predicts outcomes after immuno-chemotherapy and BTK inhibitors, but its origin is unknown. Here, we unravel increased clonal hematopoiesis in iWM patients (61% versus 23% in non-inflammatory WM), suggesting a contribution of environmental cells to iWM.