Mimicking the Architecture and Dissolution Chemistry of Cancellous Bone Tissue to Optimize the Biocompatibility of Bioactive Scaffolds.

Synthesis of mechanically stable porous scaffolds with an architecture analogous to cancellous bone tissue poses significant challenges to bioactive glass (BG) based scaffolds. This is primarily due to densification and crystallization of the BG's during heat treatment. This study presents a modified BG series (42SiO-xTiO-24NaO-21CaO-13PO, where x = 8 and 16 TiO).

Self-Compassion in Adolescents and Young Adults With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Relationship of Self-Compassion to Psychosocial and Physical Outcomes.

Background: Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at an increased risk for poor physical and mental health due to the complexity of pediatric onset IBD and the unique developmental challenges of this period of life. Self-compassion is increasingly recognized as having an important role in explaining health outcomes and well-being across a range of populations. This study examines the relationship between self-compassion and psychosocial and physical health outcomes in AYAs with IBD.

Radioactive iodine treatment for Graves' hyperthyroidism: incidence of Graves orbitopathy.

Purpose: There are limited recent data on the effect of radioactive iodine (RAI) for Graves' disease on Graves' orbitopathy (GO) development or reactivation. This audit investigates the GO incidence in patients with Graves' disease after RAI treatment, and explores risk factors present, and steroid prophylaxis use.

Methods: A retrospective audit of Graves' disease patients treated with RAI over a 5-year period.

Investigating the structure, solubility, and antibacterial properties of silver- and copper-doped hydroxyapatite.

Hydroxyapatite (HA) powders were synthesized by the wet precipitation method in which two experimental compositions were synthesized (10 mol% Ag-HA and Cu-HA) where the CaNO content was partially substituted with AgNO and Cu(NO ) . X-ray diffraction (XRD) was employed to characterize changes to the HA structure as the dopants (Cu , Ag ) were incorporated into the materials structure. Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) determined confirmed the compositions and found that the Ca/P ratio was 1.

Synthesis, Processing and the Effect of Thermal Treatment on the Solubility, Antioxidant Potential and Cytocompatibility of Y2O3 and CeO2 doped SiO2-SrO-Na2O Glass-Ceramics.

Thermal treatment of a 0.52SiO-0.24SrO-0.