Navigating payment and policy barriers to gender-affirming care for transmasculine individuals: A qualitative study and policy assessment.

Over the past decade, access to and insurance coverage for gender-affirming medical and surgical treatment for transgender (trans) individuals in the U.S. has improved.

Downhill: a new rehabilitation frontier. A systematic review of the literature.

In the last few years, we have seen the gradual spread of a new treadmill training modality, which involves walking not on the flat but downhill, also known as "downhill". This review aims to qualitatively assess the efficacy of downhill treatment on different patient populations and outline treatment routes for future efficacy studies. We searched five different databases: MEDLINE, SCOPUS, Web of Science, PEDro, and LILACS for studies to include.

Nutraceuticals and Supplements in Management of Prediabetes and Diabetes.

Dysglycemia is a condition preceding diabetes mellitus. The two situations inherent in this condition are called impaired fasting glucose (IFG) and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT). If one of these situations is found in the patient, after the advice of an appropriate diet and physical activity, the addition of nutraceuticals or supplements can be considered, which can stop or delay the progression to diabetes mellitus over time.

Phase Characterization and Bioactivity Evaluation of Nucleic Acid-Encapsulated Biomimetically Mineralized ZIF-8.

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) provide diverse applications across a wide range of scientific disciplines, including drug/nucleic acid (NA) delivery. In the subclass of MOFs, zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) is well regarded due to its exceptional physicochemical properties. Biomolecules can be encapsulated and released under precise conditions within ZIF, making it an important material for materials science and biomedical applications.