Publications by authors named "Ashley Wallace Wu"
Evaluating the Scope of Services and Monetary Impact of Charity Medical Clinics in North Texas.
J Prim Care Community Health
November 2024
Introduction/objectives: The cost of medical services is a major barrier to healthcare accessibility for underserved populations in the United States. Community charity medical clinics help address this disparity by providing free or reduced-cost care for the medically underinsured; however, their economic and public health contributions are unknown. The objective of this study was to evaluate the scope of services and monetary impact of 4 community charity medical clinics in North Texas, with one of the largest medically underinsured populations in the United States.
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- - Lead is a harmful substance that mainly impacts children’s developing brains, yet there's little information on how it transfers through breastmilk and its long-term effects.
- - A case study shows a breastfeeding mother and her baby had fluctuating blood lead levels, with the mother’s only previous lead exposure occurring before pregnancy.
- - The study emphasizes that the baby’s lead exposure likely came from the mother during pregnancy and breastfeeding, pointing to the need for better models to understand how lead transfers through breastmilk.
Objective: To discuss the diagnosis and management of paraprotein interference in the setting of multiple myeloma (MM).
Methods: We discuss the evaluation of hypophosphatemia in a patient with MM and present a review of the relevant literature.
Results: Our patient, who had a history of MM, was found to have persistently undetectable serum phosphate which did not respond to aggressive phosphate replacement.