Impacts of zero-fare transit policy on health and social determinants: protocol for a natural experiment study.

Population-level efforts are needed to increase levels of physical activity and healthy eating to reduce and manage chronic diseases such as obesity, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes. Interventions to increase public transit use may be one promising strategy, particularly for low-income communities or populations of color who are disproportionately burdened by health disparities and transportation barriers. This study employs a natural experiment design to evaluate the impacts of a citywide zero-fare transit policy in Kansas City, Missouri, on ridership and health indicators.

Hypocalcemia and Hypoparathyroidism Associated With Critical Illness and Aplastic Anemia.

Background/objective: Severe hypocalcemia is common in critically ill patients. There are different mechanisms. To our knowledge, there are no data about the acute presentation of hypocalcemia at the time of diagnosis of aplastic anemia (AA).

Examination of eating competence in a geo-diverse sample with metabolic syndrome.

Eating competence (EatC) is an intra-individual approach to eating attitudes and behaviors associated with greater well-being. EatC research has not included persons with confirmed metabolic syndrome (MetS). Therefore, EatC of persons with MetS was explored to identify unique associations and inform implementation of MetS lifestyle interventions using baseline data from a multisite, randomized trial of a 2-year lifestyle intervention with MetS.

Association between frailty and sleep quality in people living with multiple sclerosis and obesity: An observational cross-sectional study.

Background: A majority of the people with multiple sclerosis (pwMS) experience sleep disturbances. Frailty is also common in pwMS. The geriatric literature strongly suggests that frailty is associated with worse sleep outcomes in community-dwelling older adults, but this association has yet to be explored among pwMS.