Peer education as a strategy to promote vaccine acceptance: A randomized controlled trial within New York community healthcare practices.

Background: Effective strategies are needed to improve vaccine acceptance. This study sought to determine if a peer-led vaccine education intervention embedded within community medical practices increases parental acceptance of pediatric pneumococcal conjugate vaccination.

Methods: From March 2022-July 2023, we conducted a randomized trial at three pediatric health practices in predominantly Hasidic Jewish neighborhoods in New York, where vaccine deferral is common.

Highly Purified Microdroplet Liquid Injectable Silicone for the Treatment of Acne Scars in Lighter and Darker Skin Types: A Retrospective Review.

Background: Treatment of acne scarring in darker skin types is fraught with challenges. Highly purified liquid injectable silicone (LIS) is effective in the treatment of acne scars, although its use in darker skin types has yet to be evaluated.

Objective: Retrospective evaluation of the safety and efficacy of highly purified LIS for the treatment of acne scars in lighter and darker skin types.

Phenol-Croton Oil Chemical Peeling Induces Durable Improvement of Constitutional Periorbital Dark Circles.

Background: Constitutional periorbital dark circles (PDC) are common in skin of color and represent a therapeutic challenge.

Objective: To summarize the experience of the International Peeling Society on the safety and effectiveness of deep chemical peeling in the treatment of constitutional PDC.

Materials And Methods: Multi-institutional, retrospective case series (1990-2020) of constitutional PDC treated by deep chemical peeling.

Narrative Ethics, COVID-19, and Flawed Stories.

The bioethics literature has paid little attention to resistance to COVID-19 vaccination, despite the safety and effectiveness of vaccines and the heavy death toll of the virus. A narrative approach to the problem might begin with descriptions of good and bad narratives about vaccination. Bad stories about vaccination tend to be constructed backwards, starting with the desired conclusion (vaccination is dangerous or ineffective) and from that filling in needed "facts" to support the conclusion.

Nisin and Nisin Probiotic Disrupt Oral Pathogenic Biofilms and Restore Their Microbiome Composition towards Healthy Control Levels in a Peri-Implantitis Setting.

Peri-implantitis is characterized by chronic inflammation of the peri-implant supporting tissues that progressively and irreversibly leads to bone loss and, consequently, implant loss. Similar to periodontal disease, oral dysbiosis is thought to be a driver of peri-implantitis. However, managing peri-implantitis with traditional treatment methods, such as nonsurgical debridement or surgery, is not always successful.

Assessing barriers to engagement in a community mental health center using the Psychosocial Assessment Tool (PAT).

Barriers in access to care prevent many individuals from benefiting from mental health services. The purpose of the current project was to assess the effectiveness and utility of incorporating the Psychosocial Assessment Tool (PAT; Kazak et al., 2001) into standard evaluation procedures at a pediatric psychiatry clinic in a diverse urban setting.

Probiotics for periodontal health-Current molecular findings.

Dysbiosis of the oral microbiome is associated with a variety of oral and systemic diseases, including periodontal disease. Oral dysbiosis in periodontal disease leads to an exacerbated host immune response that induces progressive periodontal tissue destruction and ultimately tooth loss. To counter the disease-associated dysbiosis of the oral cavity, strategies have been proposed to reestablish a "healthy" microbiome via the use of probiotics.

Chemical Peels as Field Therapy for Actinic Keratoses: A Systematic Review.

Background: Actinic keratoses (AKs) are a common premalignant cutaneous neoplasm and can progress to squamous cell carcinoma. A variety of treatment options are available for field therapy of diffuse AKs.

Objective: This review systematically analyzes the use of chemical peels for treatment of AKs.