Pelvic Floor Disorders Among Minority Women: Differences in Prevalence, Severity and Health-Related Social Needs.

Objective: To characterize prevalence and severity of pelvic floor disorders (PFDs) in various health care settings and to examine unmet health-related social needs (HRSN) among minority women.

Materials And Methods: Minority women with PFDs were recruited from our academic urogynecology clinic, a general urology clinic at our institution's safety net hospital, and a community outreach mobile clinic. Questions from the Urinary Distress Index-6, Pelvic Organ Prolapse Distress Inventory-6, and Female Genitourinary Pain Index were used to identify patients with stress urinary incontinence, overactive bladder (OAB), and chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS).

A Mini-Review of Strategies for Recruiting Older African Americans to Alzheimer's Disease Research.

African Americans experience higher incidence and prevalence of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Yet, they continue to be underrepresented in AD research, limiting the ability to generalize findings to the increasingly diverse US population. To reduce AD disparities, targeted efforts are needed to increase the representation of African Americans in AD research.

Genotypic analysis of the female BPH/5 mouse, a model of superimposed preeclampsia.

Animal models that recapitulate human diseases and disorders are widely used to investigate etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of those conditions in people. Disorders during pregnancy are particularly difficult to explore as interventions in pregnant women are not easily performed. Therefore, models that allow for pre-conception investigations are advantageous for elucidating the mechanisms involved in adverse pregnancy outcomes that are responsible for both maternal and fetal morbidity, such as preeclampsia.

Cardio-Dance Exercise to Improve Cognition and Mood in Older African Americans: A Propensity-Matched Cohort Study.

The current study sought to determine the influence of initial sleep quality and body mass index on the cognitive and mood outcomes of a community-based cardio-dance exercise program. Thirty-two older African Americans who participated in a 5-month cardio-dance exercise program were propensity-matched to 32 no-contact controls. Participants completed neuropsychological tests of attention, executive function, and memory and a self-reported depression measure at baseline and post-test.