Reproductive Considerations in the Transgender and Gender Diverse Population: A Review.

Many transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals will be considering gender-affirming treatments during their reproductive lifespan. These medically necessary treatments have a negative impact on reproductive potential. All TGD individuals should be counseled regarding fertility.

The effects of age, mature oocyte number, and cycle number on cumulative live birth rates after planned oocyte cryopreservation.

Purpose: To examine the effects of age, mature oocyte number, and cycle number on cumulative live birth rates after planned oocyte cryopreservation (OC), with the goal of developing a patient counselling tool.

Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study of all patients with ≥ 1 autologous oocyte thaw at our university-affiliated fertility center before 12/31/2023. Patients were included if they (1) had a live birth or ongoing pregnancy > 12 weeks from OC, or (2) used all oocytes and euploid/untested embryos from OC.

Laparoscopic removal of bilateral uterine remnants for symptomatic unilateral leiomyomas in a patient with Müllerian agenesis.

Objective: To our knowledge, we present the first video demonstration of the laparoscopic removal of bilateral uterine remnants for symptomatic unilateral leiomyomas in a patient with Müllerian agenesis.

Design: A video case report.

Setting: An academic medical center.

Fifteen years of autologous oocyte thaw outcomes from a large university-based fertility center.

Objective: To review the outcomes of patients who underwent autologous oocyte thaw after planned oocyte cryopreservation.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Large urban university-affiliated fertility center.

Risky decision-making strategies mediate the relationship between amygdala activity and real-world financial savings among individuals from lower income households: A pilot study.

Lower financial savings among individuals experiencing adverse social determinants of health (SDoH) increases vulnerabilities during times of crisis. SDoH including low socioeconomic status (low-SES) influence cognitive abilities as well as health and life outcomes that may perpetuate poverty and disparities. Despite evidence suggesting a role for financial growth in minimizing SDoH-related disparities and vulnerabilities, neurobiological mechanisms linked with financial behavior remain to be elucidated.

Questioning Racial and Gender Bias in AI-based Recommendations: Do Espoused National Cultural Values Matter?

One realm of AI, recommender systems have attracted significant research attention due to concerns about its devastating effects to society's most vulnerable and marginalised communities. Both media press and academic literature provide compelling evidence that AI-based recommendations help to perpetuate and exacerbate racial and gender biases. Yet, there is limited knowledge about the extent to which individuals might question AI-based recommendations when perceived as biased.

Differences in breast cancer outcomes amongst Black US-born and Caribbean-born immigrants.

Background: There are few studies that directly investigate disparities in outcome within the African diaspora in the US. We investigated the association between nativity of Black women diagnosed with breast cancer (Caribbean or USA place of birth) and ethnicity, age at diagnosis, treatment, tumor characteristics and outcome.

Methods: The data were obtained from the University of Miami Health System, and Jackson Health System.

Acute toxicity and bioaccumulation of pesticide Diazinon in red tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x Mossambicus albina).

Young red tilapias were exposed for 96 h to each one of 6 concentrations of the pesticide Diazinon in order to determine the pesticide's acute toxicity level. After the ascertaining the lethal concentration (LC50) at 96 h, a level 10 times lower was selected for the bioaccumulation study of the pesticide in male and female specimens exposed for 9 days. The elimination process was carried out for 10 days beginning right after the conclusion of the accumulation process.