Publications by authors named "D A Riley"
Introduction: To address the cervical cancer burden globally, the World Health Organization and European Union released strategies to facilitate HPV-related cancers prevention, including cervical cancer elimination. This research assessed European country level readiness to achieve cervical cancer elimination by adhering to such strategies.
Areas Covered: Readiness for cervical cancer elimination was assessed across a range of guiding questions relevant to three defined key domains: vaccination, screening, and treatment, each with two sub-domains focusing on decision making and implementation efforts.
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- SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists are diabetes treatments that may also lower the risk of pneumonia and severe sepsis in type 2 diabetes patients.
- A study using electronic medical records analyzed the effects of these drugs versus traditional glucose-lowering therapies and found significant reductions in pneumonia and sepsis risk.
- The findings suggest that both treatments could improve overall health outcomes beyond glucose control, but more research is needed to understand their full impact.
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- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is linked to higher rates of liver and obesity-related cancers, prompting researchers to investigate the protective effects of aspirin and other anti-platelet drugs on these cancers.
- A study analyzed medical records of adults with NAFLD to compare the cancer incidence between those taking antiplatelet medication for at least a year versus those who weren't, following them for five years.
- Results indicated that antiplatelet use significantly lowered the risk of obesity-related cancers, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), breast, pancreatic, and colorectal cancers, with aspirin alone showing a major decrease in HCC incidence.
As the amygdala is associated with fear and anxiety, it is important to determine the potential effects of gestational stressors on behavior and stress responses in offspring. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of prenatal transportation stress on amygdala gene expression in 25-day-old Brahman calves, focusing on sex-specific differences. Amygdala tissue samples from prenatally stressed (PNS) and control bull and heifer calves were analyzed using RNA sequencing.
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- Generalist arthropod predators play a key role in controlling pest populations in agriculture, and successful pest management relies on using insecticides that don’t harm these natural enemies.
- In a study, researchers tested the effects of two insecticides, cyantraniliprole and pyriproxyfen, on two predator species and whitefly nymphs in both lab and field settings.
- While pyriproxyfen had little effect on the predators, cyantraniliprole reduced survivorship and prey consumption in lab conditions, though in the field, predator access was more crucial in controlling whitefly populations than the impact of insecticides.