Addressing Substance Use and Misuse in East Texas: Stakeholder-Driven Needs and Priorities.

Background-This project sought to assess needs, perceived challenges, and priorities regarding substance use disorder (SUD) in East Texas and develop a community-driven research agenda to address those challenges. Methods-Data were gathered through nine focus-group discussions (FGDs) with stakeholders: people living with SUD, families, medical providers, counselors, representatives of community-based organizations, and law enforcement officers. We asked participants how substance use manifests in their communities, which challenges they confronted in coping with substance use and misuse, and in which order their needs should be prioritized.

Therapeutic Use of Acetaminophen and Light to Moderate Alcohol: Are There Early Disparate Risks for Kidney Disease?

Acetaminophen (APAP) is the most common medication taken in the United States. Using the 2003-2004 U.S.

Coronary artery bypass grafting in a patient with active idiopathic cryoglobulinemia: revisiting the issue.

Background: Cryoglobulinemia is a cold-reactive autoimmune disease. It is of distinctive importance in cardiac surgery because of the use of hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Cryoglobulins, which activate at variable levels of hypothermia, can cause precipitation during surgery leading to possibly severe leukocytoclastic or necrotizing vasculitis, clinically manifested as ischemic events, such as cutaneous ulcerations, glomerulonephritis, arthritis, or peripheral neuropathies among the most reported associated comorbidities.