Sharing Overdose Data Across State Agencies to Inform Public Health Strategies: A Case Study.

Data sharing and analysis are important components of coordinated and cost-effective public health strategies. However, legal and policy barriers have made data from different agencies difficult to share and analyze for policy development. To address a rise in overdose deaths, Maryland used an innovative and focused approach to bring together data on overdose decedents across multiple agencies.

Block copolymers for the rational design of self-forming postsurgical adhesion barriers.

Post-surgical adhesions, abnormal fibrous linkages between adjacent tissue surfaces, represent one of the most common and significant complications facing surgical recovery today. Physical barriers and gels have been the most successful at limiting their formation, yet are not effective in cases where the pro-adhesive site is either unknown or difficult to reach (e.g.