Multidetector Computed Tomography Perfusion in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas: Evaluation of a Dose Reduction Strategy.

 Computed tomography perfusion (CTp), a useful technique in oncology, is not widely utilized due to the high radiation dose delivered from it. It involves scanning the region of interest every second for 50 seconds following intravenous contrast administration. Doubling sampling interval (SI) to 2 seconds will half the radiation dose, but may impact its effectiveness, which needs to be evaluated.

Intersectional Antiracist Advocacy Practice in Health Care Organizations.

Health care organizations, like individuals, can evolve to become antiracist and promote racial equity within and beyond the organization. In this brief article, we introduce an intersectional antiracist advocacy practice framework applicable to health care organizations that seek restorative and transformative change, as well as participation in social and economic justice action. Becoming an antiracist organization requires an acknowledgment that no organization is impervious to racist and other oppressive ideologies.

"We Experience What They Experience": Black Nurses' and Community Health Workers' Reflections on Providing Culturally Specific Perinatal Health Care.

Introduction: Black perinatal health workers are part of a tradition of Black people fighting for the well-being of Black communities. The purpose of this article is to better understand the unique experiences of these professionals.

Method: Descriptive qualitative research was used to understand Black providers' experiences in a culturally specific perinatal public health program.

Postprandial endothelial dysfunction and CIMT after oral fat challenge in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with and without macrovascular disease - A preliminary study.

Background: Very few studies have reported on association of postprandial lipids and endothelial dysfunction among patients with diabetes. Whether endothelial dysfunction particularly postprandial FMD is worse in patients with T2DM with macrovascular disease compared to those without and whether this difference is related to postprandial hypertriglyceridemia (PPHTg) is unclear. Therefore, present study was aimed to assess the relationship between PPHTg and endothelial function in patients with T2DM with and without macrovascular disease.

Centering a pedagogy of care in the pandemic.

This essay is a reflexive account of my experience of teaching a social justice course during the pandemic. Specifically, I reflect on how centering a pedagogy of care within the course provided a framework for me to be responsive to student needs while also disrupting dominant culture and neoliberal forces in academia. In particular, I highlight sharing power and co-creating meaning, community care, and use of creativity and mindfulness as disruptions to dominant paradigms that I employed in my class that were impactful in the context of the pandemic.