Treatment of portal vein thrombosis in cirrhosis is associated with no survival advantage: a retrospective controlled study.

Background And Aims: Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is associated with increased mortality post-transplant, but treatment of the clot is not definitively associated with improvement in mortality. We aimed to assess the effect of anticoagulation (AC), transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS), or best supportive care only (SCO) as treatment options in patients with PVT and cirrhosis.

Methods: This was a retrospective controlled cohort study from a large urban health system.

Engagement with nature and proinflammatory biology.

Background: Prior evidence indicates that contact with nature improves physical health, but data explicitly linking engagement with nature to biological processes are limited.

Design: Leveraging survey and biomarker data from 1,244 adults (mean age = 54.50 years, range = 34-84 years) from the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS II) study, we examined associations between nature engagement, operationalized as the frequency of pleasant nature encounters, and systemic inflammation.

Adolescents' proxy reports on obesity-related parenting practices: factorial validity and reliability across four behavioral domains.

Background: Adolescents' energy balance behaviors are precursors to obesity shaped by the practices or strategies that many parents implement. Although key stakeholders to their families, adolescents are rarely considered to report on these obesity-related parenting practices. The aim of this study is to assess the factorial and predictive validity of adolescents' proxy-report of parents' obesity-related parenting across four behavioral domains.