Publications by authors named "H Wojcik"
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- Fever is crucial for defending against infections, but individual responses can vary due to factors like sex and previous health history.
- The studies aimed to explore whether adolescent alcohol misuse affects fever severity in rats after exposure to a viral mimic (poly I:C).
- Results showed minimal sex differences in fever sensitivity, but rats with a history of alcohol misuse exhibited heightened fever responses and increased immune response markers when exposed to poly I:C.
Introduction: Wilms Tumor (WT), or nephroblastoma, is the most common pediatric kidney cancer. Most WTs display a "favorable" triphasic histology, in which the tumor is comprised of blastemal, stromal, and epithelial cell types. Blastemal predominance after neoadjuvant chemotherapy or diffuse anaplasia ("unfavorable" histology; 5-8%) portend a worse prognosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study measured mental health disparities in a Bronx, New York sample of frontline health care workers collected May-July, 2020, during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using survey data ( = 741), we compared demographics, COVID-19 stressors, and adverse mental health outcomes between sexual and gender minority (SGM, = 102) and non-SGM ( = 639) health care workers through chi-square/Kruskal-Wallis tests, crude/adjusted odds, and prevalence ratios. SGM frontline health care workers had significantly higher depression, anxiety, impact of COVID-19, and psychological distress.
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- First exposure to alcohol often occurs prenatally or during adolescence, leading to a higher risk of Alcohol Use Disorders (AUD) and related health issues later in life.
- Prenatal Alcohol Exposure (PAE) and binge drinking in early adolescence are linked to negative long-term effects on immune function, emphasizing the need for comprehensive studies on their impacts.
- The review highlights the importance of understanding the Central Nervous System's role in immune responses and urges for a holistic approach to studying alcohol's effects on the entire organism's immune function.
To close gaps in transgender health research, we mapped trends in gender affirmation processes (i.e., social, legal, and psychological transitions) that are unique among nonbinary (NB) transgender adults when compared with transgender women (TW) and transgender men (TM).
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