Quality and Readability of Hearing Aid-Related Websites in English and Spanish.

Objective:  To determine the readability and quality of both English and Spanish Web sites for the topic of hearing aids.

Study Design:  Cross-sectional Web site analysis.

Setting:  Various online search engines.

Effects of statin use on serum creatinine phosphokinase levels in normal thyroid function.

Background/aims: Statins are common lipid-lowering agents used in dyslipidemia. However, they increase serum creatinine phosphokinase (CPK) levels. Currently, there are no studies on the effect of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels on CPK levels after statin administration.

Hyaluronic Acid-Bilirubin Nanoparticles as a Tumor Microenvironment Reactive Oxygen Species-Responsive Nanomedicine for Targeted Cancer Therapy.

Introduction: The tumor microenvironment (TME) has attracted considerable attention as a potential therapeutic target for cancer. High levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the TME may act as a stimulus for drug release. In this study, we have developed ROS-responsive hyaluronic acid-bilirubin nanoparticles (HABN) loaded with doxorubicin (DOX@HABN) for the specific delivery and release of DOX in tumor tissue.

Tools for telehealth: A correlational analysis of app-based hearing testing.

Objective: Telehealth evaluation of hearing is rapidly evolving; however, the lack of consensus on the most accurate remote hearing test application has made hearing evaluation complicated. The objective of this study was to evaluate the correlation between the pure tone audiometry results obtained from app-based hearing testing programs and a traditional audiogram.

Methods: A prospective within-subject and between-subject study design was used to correlate audiogram results between app-based hearing programs and a traditional audiogram.