Publications by authors named "J M Gore"
Purpose: To study clinical features, anatomical and visual outcomes in eyes having rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RD) as the presenting feature of acute retinal necrosis (ARN).
Materials And Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients with ARN (active/healed) and concomitant RD at the presenting visit.
Results: The median age of patients was 36 years, with a male preponderance (9:1).
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- The study evaluated the effects of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) on tumor recurrence and survival outcomes in patients with ESRD and early-stage UC, using data from the Chang-Gung Research Database in Taiwan.
- Results showed that ESA use did not significantly impact bladder recurrence-free survival, cancer-specific survival, or overall survival in non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) and localized UTUC, but there was a noted risk of contralateral recurrence in UTUC patients
Ecosystem stability relies on diversity difference between trophic levels.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
December 2024
The stability of ecological communities has a profound impact on humans, ranging from individual health influenced by the microbiome to ecosystem services provided by fisheries. A long-standing goal of ecology is the elucidation of the interplay between biodiversity and ecosystem stability, with some ecologists warning of instability due to loss of species diversity while others arguing that greater diversity will instead lead to instability. Here, by considering a minimal two-level ecosystem with multiple predator and prey species, we show that stability does not depend on absolute diversity but rather on diversity differences between levels.
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- A study analyzed hospital transfers for older adults (65+) from 2008 to 2019, finding that over 11% of these transfers were potentially avoidable, meaning patients often did not receive necessary care post-transfer.
- Conditions most linked to avoidable transfers included transient cerebral ischemia, nonspecific chest pain, and syncope, with those conditions showing significantly higher rates of avoidability compared to other diagnoses.
- Factors influencing avoidable transfers included patient demographics (like being 85+ years old, female, or non-White) as well as characteristics of the hospitals involved, such as their size and profit status.
Black individuals are less likely to be treated for prostate cancer even though they are more than twice as likely to die compared to White individuals. The complex causes of these inequities are influenced by social and structural factors, including racism, which contribute to the differential delivery of care. This study investigates how factors related to the location of where individuals live and receive care affect treatment inequities for prostate cancer between Black and White individuals.
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