Ovarian Stem Cells for Women's Infertility: State of the Art.

Today, women's infertility is considered a social disease in females, occurring not only as an effect of POF (premature ovarian failure) but also as CTRI (cancer treatment-related infertility) in oncologic patients. Several procedures for FP (fertility preservation) are currently adopted to prevent this condition, mostly based on utilization of retrieved eggs from the patients with subsequent IVF (in vitro fertilization) or cryopreservation. However, great interest has recently been devoted to OSCs (ovarian stem cells), whose isolation from female ovaries, followed by their in vitro culture, led to their maturation to OLCs (oocyte-like cells), namely, neo-oocytes comparable to viable eggs suitable for IVF.

What Explains Inequalities in Telehealth Utilization Among North Carolina Medicaid Beneficiaries?

Increased availability of telehealth can improve access to health care. However, there is evidence of persistent disparities in telehealth usage, as well as among people from minoritized racial and ethnic groups and rural residents. The objective of our work was to explore the degree to which disparities in telehealth use for behavioral health (BH) and musculoskeletal (MSK) related services during the COVID-19 pandemic are explained by observed beneficiary- and area-level characteristics.

Telehealth Utilization Among Adult Medicaid Beneficiaries in North Carolina with Behavioral Health Conditions During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Objective: We examined factors associated with telehealth utilization during COVID-19 among adult Medicaid beneficiaries with behavioral health conditions.

Data Sources And Study Setting: NC Medicaid 2019-2021 beneficiary and claims data.

Study Design: This retrospective cohort study examined and compared behavioral health service use pre-COVID-19 (03/01/2019 to 02/28/2020) and during COVID-19 (04/01/2020 to 03/31/2021).

Enhanced Primary Care for People With Serious Mental Illness: A Propensity Weighted Cohort Study.

People with serious mental illness (SMI) have high rates of cardiometabolic illness, receive low quality care, and experience poor outcomes. Nevertheless, studies of existing integrated care models have not consistently shown improvements in cardiometabolic health for people with SMI. This study assessed the effect of a novel model of enhanced primary care for people with SMI on cardiometabolic outcomes.

Association Between Racial Segregation and COVID-19 Vaccination Rates.

Objective: To examine the association between county-level Black-White residential segregation and COVID-19 vaccination rates.

Design: Observational cross-sectional study using multivariable generalized linear models with state fixed effects to estimate the average marginal effects of segregation on vaccination rates.

Setting: National analysis of county-level vaccination rates.