Journey to the other side of the brain: asymmetry in patients with chronic mild or moderate traumatic brain injury.

Aim: Patients with chronic mild or moderate traumatic brain injury have some regions of brain atrophy (including cerebral white matter) but even more regions of abnormal brain enlargement (including other cerebral regions).

Hypothesis: Ipsilateral injury and atrophy cause the eventual development of contralateral compensatory hypertrophy.

Materials & Methods: 50 patients with mild or moderate traumatic brain injury were compared to 80 normal controls (n = 80) with respect to MRI brain volume asymmetry.

Fertility preservation practices for female oncofertility differ significantly across the USA: results of a survey of SREI members.

Purpose: The field of oncofertility has maintained an important focus on improving access, yet standardized practices are lacking. To assess how female cancer patients are provided oncofertility care, we sought to determine provider-level differences and whether there are physician or practice characteristics that predict these variations.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was sent to SREI members.

Inpatient link to peer recovery coaching: Results from a pilot randomized control trial.

Background: Few individuals hospitalized with Substance Use Disorder (SUD) complications participate in recovery support services after discharge. Peer recovery coaching represents one potential new method for promoting recovery.

Methods: A six-month prospective randomized controlled trial compared outcomes between the standard of care and a physician-initiated recovery coaching intervention.

Dispensable Amino Acids, except Glutamine and Proline, Are Ideal Nitrogen Sources for Protein Synthesis in the Presence of Adequate Indispensable Amino Acids in Adult Men.

Background: Nutritionally, there is a dietary requirement for indispensable amino acids (IAAs) but also a requirement for nitrogen (N) intake for the de novo synthesis of the dispensable amino acids (DAAs). It has been suggested that there might be a dietary requirement for specific DAAs.

Objectives: Experiment 1 tested whether 9 of the DAAs (Ala, Arg, Asn, Asp, Gln, Glu, Gly, Pro, Ser) are ideal N sources using the indicator amino acid oxidation (IAAO) technique.

Patients with chronic mild or moderate traumatic brain injury have abnormal brain enlargement.

Much less is known about brain volume abnormalities in patients with chronic mild or moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI) compared with patients with more severe injury. Commercially available software methods including NeuroQuant® are being used increasingly to assess MRI brain volume in patients with TBI. 50 patients with mild or moderate TBI were compared to the NeuroQuant® normal control database ( = thousands) with respect to MRI brain volume.

Medical or surgical treatment before embryo transfer improves outcomes in women with abnormal endometrial BCL6 expression.

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of medical or surgical treatment prior to embryo transfer in women with elevated endometrial BCL6 expression and suspected endometriosis in a prospective, cohort study design at a university-associated infertility clinic.

Methods: All subjects had at least 1 year of unexplained infertility (UI) and each prospectively underwent endometrial biopsy and immunostaining for the oncogene BCL6, prior to embryo transfer during an assisted reproductive technology (ART) cycle. To be included, subjects had to have an abnormal BCL6 result, defined by elevated HSCORE ≥ 1.

NeuroQuant® and NeuroGage® reveal effects of traumatic brain injury on brain volume.

This report describes the case of a 58-year-old man with moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI) and pre-accident brain disorders who had multiple persistent neuropsychiatric symptoms. NeuroQuant® 2.0 and NeuroGage® 2.

The importance of benthos in weight of evidence sediment assessments--a case study.

Sediment quality in a Texas reservoir subject to point and non-point sources of contaminants was assessed using the Sediment Quality Triad weight of evidence approach. Fifteen stations were sampled plus a reference station which, unfortunately, comprised a different habitat type than the other 15 stations. Accordingly, standard comparisons between reference and exposed stations were inappropriate.

Nursing students' perceptions of clients undergoing elective cosmetic surgery.

Aesthetic obsession is commonplace in current society. Supermarket a isles dedicated to beauty products, makeup, and anti-aging creams seem to expand daily. Television and publications flood the public with messages of what constitutes beauty and how to achieve the ideal.