Acceptability of heart rate-based remote monitoring of smoking status.

Introduction: Digital interventions present a scalable solution to overcome barriers to smoking cessation treatment, and changes in resting heart rate (HR) may offer a viable option for monitoring smoking status remotely. The goal of this study was to explore the acceptability of using smartphone cameras and activity trackers to measure heart rate for use in a smoking cessation intervention.

Methods: Participants (N=410), most of whom identified as female (75.

Clinical Characteristics and Quality of Life in Adults Initiating Medical Marijuana Treatment.

Introduction: Despite the rising availability and use of medical marijuana (MM) in the USA, little is known about the demographics, clinical characteristics, or quality of life of MM patients. This study describes the demographic characteristics and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of MM patients who are initiating treatment in Pennsylvania.

Methods: Two-hundred adults naive to MM and referred for any of the 23 state-approved qualifying conditions were recruited at three MM dispensaries in Pennsylvania between September 2020 and March 2021.

Titration of inhaled human insulin (Exubera) in a treat-to-target regimen for patients with type 2 diabetes.

Objective: This study assessed the feasibility of safely achieving target glycated hemoglobin (A1C) of < or =7% by intensifying structured insulin titration regimens using inhaled human insulin (Exubera [EXU] [Pfizer Inc., New York, NY] [insulin human (recombinant DNA origin)] inhalation powder) in patients with type 2 diabetes inadequately controlled on combination oral antidiabetes agents (OADs).

Methods: In a randomized, open-label, parallel, 24-week multicenter trial, 107 type 2 diabetes patients with mean baseline A1C of 8.

Glycemic exposure is affected favorably by inhaled human insulin (Exubera) as compared with subcutaneous insulin glargine (Lantus) in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Background: The objective was to compare the effects on glycemia of adding either inhaled human insulin (Exubera [EXU] [insulin human (recombinant DNA origin) inhalational powder]) or subcutaneous insulin glargine (GLA) to the treatment regimens of patients with type 2 diabetes uncontrolled with oral antidiabetic drugs.

Methods: Forty patients were randomized to receive either EXU three times daily prior to meals or subcutaneous GLA once daily in a crossover design. Interstitial glucose concentrations were monitored using a continuous glucose monitoring system (CGMS) for the final 72-h period of 8 treatment days.

Nutritional rickets with normal circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D: a call for reexamining the role of dietary calcium intake in North American infants.

The incidence of nutritional rickets appears to be increasing in North American infants and toddlers; it is widely assumed that this is due to vitamin D deficiency. Thus, records of 43 children with nutritional rickets from greater New Haven, Connecticut, from 1986-2002 were identified. The mean age of presentation was 20 months; 86% were of African-American, Hispanic, or Middle Eastern descent.