Publications by authors named "M Forney"
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- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)-associated spondyloarthritis (SpA) is a common but complex condition that needs better understanding and management strategies.
- For diagnosing IBD-associated peripheral SpA (IBD-pSpA), collaboration with rheumatology is crucial for evaluating symptoms, physical exams, and imaging.
- Treatment should start with addressing the underlying IBD activity and may include advanced therapies, with a similar collaborative approach recommended for diagnosing and managing axial SpA (IBD-axSpA), using targeted medications as necessary.
Vertebral body enhancement is occasionally seen on postcontrast CT imaging in the absence of osseous pathology. This enhancement can mimic sclerotic osseous metastatic disease, leading to a diagnostic dilemma for radiologists and increasing the chance of misinterpretation. Existing literature has focused on the association between this enhancement and concomitant central venous system obstruction.
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- Endometriosis predominantly affects individuals assigned female at birth, with the primary symptom being pain, often linked to nerve involvement in the condition.* -
- Pelvic nerves, like the sciatic and pudendal nerves, can be affected, making detailed imaging techniques like high-resolution MRI crucial for identifying nerve entrapment.* -
- Early detection of nerve involvement is vital to prevent lasting damage and complications, emphasizing the need for radiologists to evaluate and report on affected pelvic nerves during imaging.*
Obesity is a growing problem defined as a body mass index of greater than 30 kg/m. It is predicted that by 2030, 48.9% of adults will be classified as obese which expands surgical risk factors to a broad population while increasing healthcare costs at the same time in different socioeconomic groups.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMental and Physical Health, Psychosocial Maturity, and Desistance in Young Adulthood.
J Dev Life Course Criminol
February 2023
Recent theoretical and empirical work has drawn increased attention to the role that mental and physical health can play in promoting life-course success and desistance from crime. This study integrates literature on youth development with the health-based desistance framework to investigate a key developmental pathway through which health influences desistance among system-involved youth. Using multiple waves of data from the Pathways to Desistance Study, the current study uses generalized structural equation modeling to examine whether and to what extent mental and physical health influence offending and substance use directly and indirectly through psychosocial maturity.
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