Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Contraception, Pregnancy, and Pregnancy Termination Rates.

Objective: To investigate the effects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and its elimination of cost sharing on contraception utilization, pregnancy rates, and abortion rates.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study within a health care system serving more than 4.5 million insured members across 21 medical centers and 250 clinics.

Does candidate race influence simulated patient ratings in standardised assessments of clinical practice? A single-blinded randomised study in UK medical schools.

Objectives: Standardisation of medical examinations involves minimising assessor stereotyping and bias for a fair process. This study aimed to determine whether being a non-white candidate affected scoring by simulated patients, compared with a white candidate, at three different performance grades in the same history-taking station.

Design: Single-blinded, video-based, randomised study.

Fat droplets in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) spaces of the brain.

It is rare to find free floating fat droplets in the cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) spaces of the brain. When fat droplets are seen in the CSF spaces, the most common cause is the rupture of a dermoid cyst. Dermoid cysts are congenital inclusion cysts that form during the neural tube closure between the third and fifth weeks of embryogenesis.

Post-Telemedicine Acute Care for Undifferentiated High-Acuity Conditions: Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words?

Telemedicine use increased substantially with the COVID-19 pandemic. Understanding of the impact of telemedicine modality (video vs. phone) on post-telemedicine acute care for higher risk conditions is limited.

First Clinical Feasibility and Safety Study of a Novel Multimodality Fallopian Tube Imaging Endoscope.

Study Objective: We present the results of the first feasibility and safety study of a novel multi-modality falloposcope, in 19 volunteers. The falloposcope incorporated multispectral fluorescence imaging (MFI) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) for evaluation of the fallopian tubes (FT).

Methods: Nineteen females undergoing elective salpingectomy were recruited in this IRB-approved study.