Publications by authors named "M Toohey"
Climate-driven changes in high-elevation forest distribution and reductions in snow and ice cover have major implications for ecosystems and global water security. In the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem of the Rocky Mountains (United States), recent melting of a high-elevation (3,091 m asl) ice patch exposed a mature stand of whitebark pine () trees, located ~180 m in elevation above modern treeline, that date to the mid-Holocene (c. 5,950 to 5,440 cal y BP).
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- Behavioral and mental health disorders are prevalent among children, adolescents, and young adults, leading to increased use of medications, but there’s limited research on the combinations of these drugs in outpatient settings, particularly in New York Medicaid.
- In a study of over 2.4 million Medicaid enrollees under 21 from 2014, about 5.8% were prescribed BMH medications, with 37.8% of those engaged in polypharmacy, resulting in thousands of distinct drug combinations.
- Although contraindicated drug pairs were relatively rare among those prescribed BMH medications, the study identified risks, particularly related to prolonged QT intervals and serotonin syndrome, emphasizing the need for clinicians to carefully
Explosive volcanism is a key contributor to climate variability on interannual to centennial timescales. Understanding the far-field societal impacts of eruption-forced climatic changes requires firm event chronologies and reliable estimates of both the burden and altitude (that is, tropospheric versus stratospheric) of volcanic sulfate aerosol. However, despite progress in ice-core dating, uncertainties remain in these key factors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) administration was used to treat bladder carcinoma in a woman in her 60s. Severe bilateral non-granulomatous anterior uveitis and gross papillitis developed subsequently. The severe BCG-induced bilateral uveitis and papillitis were treated with high dose oral corticosteroids, with topical steroids and cycloplegics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe potential for explosive volcanism to affect the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) has been debated since the 1980s. Several observational studies, based largely on tree-ring proxies, have since found support for a positive ENSO phase in the year following large eruptions. In contrast, recent coral data from the heart of the tropical Pacific suggest no uniform ENSO response to explosive volcanism over the last millennium.
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