Publications by authors named "N R Schwartz"
Background: Vestibular schwannoma (VS) is a common intracranial tumor that affects patients' quality of life. Reliable imaging techniques for tumor volume assessment are essential for guiding management decisions. The study aimed to compare the ABC/2 method to the gold standard planimetry method for volumetric assessment of VS.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSocioeconomic position, alcohol use and alcohol-attributable emergency department visits.
J Epidemiol Community Health
December 2024
Background: Differential vulnerability to alcohol contributes to socioeconomic inequities in alcohol-attributable harm. This study aimed to estimate the sex-/gender-specific joint effects of socioeconomic position (SEP) and heavy episodic drinking or volume of alcohol use on 100% alcohol-attributable emergency department (ED) visits.
Methods: We conducted a cohort study among 36 900 men and 39 700 women current and former alcohol consumers aged 15-64 from population-representative Canadian Community Health Surveys (2003-2008) linked to administrative ED visit data through 2017 in Ontario and Alberta.
Article Synopsis
- Early-life experiences, particularly parental behaviors during critical development periods, can have significant long-term effects on offspring traits in mammals.
- In an experiment with mice selectively bred for high running behavior, researchers investigated how maternal exercise affected maternal care and offspring physical activity and body composition.
- Results showed that HR mice (high runners) exhibited less maternal care when exercising compared to non-selected CON dams, with implications for offspring health and development.
Background: Antipsychotic medications (AP) are inappropriately prescribed to young people. The goal of this pragmatic trial was to test a four-component approach to improved targeting of antipsychotic prescribing to people aged ≥3 and <18 years.
Methods: Clinicians in four health systems were cluster randomized by the number of previous AP orders and service line - specialty mental health and all others.
Objectives: To evaluate urinary activated leucocyte cell adhesion molecule (ALCAM) and CD6 as predictors of lupus nephritis (LN) progression or disease resolution across a 1-year study.
Methods: Serum and urine samples from biopsy proven LN subjects (n = 122) were prospectively collected over the course of a year at 3- or 6-month intervals (weeks 0, 12, 26, and 52) across multiple study sites and assessed for soluble ALCAM and CD6 levels. Urine creatinine from the same urine sample was used to normalize the levels of urinary ALCAM and urinary CD6.