Across the spectrum: Acute alcohol responses in young adults with mild, moderate, and severe alcohol use disorder.

Background: Little is known about acute subjective and physiological responses to alcohol in individuals with alcohol use disorder (AUD), particularly as it pertains to the spectrum of AUD severity. This study examined acute biphasic alcohol response phenotypes in participants with mild, moderate, and severe AUD.

Methods: Study data was from the third cohort of the Chicago Social Drinking Project (N = 101, 50 % male; M age=27.

A 10-year longitudinal analysis of the impact of demographic, lifestyle, and medical factors on semen qualities in men in a city in the midwestern region of the United States of America.

This study was to survey the relationship between semen values and demographics, comorbidities, and recreational substance use in a large cohort of adult men at the University of Chicago Medical Center Department of Urology (Chicago, IL, USA). We performed an analysis from January 2013 to December 2023 of semen samples obtained from adult patients at our institution and collected their demographics, comorbid medical conditions, and recreational substance use information. Patients were divided into categories of normozoospermia, oligozoospermia, and azoospermia on the basis of the 5th version of the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines.

Pyriform Aperture Enlargement Through a Rhinoplasty Approach.

Background: The pyriform aperture can limit airflow in some patients. In this study, the authors describe a new surgical technique to access and modify the pyriform aperture.

Objectives: Describe the technique to measure the width of the pyriform aperture and surgically enlarge the pyriform aperture using ultrasonic instrumentation.

Crime Victim Compensation: We Can Do Better for Our Children.

Background: Interpersonal injury disproportionately impacts marginalized communities. Crime Victim Compensation (CVC) was developed in Canada and the United States to help individuals and their families following violent injury. In Illinois, the CVC program offers up to $27,000 per claim to assist with mental health, relocation, and burial expenses.

Enhancing equity in academic surgery promotion practices.

Background: Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) in medicine and women faculty have lower 10-year promotion rates than their White and male peers, despite controlling for productivity metrics. Promotion standards vary across institutions, but there is likely a common need to improve transparency and consistency while mitigating bias, inequity, and the harm of additional equity work that is commonly expected of Black, Indigenous, People of Color and women faculty (the so-called minority tax).

Methods: A promotion advisory committee consisting of clinical and research faculty at all ranks specified expectations for a faculty member at the associate or full professor ranks, with 10-15 examples given for each "mission" (clinical, research, and education).