Publications by authors named "R Gratton"
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- Unfavorable beliefs regarding oral health during pregnancy can lead to avoidance of dental care, negatively impacting both maternal and fetal health.
- A survey targeting pregnant women in Southwestern Ontario found that many participants held misconceptions about the effects of oral health on their child's health and the impact of dental treatment during pregnancy.
- The study concluded that there is a pressing need for better education and communication around oral health to address these concerns and improve dental care utilization among pregnant women.
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- Oral health during pregnancy is crucial for both mother and fetal well-being, yet access to dental care for pregnant women in Canada shows significant disparities and gaps in research.
- A study in southwestern Ontario surveyed 130 pregnant women about their oral health and dental care, revealing that while most perceived their oral health positively, only a small percentage visited a dentist during pregnancy.
- Key findings indicated that education level and quality of life influenced oral health perceptions, underscoring the necessity for improved dental care access and integration for pregnant women.
Background/aims: Aquaporin-3 (AQP3) is an aquaglyceroporin and peroxiporin that plays a crucial role in skin barrier homeostasis. Dysregulated AQP3 expression has been observed in different inflammatory skin conditions. Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) is an autoinflammatory keratinization disease that typically appears between 10 and 21 years of age, characterized by alteration of skin barrier homeostasis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRadial velocity surveys suggest that the Solar System may be unusual and that Jupiter-like planets have a frequency < 20% around solar-type stars. However, they may be much more common in one of the closest associations in the solar neighbourhood. Young moving stellar groups are the best targets for direct imaging of exoplanets and four massive Jupiter-like planets have been already discovered in the nearby young β Pic Moving Group (BPMG) via high-contrast imaging, and four others were suggested via high precision astrometry by the European Space Agency's Gaia satellite.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNon-immune hydrops is a prenatal finding which can occur due to an underlying genetic diagnosis such as common chromosomal aneuploidy (Trisomy 21, Turner syndrome etc.). It is extremely rare to have more than one genetic cause of hydrops fetalis in a single pregnancy.
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