Assessing Biomedical and Psychosocial Factors in a Cross-Sectional Study of School Dropouts Among Pregnant Adolescents and Young Mothers in Quito, Ecuador.

Background: Over nearly three decades, Ecuador experienced a significant rise in adolescent motherhood.

Objectives: By focusing on social, health, and psychological aspects, the research aims to reveal the complex factors influencing the decision to discontinue education. The emphasis on providing a platform for direct expression of personal experiences not only adds qualitative depth to the study but also ensures that the voices of those involved are heard authentically.

"It's Not That We Care Less": Insights into Health Care Utilization for Comorbid Diabetes and Depression among Latinos.

Despite robust knowledge regarding the socio-economic and cultural factors affecting Latino* access to healthcare, limited research has explored service utilization in the context of comorbid conditions like diabetes and depression. This qualitative study, embedded in a larger mixed-methods project, aimed to investigate perceptions held by Latinos and their social support systems (i.e.

Patterns of Avoidance Behavior in Response to Fear of Victimization in the Mexican Context: A Latent Class Analysis.

Fear of victimization (FOV) is a powerful determinant of behavior and prompts behavioral responses such as avoidance, associated with a decline in health-promoting activities and quality of life. Avoidance behaviors, which include constraining activities to perceived safe areas and avoiding areas regarded as unsafe, are of particular interest due to their high prevalence as a coping response to FOV and their link to adverse physical and mental health. Most research on FOV-related avoidance treats it as a single construct and have yet to elucidate the potential heterogeneity within this set of behaviors.

Increasing Alkaline Phosphatase as the Primary Manifestation of Disseminated Histoplasmosis in an AIDS Patient Without Pulmonary Disease.

Histoplasmosis is an infection caused by the dimorphic fungi Histoplasma. Hepatic involvement in the setting of disseminated histoplasmosis from a pulmonary source is well documented. Hepatic involvement as the primary manifestation in the absence of pulmonary disease is rare.

Combination strategies for pharmacologic treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.

Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is defined as hepatic steatosis, inflammation, and hepatocyte injury with or without fibrosis. It has emerged as the second leading indication for liver transplantation with a rising death rate in the non-transplantable population. While there are many drugs in evaluation, currently no approved therapies are on the market for this condition.