Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), formerly known as nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (MASH), is a major risk factor for cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and a leading cause of liver transplantation. MASH is caused by an accumulation of toxic fat molecules in the hepatocyte which leads to inflammation and fibrosis. Inadequate human "MASH in a dish" models have limited our advances in understanding MASH pathogenesis and in drug discovery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: The study investigated relationships between how youth and young adults access alcohol and their binge drinking behaviors.
Methods: Data from the Rhode Island Student Survey (11- to 18-year-olds) and the Mobile Screen Time project (18- to 24-year-old) were included. Participants were asked whether they access alcohol through several different methods (e.
JMIR Public Health Surveill
November 2024
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic revealed major gaps in public health agencies' (PHAs') data and reporting infrastructure, which limited the ability of public health officials to conduct disease surveillance, particularly among racial or ethnic minorities disproportionally affected by the pandemic. Leveraging existing health information exchange organizations (HIOs) is one possible mechanism to close these technical gaps, as HIOs facilitate health information sharing across organizational boundaries.
Objective: The aim of the study is to survey all HIOs that are currently operational in the United States to assess HIO connectivity with PHAs and HIOs' capabilities to support public health data exchange.