Publications by authors named "S Pollack"

Recently, Dodge et al. (2024) published an article in offering recommendations to the mental health field for changing from an individual-level to a population-level focus. These recommendations included scaling up evidence-based programs, innovating and evaluating population-level interventions, and creating a primary system of care to promote mental health and well-being.

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PDSS1 mutations hamper Coenzyme Q10 biosynthesis and cause a rare multisystem mitochondrial disease characterized by diverse clinical features and limited treatment options. To date, renal involvement has been reported in only one patient. We report a new female patient with compound heterozygous PDSS1 mutations and the clinical outcome following a trial of Coenzyme Q10 therapy.

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Introduction: Diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) is effective for reducing health complications among people with type 2 diabetes (PWD). However, standard DSMES interventions have not been effective for Marshallese Pacific Islanders.

Methods: A culturally adapted Family-DSMES intervention for Marshallese PWD was implemented in churches in Hawaii and Washington state and delivered by Marshal-lese community health workers.

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  • The study explores the origins of timber species to determine if they come from natural forests or less regulated planted forests to evaluate the legality of global wood products.
  • A new dataset, called Planted Forest Timber Data, was created, combining 'polygon' data from the World Resources Institute and 'non-polygon' data from research and government sources, covering multiple countries and species.
  • This dataset aims to support global leaders in forest governance and policy-making, promoting legal timber trade and protecting biodiversity as it continues to expand and improve.
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Purpose: Targeted therapy development in soft tissue sarcoma (STS) has been burdened by the heterogeneity of this group of rare tumors. B7 homolog 3 protein (B7-H3) is a molecule in the same family as programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1). It has limited expression in noncancerous tissues and is overexpressed in many cancers, making it an attractive target for cancer therapy, and clinical trials targeting B7-H3 are actively underway.

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