Publications by authors named "S SWAN"
Background: PAH exposure is associated with adverse health outcomes, but exposure sources in pregnancy are not well-understood.
Objectives: We examined associations between urinary OH-PAHs during pregnancy and environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) and short-term ambient air pollution exposure. Participants included 1603 pregnant non-smokers in three cohorts from 7 sites across the USA.
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- Prospective memory (PM) impairment is a frequent issue following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), often treated with compensatory strategy training (COMP) and rehabilitation.
- This study investigates how COMP affects white matter integrity in TBI patients, using advanced diffusion MRI techniques to assess brain changes.
- Results show that the COMP group experienced less neural degeneration compared to those receiving routine care, suggesting that the intervention may help preserve brain function post-injury.
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- The study investigates the potential links between maternal phthalate exposure during pregnancy and reproductive health outcomes in their teenage daughters, particularly focusing on hormone levels and reproductive anatomy indicators.
- Subtle associations were found between the levels of phthalate metabolites in prenatal samples and reproductive hormone levels (LH and IGF-1) and uterine volume measured 16 years later.
- The research involved 317 teenage daughters from a longitudinal study, assessing their development through hormonal analysis and ultrasound to evaluate ovarian and uterine health.*
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- The study assessed the effectiveness of the updated 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccine against hospitalization for two variant lineages, XBB and JN, in hospitalized patients across 26 hospitals in the U.S. between October 2023 and March 2024.
- The results indicated a vaccine effectiveness (VE) of 54.2% against XBB and 32.7% against JN, suggesting that the JN lineage may have some level of immune escape.
- However, the severity of cases with the JN lineage was not significantly worse compared to those with the XBB lineage, indicating similar risks of severe outcomes like ICU admission and death.