ACUTE AORTIC DISSECTION IN A POSTMENOPAUSAL FEMALE IN THE SETTING OF PARENTERAL TESTOSTERONE, ESTRADIOL, AND PROGESTERONE THERAPY.

Objective: The FDA has not approved the use of testosterone in women. However, parenteral testosterone is being used off-label in free standing clinics throughout America. The recent multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis (MESA) population study showed that postmenopausal women with a higher testosterone/estradiol ratio had a higher incident of cardiovascular disease.

Correlation of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption and School Free and Reduced Lunch Eligibility as a Measure of Socioeconomic Status.

To determine whether a correlation exists between sugar-sweetened beverage consumption (SSB) and school free and reduced lunch (FRL) eligibility as a measure of socioeconomic status (SES). In January 2016, a modified version of the Bev 15 survey was anonymously administered to 5th and 6th grade students in 14 Chicago suburban public elementary schools. Students were asked to recall and record their beverage intake over the last 24 h for five predefined beverage groups [SSB, real fruit juice (RFJ), diet or sugar free beverages, milk, and water].