Crafting the Future Doctor: Mentorship in the First Year of Medical School.

The Clinically Reimagined Apprenticeship For Physician Training (CRAFT) program is a volunteer, student-run, clinical mentorship program that started in 2015 at an academic medical center in the Mid-Atlantic region. Clinical exposure during the first year of medical school may influence a student's decision to pursue internal medicine for their residency program of choice. A retrospective chart analysis of CRAFT program volunteers was conducted.

induced tumour necrosis factor alpha responses are lower in children with asthma compared with non-asthma.

Introduction: respiratory tract infection has been implicated in the pathogenesis of reactive airway disease and asthma. Innate cytokine responses that are protective of infection with intracellular pathogens may be impaired in patients with asthma. Tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) is a cytokine related to functions of monocytes and may inhibit infection.

Cost-effectiveness analysis of Chlamydia trachomatis screening in Dutch pregnant women.

Chlamydia trachomatis infections during pregnancy may have serious consequences for women and their offspring. Chlamydial infections are largely asymptomatic. Hence, prevention is based on screening.