Determination of Whole Blood Loss From Minimally Invasive Myomectomy Using a Standardized Formula: A Pilot Study.

Study Objective: To determine the median perioperative blood loss (PBL) during minimally invasive surgical (MIS) myomectomy.

Design: Prospective pilot study.

Setting: Large academic teaching hospital.

Letter Spacing Does not Affect Memory and Metamemory.

Some perceptual manipulations, such as font size or bolding, can affect the estimations of future memorability (i.e., judgments of learning or JOLs).

Correlates of Positive Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies Among Firefighters: A Cross-Sectional-Study.

Context: Exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are associated with underactive thyroid glands, and possibly autoimmunity. Firefighters are exposed to EDCs from flame retardants; however, the prevalence and risk factor associations of thyroid antibodies among firefighters are unknown.

Context: We aimed to determine the prevalence of thyroid peroxidase antibodies (TPOAb) and associated sociodemographic and occupational risk factors among firefighters.

A comparative analysis of histologic types of thyroid cancer between career firefighters and other occupational groups in Florida.

Background: Florida Firefighters experience a higher risk of thyroid cancer than non-firefighters. This study examines whether the histologic types and tumor stage of thyroid cancer is different among firefighters compared to other occupational groups.

Methods: Eligible cases were firefighters (n = 120) identified in a linkage of Florida Cancer Data System (FCDS) registry records (1981-2014) and Florida State Fire Marshal's Office employment and certification records, and non-firefighters classified into: blue-collar (n = 655), service (n = 834), white-collar (n = 4,893), and other (n = 1,789).

Towards more specific treatment for diabetic dyslipidemia.

Purpose Of Review: Treatment of diabetic dyslipidemia is necessary because of its impact on cardiovascular disease, which is the leading cause of death in patients with diabetes. In the past, standard treatment of diabetic dyslipidemia focused only on correcting lipids. Although this remains the mainstay of treatment, because new antihyperglycemic treatments reduce cardiovascular events with minimal effect on dyslipidemia, a new approach is both timely and relevant.

Cardiovascular disease leads to a new algorithm for diabetes treatment.

Patients with diabetes mellitus have increased rates of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD) and heart failure (HF). This increase occurs despite optimal lipid-lowering therapies. We reviewed clinical trials of diabetes treatments and their effects on circulating plasma lipoproteins and CVD.

Sex differences in the reduction of arsenic methylation capacity as a function of urinary total and inorganic arsenic in Mexican children.

Chronic arsenic (As) exposure decreases adult and children's ability to methylate inorganic As (iAs); however, few studies have examined children's sex differences. We measured urinary concentrations of iAs, monomethylarsonic (MMA), and dimethylarsinic (DMA) acids, and calculated the primary (PMI: MMA/iAs) and secondary (SMI: DMA/MMA) methylation capacity indexes in 591 children 6-8 years in Torreón, Mexico. We determined iAs, MMA, and DMA by hydride generation cryotrapping AAS.

Comparison of the intrinsic dynamics of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases.

Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (AARSs) are an important family of enzymes that catalyze tRNA aminoacylation reaction (Ibba and Soll in Annu Rev Biochem 2000, 69:617-650) [1]. AARSs are grouped into two broad classes (class I and II) based on sequence/structural homology and mode of their interactions with the tRNA molecule (Ibba and Soll in Annu Rev Biochem 2000, 69:617-650) [1]. As protein dynamics play an important role in enzyme function, we explored the intrinsic dynamics of these enzymes using normal mode analysis and investigated if the two classes and six subclasses (Ia-c and IIa-c) of AARSs exhibit any distinct patterns of motion.