Stuttering in adolescence and the risk for dysglycemia in early adulthood.

Aims: To investigate the association between stuttering during adolescence and the onset of dysglycemia (prediabetes or type 2 diabetes) in early adulthood among men and women.

Materials And Methods: This cohort study included Maccabi Health Services members assessed for mandatory military service at ages 16-19 during 1990-2019 and followed until 31 December 2020. Stuttering status was recorded in the baseline medical evaluation.

Masked anemia and hematocrit elevation under sodium glucose transporter inhibitors: findings from a large real-world study.

Aims: Sodium glucose transporter inhibitors (SGLT2i) therapy is associated with an increase in hematocrit as a class effect. There is a lack of information regarding the clinical magnitude and significance of hematocrit elevation, especially cardiovascular outcomes in patients with polycythemia and possible masking of lower hemoglobin levels as a sign of potential severe disease.

Methods: A retrospective study utilizing large community healthcare provider electronic database.

Bone mineral density of the ultra-distal radius: are we ignoring valuable information?

Unlabelled: The current study explored the possible utilization in dual-X-ray-absorptiometry scanning (DXA) of the ultra-distal radius (UDR). This region of interest is currently unused and mostly unstudied in this context. The study findings suggest UDR as potential useful region of interest in DXA scanning and warrant further study of the site.

A Pilot Trial to Evaluate the Accuracy of a Novel Non-Invasive Glucose Meter.

The non-invasive self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) has been the subject of intense investigation over recent decades. We conducted a pilot study designed to examine a novel non-invasive glucometer, the HGR GWave, utilizing radiofrequency (RF) sensing. Blood glucose levels assessed by this HGR prototype were compared to measurements performed by a hexokinase core laboratory assay during an oral glucose tolerance test (oGTT) for 5 subjects with type 2 diabetes.

Sick Euthyroid Syndrome on Presentation of Patients With COVID-19: A Potential Marker for Disease Severity.

Objective: Precise risk stratification and triage of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients are essential in the setting of an overwhelming pandemic burden. Clinical observation has shown a somewhat high prevalence of sick euthyroid syndrome among patients with COVID-19. This study aimed to evaluate the predictive value of free triiodothyronine (FT3) at the clinical presentation of COVID-19 for disease severity and death.

[A RARE CASE OF ADULT MENINGOCOCCAL SUPRA-GLOTTITIS AND BACTERAEMIA DUE TO NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS TYPE Y].

Acute epiglottitis/supraglottitis is an acute disease with potential life-threatening complications such as airway obstruction. We present the case of an 85 year old woman hospitalized due to pain in her neck, odynophagia and unclear speech. Bacteraemia with Neisseria meningitidis type Y was detected.