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Sci Rep
January 2025
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, 622 West 168th Street, Ste. 876, New York, NY, 10032, USA.
The COVID-19 pandemic may have exacerbated mental health conditions by introducing and/or modifying stressors, particularly in university populations. We examined longitudinal patterns, time-varying predictors, and contemporaneous correlates of moderate-severe psychological distress (MS-PD) among college students. During 2020-2021, participants completed self-administered questionnaires quarterly (T1 = 562, T2 = 334, T3 = 221, and T4 = 169).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Environ Res Public Health
January 2025
Organizational Knowledge and Learning, Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services, 340 College Street, Suite 500, Toronto, ON M5T 3A9, Canada.
Diabetes rates are high in Black and some other ethnic communities, often leading to more severe complications. We conducted a study to identify the prevalence and risk of diabetes among African Caribbean Black (ACB) individuals aged 18-39 and to assess the sensitivity of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) compared to an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) to diagnose diabetes. In this mixed-methods study, maximum variation sampling was used to recruit 272 ACB participants from fourteen African and five Caribbean countries from Toronto.
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January 2025
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, 23 Postal Street, Harbin, 150081, Heilongjiang, P. R. China.
Objective: Little is known about the role of timing of physical activity in female reproductive disorders. These disorders include polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB), endometriosis, infertility, and pregnancy-related disorders. This study aims to investigate the associations of activity patterns with female reproductive diseases.
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January 2025
Xuanwu Hospital, China-America Institute of Neurology, Capital Medical University, No. 45, Changchun Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, China.
It is unclear how steroid hormones contribute to stroke, and conducting randomized controlled trials to obtain related evidence is challenging. Therefore, Mendelian randomization (MR) technique was employed in this study to examine this association. Through genome-wide association meta-analysis, the genetic variants of steroid hormones, including testosterone/17β-estradiol (T/E2) ratio, aldosterone, androstenedione, progesterone, and hydroxyprogesterone, were acquired as instrumental variables.
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January 2025
Rockman Et Al. Cooperative, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Background: The aim of this randomized control trial is to test the impact of providing additional training and support to volunteers who are paired with youth of color in the Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) community-based mentoring program. The aim of the intervention activities is to enhance the capacity of mentors to have more culturally responsive and informed interactions with their mentees of color, thereby strengthening the youth's ethnic/racial identity and abilities to both cope with experiences of racism and contribute to causes that advance social justice.
Methods: Recruitment started in June 2022, with a goal of enrolling 240 dyads (i.
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