Telehealth has proven to be a valuable approach to providing care to the neonatal population, including supporting families during the transition to home, facilitating remote monitoring of fragile neonates, and connecting neonatal experts with infants and caregivers in underserved or remote communities. Clinicians engaging in telehealth need to be aware of policies and regulations that govern practice as well as the potential health equity issues that may present themselves.
Phthalates (PAEs) are endocrine-disrupting chemicals that are widely present in everyday life and enter the human body through various pathways. The release of PAEs into the environment through pathways that include leaching, evaporation, abrasion, and the use of personal care products exposes humans to PAEs via ingestion, inhalation, and dermal absorption. Pregnant women, as a particularly vulnerable population, risk adverse newborn growth and development when exposed to PAEs.
Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden; Reproduction Center, Uppsala University Hospital, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden; Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
Objective: To explore whether progesterone supplementation during luteal phase and early pregnancy following a natural frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycle (NC-FET) affects perinatal outcomes.
Design: A secondary data analysis study based on two randomized control trials taking place during 2008-2011 and 2013-2018 at two university hospitals in Sweden.
Subjects: A total of 923 women undergoing a natural FET cycle.
Objectives: Skeletal indicators of developmental stress are commonly used to assess health, disease, and patterns of morbidity and mortality in past populations. Incorporating information about individual life history, such as adverse life events, allows for a more thorough understanding of their etiology. This paper adopts the double lens of ontogeny and the life course to analyze indicators of developmental stress in relation to known individual pathologies and developmental patterns of the cranium, vertebrae, and long bones.
Cancer and Stem Cell Biology Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore 169857, Singapore; Cancer Biology and Stem Cells Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia; Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia; Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. Electronic address:
Hepatocytes are organized into distinct zonal subsets across the liver lobule, yet their contributions to liver homeostasis and regeneration remain controversial. Here, we developed multiple genetic lineage-tracing mouse models to systematically address this. We found that the liver lobule can be divided into two major zonal and molecular hepatocyte populations marked by Cyp2e1 or Gls2.
Introduction: Low birth weight, defined as a birth weight below 2,500 g, represents a significant public health concern with a multifactorial risk dimension. Socio-demographic factors and individual characteristics of women and their social environment could influence low birth weight. This study aimed to analyze the association between the socio-demographic and reproductive characteristics of women living in low-income households and low birth weight in Serbia, Kosovo, and Montenegro.
