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Early Hum Dev
November 2024
Harvard Medical School, United States of America.
Background: The rising incidence of preterm births worldwide presents a pressing public health challenge, affecting both infants and their preterm caregivers. Early Intervention (EI) programs aim to mitigate the negative impacts associated with preterm births on the physical, cognitive, and psychological health of both infants and their caregivers by providing personalized parental support and developmental monitoring. This study addressed the gap in research evaluating the long-term effects of community-based EI programs on the holistic coping mechanisms of families, encompassing mental wellbeing, caregiving competencies, and the transition process from hospital to home care.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTranspl Infect Dis
November 2024
University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, USA.
After two multistate outbreaks of allograft tissue-transmitted tuberculosis (TB) due to viable bone, evidence-based donor screening criteria were developed to decrease the risk of transmission to recipients. Exclusionary criteria, commentary, and references supporting the criteria are provided, based on literature search and expert opinion. Both exposure and reactivation risk factors were considered, either for absolute exclusion or for exclusion in combination with multiple risk factors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Racial Ethn Health Disparities
February 2024
University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Room E166, 1301 North Columbia Road Stop 9037, Grand Forks, ND, 58202-9037, USA.
Objective: Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended for the first 6 months of life, but there are racial/ethnic disparities in meeting this recommendation.
Methods: 2017-2020 North Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (weighted N = 11,754) data were used to examine racial/ethnic differences in the association between self-reported breastfeeding barriers and breastfeeding duration. Breastfeeding duration was self-reported breastfeeding at 2 and 4 months, and number of weeks until breastfeeding cessation.
mBio
February 2024
Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
This year we commemorate the centennial of the birth of the mature concept of bacteriostasis by John W. Churchman at Cornell University Medical School. The term bacteriostasis has primarily been applied to antibiotics (bacteriostatic antibiotics).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is up to 50% among women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). GDM also increases risks for pre-term birth, macrosomia, fetal hypoglycemia, and C-section delivery. Education for expectant mothers with GDM about nutrition, exercise, and the risks of developing T2DM after delivery enhances the probability of postpartum diabetes screening.
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