5,025 results match your criteria: "All authors: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences[Affiliation]"
J Diet Suppl
December 2024
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) of 1994 defined the FDA's statutory authority to regulate dietary supplement products as a category of food in the United States. As we celebrate 30 years post-DSHEA, it is important to reflect on its significance for public health, influence on the continuously evolving and expanding product category, the current regulatory framework, and potential opportunities or modernizing oversight to ensure a strong and well-regulated marketplace. An estimated three-fourths of U.
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October 2024
Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center and Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States.
Curr Pharm Teach Learn
January 2025
Department of Pharmacy Practice, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Pharmacy, Little Rock, AR, USA.
Introduction: Students face difficult decisions when considering multiple opportunities for employment or continued training. When this happens, students may consider breaking a previous commitment to accept a more appealing offer. Societal trends toward decommitment may also influence students' perceptions of the importance of commitment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Infect Dis
October 2024
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Pharyngitis is an inflammatory condition of the pharynx and/or tonsils commonly seen in both children and adults. Viruses and bacteria represent the most common encountered etiologic agents-yeast/fungi and parasites are infrequently implicated. Some of these are predominantly observed in unique populations (eg, immunocompromised or unvaccinated individuals).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Infect Dis
October 2024
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.
Pharyngitis is an inflammatory condition of the pharynx and/or tonsils commonly seen in both children and adults. Viruses and bacteria represent the most common encountered etiologic agents-yeast/fungi and parasites are infrequently implicated. Some of these are predominantly observed in unique populations (eg, immunocompromised or unvaccinated individuals).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Infect Dis
October 2024
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR, USA.
Pharyngitis is an inflammatory condition of the pharynx and/or tonsils commonly seen in both children and adults. Viruses and bacteria represent the most common encountered etiologic agents-yeast/fungi and parasites are infrequently implicated. Some of these are predominantly observed in unique populations (eg, immunocompromised or unvaccinated individuals).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSci Rep
October 2024
Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO, USA.
Cureus
September 2024
Internal Medicine, Mercy Hospital, Rogers, USA.
Colonoscopy is a widely performed diagnostic and therapeutic procedure essential for the screening, diagnosis, and management of various colorectal conditions. It is a routine and relatively safe procedure. Unfortunately, sometimes complications arise, one of the rarest being splenic injury.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Drug Policy
December 2024
Division of Pharmaceutical Evaluation and Policy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W. Markham St., Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA. Electronic address:
Background: The role of prescribed opioids and benzodiazepines as risk factors for opioid overdose are well established, however, their role as potential 'triggers' of opioid overdose has not been formally investigated.
Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the temporal relationship between controlled substance acquisition and opioid overdose utilizing a case-crossover design.
Methods: This study utilized Arkansas statewide data between 2014 and 2020.
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)
October 2024
Department of Pediatrics, Section of Nutrition, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States.
Background: Maternal undernutrition is the most common cause of fetal growth restriction (FGR) worldwide. FGR increases morbidity and mortality during infancy, as well as contributes to adult-onset diseases including obesity and type 2 diabetes. The role of the maternal or offspring microbiome in growth outcomes following FGR is not well understood.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Pediatr
October 2024
Allergy & Immunology Division, Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Arkansas Children's Research Institute, Little Rock, AR. Electronic address:
Objective: To evaluate the comparative effectiveness of allergy specialist care for children with asthma enrolled in the Arkansas Medicaid program.
Study Design: We used the Arkansas All-Payers Claims Database to identify Medicaid-enrolled children with asthma who had an allergy specialist visit in 2018. These children were propensity score matched to children without an allergy specialist visit to evaluate differences in asthma-related adverse events (AAEs), specifically emergency department visits and/or hospitalizations in 2019.
Gastrointest Endosc
October 2024
Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Centura Health at Porter Adventist Hospital, Denver, Colorado, USA.
Background And Aims: Effect of underwater endoscopic submucosal dissection (UESD) on clinical outcomes as compared with conventional ESD (CESD) remains unclear. We conducted a meta-analysis of the available data.
Methods: Online databases were searched for studies comparing UESD with CESD for colorectal lesions.
Perfusion
October 2024
Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Introduction: This study aimed to characterize the severity of bleeding and its association with short-term neurologic outcomes in pediatric ECMO.
Methods: Multicenter retrospective cohort study of pediatric ECMO patients at 10 centers utilizing the Pediatric ECMO Outcomes Registry (PEDECOR) database from December 2013-February 2019. Subjects excluded were post-cardiac surgery patients and those with neonatal pathologies.
J Ophthalmic Inflamm Infect
October 2024
Department of Ophthalmology, Jones Eye Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
Cureus
September 2024
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, USA.
Neurocristic cutaneous hamartoma (NCH) is a rare, benign neoplastic skin lesion characterized by a combination of neuroectodermal and mesodermal components. Clinically, NCH typically presents as asymptomatic, well-circumscribed, and elevated cutaneous nodules. Histopathologically, it is characterized by nests of pigmented melanocytes and varying degrees of fibrosis and collagen deposition.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSubst Use
October 2024
Center for Mental Healthcare and Outcomes Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, North Little Rock, AR, USA.
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to provide insights into which patient-level characteristics are associated with a positive treatment response among patients whose primary drug of choice was a psychostimulant with a particular emphasis on understanding the impact of age at first use and co-occurring psychiatric comorbidities.
Methods: We used a cross-sectional study design and the 2019 US Treatment Episode Data Set: Discharges (n = 167 802) to identify outpatient treatment episodes for which the primary drug of choice was a psychostimulant. We defined a positive treatment response as (1) a reduction in drug use between treatment admission and discharge or (2) no use at both admission and discharge.
Cureus
September 2024
Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Wakefield Campus, Bronx, USA.
bioRxiv
October 2024
Department of Pediatrics, Critical Care, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR.
Nutrients
October 2024
Department of Radiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA.
J Clin Med
September 2024
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA.
There is evidence of overtreatment in patients with subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH). We aimed to identify the proportion of patients treated for SCH and the determinants of thyroid hormone therapy initiation. We included a random sample of adult Veterans diagnosed with SCH from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2018 and conducted univariate and multivariable logistic regression to identify factors associated with levothyroxine initiation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEur J Cancer
November 2024
Department of Research Support Services, Oslo University Hospital, Norway; Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
JCI Insight
November 2024
Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.
Despite their beneficial actions as immunosuppressants, glucocorticoids (GC) have devastating effects on the musculoskeletal and cardiac systems, as long-term treated patients exhibit high incidence of falls, bone fractures, and cardiovascular events. Herein, we show that GC upregulate simultaneously in bone, skeletal muscle, and the heart the expression of E3 ubiquitin ligases (atrogenes), known to stimulate the proteasomal degradation of proteins. Activation of vitamin D receptor (VDR) signaling with the VDR ligands calcitriol or eldecalcitol prevented GC-induced atrogene upregulation in vivo and ex vivo in bone/muscle organ cultures and preserved tissue structure/mass and function of the 3 tissues in vivo.
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December 2024
Department of Pain Medicine, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Introduction: Chronic pain is a personal experience influenced by multiple biopsychosocial factors. Using a pain intensity measure alone to assess the effectiveness of a chronic pain intervention fails to fully evaluate its impact on the multifaceted chronic pain experience. The holistic minimal clinically important difference (MCID) is a composite outcome developed to provide a comprehensive assessment of chronic pain in response to intervention, across 5 outcome domains: pain intensity, health-related quality of life, sleep quality, physical, and emotional function.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGastrointest Endosc
October 2024
Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Orlando Gastroenterology PA, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Neurol Clin Pract
February 2025
Chicago Medical School (QAD), Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL; Department of Ophthalmology (QAD, MZC, PHP, ABS, AME), Harvey and Bernice Jones Eye Institute; UAMS College of Medicine (ADB), University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine (ATZ), Florida International University; Mary & Edward Norton Library of Ophthalmology (ATZ), Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL; Department of Ophthalmology (TKE), Benha Faculty of Medicine, Benha University; Department of Ophthalmology (AKH), Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University, Qena; Department of Ophthalmology (OS), Research Institute of Ophthalmology, Giza, Egypt; Department of Ophthalmology (OS), Qassim University Medical City, Al-Qassim, Saudi Arabia; Department of Ophthalmology (RG, AME), Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, MA; and Department of Ophthalmology (ABS), Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Background And Objectives: We evaluated the performance of 3 large language models (LLMs) in generating patient education materials (PEMs) and enhancing the readability of prewritten PEMs on idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH).
Methods: This cross-sectional comparative study compared 3 LLMs, ChatGPT-3.5, ChatGPT-4, and Google Bard, for their ability to generate PEMs on IIH using 3 prompts.