Opioid knowledge and perceptions among Hispanic/Latino residents in Los Angeles.

Most research and health education efforts to address the opioid crisis have focused on white populations. However, opioid use, opioid use disorder, and opioid overdose deaths also have increased among Hispanics. : This study conducted four focus groups in a Hispanic community in Southern California ( = 45) to assess opioid-related knowledge, perceptions, and preventive behaviors among Hispanic residents.

Potentially pathogenic immune cells and networks in apparently healthy lacrimal glands.

Lacrimal glands of people over 40 years old frequently contain lymphocytic infiltrates. Relationships between histopathological presentation and physiological dysfunction are not straightforward. Data from rabbit studies have suggested that at least two immune cell networks form in healthy lacrimal glands, one responding to environmental dryness, the other to high temperatures.