Foundations of Interprofessional Education in Dental Schools: A Narrative Review.

Interprofessional education (IPE) and interprofessional collaborative practice have gained significant recognition for their ability to enhance health care education and improve patient outcomes, particularly in dentistry. Given the close connection between oral and general health, incorporating IPE into dental curricula has become essential in preparing practitioners for collaborative patient-centered care. This review focuses on the foundations of IPE in dental schools, focusing on its role in preparing students for collaborative health care.

A Systematic Review of Air Pollution Exposure and Brain Structure and Function during Development.

Objectives: Air pollutants are known neurotoxicants. In this updated systematic review, we evaluate new evidence since our 2019 systematic review on the effect of outdoor air pollution exposure on childhood and adolescent brain structure and function as measured by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Methods: Using PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus we conducted an updated literature search and systematic review of articles published through January 2025, using key terms for air pollution and functional and/or structural MRI.

Association of COMT genetic polymorphism with neuromodulation treatment response in women with fecal or urinary incontinence.

Background: Prior studies have failed to demonstrate clinical or statistical difference in fecal incontinence (FI) symptom improvement with neuromodulation by percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS) vs sham. The results of these studies may be indicative of a placebo or sham effect and led us to investigate possible genetic biomarkers of placebo response among women with FI.

Objective: To evaluate the relationship between response to PTNS or sham and genetic polymorphisms associated with placebo response in women with FI.

Menstrual product use patterns in a large digital cohort in the United States: Variations by sociodemographic, health, and menstrual characteristics.

Background: Using menstrual products is a part of managing menstrual bleeding. Products use may represent individual, social, and economic influences. A few studies on menstrual product use from specific regions in the United States (US) reported differences in use across demographic factors like age and race and ethnicity.

Initial Real-World Pilot of the MedMorph Reference Architecture: Hepatitis C Surveillance and Research.

Objectives:  This study aimed to demonstrate real-world use of the Making Electronic Data More Available for Research and Public Health (MedMorph) Reference Architecture (RA) for automated exchange of hepatitis C-related data for public health surveillance and research using Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR).

Methods:  Pilot participants included a public health authority (PHA), research organization (RO), clinical sites, and electronic health record (EHR) vendors. The RA was tested for hepatitis C public health surveillance and research data exchange.

A Multicenter Feasibility Study of a Novel Curriculum for Oncology Trainees Regarding Medical Cannabis.

Background: Oncology providers often lack the confidence to make clinical recommendations about medical cannabis (MC). This study aimed to develop and evaluate the feasibility of implementing an educational curriculum on the use of MC in patient care for oncology trainees.

Methods: A multidisciplinary team designed an educational curriculum for MC use in oncology.

Potentially low-value operative care in abdominal trauma: A retrospective National Trauma Data Bank study.

Background: We currently lack national data on adherence to American College of Surgeons recommendations on nonoperative management for hemodynamically stable adults with solid-organ injuries. We aimed to estimate the incidence and interhospital variation in potentially low-value operative management for adults with blunt solid abdominal organ injuries.

Methods: We included adults with blunt solid-organ injury eligible for nonoperative management (grades I-IV spleen and liver and grade I-III kidney, hemodynamically stable on arrival, and no blood products used in the emergency department) who were admitted to trauma centers in the United States that submitted data to the National Trauma Data Bank between 2016 and 2019.

People entering opioid substance use treatment have low rates of naloxone knowledge and possession.

Background And Aims: Deaths from opioid overdose are increasing in the United States (US) and distribution of the opioid antagonist naloxone is one key strategy to reduce mortality. In this cross-sectional survey, we assess the association of high-risk behaviors with possession of naloxone and knowledge of where to find it.

Setting And Participants: 5663 adults entering treatment for opioid use disorder at facilities throughout the US during the calendar year 2022 were surveyed.

Abdominal myosteatosis is associated with lower processing speed in a multiethnic cohort of older adults.

Background: Prior research linking myosteatosis with cognition in older adults has been conducted in relatively homogenous populations with narrow age ranges. We evaluated if abdominal myosteatosis was associated with processing speed in a multiethnic cohort of middle aged and older adults.

Methods: The sample included 1,268 adults (46-86 years-old, mean 63±9 years, 53 % female, 41 % White, 20 % Black, 14 % Chinese, and 25 % Hispanic), a subset from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.

Unique per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) source suggested by a Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush) PFAS profile in a temperate lake.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are detected in pelagic freshwater fish and have deleterious effects on their health. It is unclear if traditional proxies for uptake of contaminants in fish (e.g.

Psychological factors associated with binge eating among women with infertility.

Eating disorder pathology, including binge eating, is highly prevalent among women diagnosed with infertility. Binge eating has a range of consequences that may undermine fertility outcomes, yet population-specific risk and protective factors are unknown. Identifying factors associated with binge eating among this unique population may inform more sensitive and effective prevention and intervention efforts.

Assessing presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the Indian River Lagoon: A Bayesian approach to understanding the impact of environmental stressors.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are persistent environmental pollutants, and their presence in aquatic environments, especially coastal waters, poses significant ecological and human health risks. This study investigates the occurrence and behavior of four PFAS compounds in the Indian River Lagoon, a biodiverse estuarine ecosystem located in Florida USA, by evaluating how ecological and hydroclimatic factors influence PFAS occurrence. A Bayesian Logistic Regression Model (BLRM) was employed to quantify the relationships between environmental stressors such as salinity, precipitation, river discharge, water temperature, and pH, and the presence of these PFAS compounds.

Communication attributes modify the anxiety risk associated with problematic social media use: Evidence from a prospective diary method study.

Purpose: Social media use in younger people has shown mixed associations with mental health. We hypothesized that communication types during social media use might alter the relationship between problematic social media use (PSMU) and anxiety over time. We aimed to identify how four dimensions of communication influence the link between PSMU and anxiety.

Public spheres or echo chambers? Nonprofit E-advocacy and civic engagement on harm reduction policy in the U.S.

This study examines how social media platforms shape drug policy advocacy by analyzing stakeholder engagement surrounding supervised consumption sites in New York City. While research has explored organizational use of social media for advocacy, less attention has focused on patterns of civic engagement and dialogue. Analyzing messages and comments from two opposing organizations-OnPoint NYC and Harlem East Block Association-over 24 months (2022-2023), we investigate whether social media-based drug policy advocacy creates public spheres for diverse dialogue or echo chambers of like-minded individuals.

Attitudes toward and experience with naloxone among people who use drugs in the Southeastern United States.

Background: The opioid epidemic presses on as a significant public health issue in the U.S., with particularly high overdose death rates in the Southeast.

Excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitter alterations with advancing age and injury in the mouse retina.

Increasing age and elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) are the two major risk factors for glaucoma, the most common cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Accumulating evidence is pointing to metabolic failure predisposing to neuronal loss with advancing age and IOP injury. Many neurotransmitters are synthesized from endogenous metabolites and are essential for correct cell to cell signaling along the visual pathways.

Predictors of seroma after breast reduction: When should drains be considered?

Background: The use of drains in reduction mammoplasty is highly variable among plastic surgeons. However, there is limited evidence to guide surgeons on the optimal timing and conditions for using drains to reduce the risk of seroma formation. The objective of this study was to identify factors that predict the possibility of developing postoperative seroma formation.

The child behind the victim: Survivor experiences of children's harmful sexual behavior.

Background: At least 50 % of child sexual abuse involves perpetration by children, referred to as "harmful sexual behavior". Recently, the sexual abuse sector has focused, importantly, on the child behind the "perpetrator" to support developmentally-appropriate and trauma-informed practice. However, the experiences of victim-survivors of children's sexually abusive behavior are underexplored.

The Current State of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in Orthopedics at the Medical Student Level: A Systematic Review.

Introduction: Females and individuals underrepresented in medicine currently comprise 50.5% and 23.8% of all medical student matriculates in the United States, respectively.

Transmission of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (SFTS) to humans: A systematic review of individual participant data and meta-analysis.

Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (SFTS) is a life-threatening emerging infectious disease caused by the SFTS virus. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to gain new insights into the routes of transmission to humans and assess whether tick bites are the dominant mechanism, as previously reported in the medical literature. Original articles were searched through Embase, Medline, and Global Health from 2009 to 2022.

A qualitative study exploring electronic health record optimisation activities in English hospitals.

Background: Hospitals increasingly implement complex electronic health record (EHR) systems to improve quality, safety and efficiency. Whilst many aspects surrounding implementation and adoption processes have been researched, the benefits of such enterprise-wide systems may take decades to materialise. Existing work on optimisation processes has focused on technological, workflow and organisational aspects of optimisation within individual clinical settings, mostly in the United States of America.

Thermal Inactivation of Salmonella Surrogate, Enterococcus faecium, in mash broiler feed pelleted in a university pilot feed mill: Microbiology and Food Safety Section.

This study evaluated the thermal inactivation kinetic parameters of a Salmonella surrogate Enterococcus faecium (E. faecium) during feed manufacture in a university pilot feed mill setting. A batch of 227 kg mash broiler feed was pelleted after being inoculated with 1,000 mL of nalidixic acid (NaL) resistant E.

A multifunctional semi-interpenetrating polymer network hydrogel dressing for wound healing.

Hydrogels have exhibited significant application potential in the field of new wound dressings due to their unique physicochemical properties and biological functions. However, traditional hydrogels possess limitations regarding mechanical properties, adhesion, and the promotion of wound healing. Herein, a multifunctional polyvinyl alcohol-tannic acid/polyacrylamide-polydopamine (PVA-TA/PAM-PDA) hydrogels are developed.