Individuals living with mental illness have significantly reduced physical health compared to the general population, leading to a significantly decreased life expectancy. Physical activity has b...
One in five Americans are estimated to develop skin cancer during their lifetime, rendering it the most common malignancy diagnosed in the United States with associated healthcare costs estimated...
Multiple indicators including low coronary artery calcium score, low carotid intimal media thickness, and low rates of myocardial infarction have previously suggested that ascending thoracic aort...
Background: Soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH) are amongst the most common diseases of poverty worldwide despite mass deworming campaigns. However, widespread use of benzimidazole anthelminthic...
Background: As the quantity and complexity of oncological data continue to increase, machine learning (ML) has become an important tool in helping clinicians better understand malignancies and pr...
Patients with temporal lobe seizures can suffer debilitating loss of consciousness during ictal episodes. Rat models have previously implicated the inhibition of brainstem and basal forebrain cho...
Our study seeks to use newly disclosed hospital price transparency data to understand associations between average payer-negotiated prices, outcomes and hospital characteristics. Data on prices, ...
Background: The boom of next generation DNA sequencing over the past decade has improved our ability to provide accurate genetic diagnoses for children with previously undiagnosed diseases, in tu...
The estimated prevalence of learning disabilities (LDs) is nearly 8% of all children. Yet fewer than 5% of all children are diagnosed in public schools — jeopardizing remediation. The specific ...
Congenital hydrocephalus (CH) is a common disorder requiring neurosurgery in children, however its pathogenesis is poorly understood. Recent studies have implicated SMARCC1 as a candidate CH gene...
Dupilumab, a monoclonal antibody that inhibits IL4 and IL13, has revolutionized the treatment of atopic dermatitis (AD). However, not all patients respond optimally, and this may relate to underl...
Introduction: Improving the therapeutic landscape for hearing loss necessitates an improved understanding of inner ear biology. Historically, our molecular understanding of inner ear physiology h...
The sinoatrial node (SAN) consists of specialized pacemaker cardiomyocytes (PCs) that collectively function as the leading pacemaker of the heart. PCs have a distinct gene expression program that...
Background: Despite the limitations the carceral environment may impose on mental wellness, mental healthcare is increasingly becoming a carceral endeavor. Over the course of the last several dec...
In the United States, breast cancer is one of the most diagnosed cancers in women. Early detection, often via mammography, and intervention have been shown to reduce mortality. However, not all c...
Objective: The primary objective was to examine if blood pressure (BP) indices are higher and if the prevalence of hypertension (HTN), indices of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and severe obesity are ...
Cancer patients are a unique population with increased mortality from cardiovascular disease, however only half of high-risk patients are medically optimized. Physicians ascertain cardiovascular ...
In this study, we investigated the effects of systemic glycolysis inhibition with 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG), a glucose analogue that inhibits hexokinase, in the Hepa1-6 orthotopic mouse model of h...
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related death both in the United States and worldwide, making it an urgent area of investigation for the oncology community. The infe...
The cranial morphology of single-suture metopic craniosynostosis is defined by trigonocephaly, hypotelorism, and bitemporal narrowing. The severity of deformity may be defined radiographically ba...