Warming Lorentzen

Firearm violence may indirectly affect health among pregnant women living in neighborhoods where it is endemic. We used birth, death, emergency department, and hospitalization data from California from 2007-2011 to estimate the association between living in a neighborhood with high firearm violence and preterm delivery, and assessed whether there…[Read more]

Myalgia, increased levels of creatine kinase, and persistent muscle weakness have been reported in patients with COVID-19.

To study skeletal muscle and myocardial inflammation in patients with COVID-19 who had died.

This case-control autopsy series was conducted in a university hospital as a multidisciplinary postmortem…[Read more]

Currently, gathering statistics and information for ice hockey training purposes mostly happens by hand, whereas the automated systems that do exist are expensive and difficult to set up. To remedy this, in this paper, we propose and analyse a wearable system that combines player localisation and activity classification to automatically gather…[Read more]

This study aims to elucidate the biological functions of CDCA2 (cell division cycle associated 2) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) progression and the potential mechanism.

CDCA2 levels in HCC tissues and cell lines were detected by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). The relationship between CDCA2 and clinical…[Read more]

Breast cancer is a malignant epithelial tumor of ductal or lobular origin. Breast cancer remains the most frequently diagnosed invasive cancer in women and is the leading cause of cancer-associated mortality worldwide. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), a phenotypic process of conversion from epithelial to mesenchymal cells, allows tumor…[Read more]

Despite their elevated risk for dementia, participants were not monitored for cognitive impairment during any follow-up care in various health facilities. Furthermore, caregivers’ attempts to seek help when behavioural issues became untenable were met with multiple health system barriers. The journey was complicated by the meanings attached to the…[Read more]

Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination completion rates in Asian-American populations are substantially lower than most White Americans. Our objective was to identify the knowledge, perceptions, and decision-making processes about HPV vaccinations in the Hmong population, an Asian-American group with increased risks of HPV-related cancers. We…[Read more]

Uterine artery embolization (UAE) has been shown to be a safe and effective treatment for symptomatic uterine fibroids, with over 25 years of supporting data. Although UAE is a well-established treatment option, several misperceptions exist that may limit the number of patients who are considered candidates for UAE. There are also challenges that…[Read more]

Recent advances in comprehensive genomic profiling by next-generation sequencing have uncovered the genomic alterations at the molecular level for many types of tumors; as such, numerous small specific molecules that target these alterations have been developed and widely used in the management of these cancers.

To provide a concise…[Read more]

Recent advances in comprehensive genomic profiling by next-generation sequencing have uncovered the genomic alterations at the molecular level for many types of tumors; as such, numerous small specific molecules that target these alterations have been developed and widely used in the management of these cancers.

To provide a concise…[Read more]

Disagreements were large (relative RR  1.43) in 68 (54%) and statistically significant in 12 (9%) of the comparisons. The degree of agreement varied among reviews but was not strongly associated with intervention or outcome characteristics. DISCUSSION Disagreements between observational studies using propensity score methods and randomized tri…[Read more]

Disagreements were large (relative RR  1.43) in 68 (54%) and statistically significant in 12 (9%) of the comparisons. The degree of agreement varied among reviews but was not strongly associated with intervention or outcome characteristics. DISCUSSION Disagreements between observational studies using propensity score methods and randomized tri…[Read more]

Although all ages were affected, infants less then 1 year of age had the highest hospitalization rate (19/64, 30%). In all disease severity categories, dichotomized non-whites had more severe disease by percentage within race/ethnicity than Whites, and also within percent disease severity (P-value = .197). Overall, 37% of hospitalized patie…[Read more]