CONCLUSIONS: We present the first documented decrease in annual cervical surgery rates in the U.S. Our data reveal a bimodal distribution for cervical fusion patients, with racial-minority, lower-net-worth, and highly-educated patients receiving
Although ubiquitylation had traditionally been considered limited to proteins, the discovery of non-proteinaceous substrates (e.g. lipopolysaccharides and adenosine diphosphate ribose (ADPr)) challenged this perspective. Our recent study showed that
CONCLUSION: Helping older adults identify purposes for their own health management, developing internal control strategies, and optimizing social support opportunities may be important person-centred strategies for chronic disease management and
We followed 4,081,257 Australian adults aged ≥ 65 years between November 2022 and May 2023 for COVID-19-specific mortality, when recombinant SARS-CoV-2 Omicron lineages (predominantly XB and XBB) as well as BA.2.75 were circulating. Compared with a
CONCLUSION: Current evidence suggests the co-occurrence of positive and negative changes in health behavior, obesity, and mental health among Korean adolescents during the early COVID-19 pandemic. The results contribute insights for monitoring
BACKGROUND: The use of digital health interventions (DHIs), such as apps and wearable devices, for prevention and management of cardiometabolic disease, has been accelerated by the impact of COVID-19 on health-care services. Digital inequalities
BACKGROUND: Health need is inextricably linked with inequalities. Health outcomes are worse for those in lower socio-economic groups, ethnic minority groups, and those with protected characteristics. In the UK, this has been compounded by the COVID
CONCLUSIONS: Our results support the feasibility of a scalable and convenient means for the identification of respiratory viruses and implementation in pandemic preparedness for novel respiratory pathogens.
CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children redemption data are an adequate proxy for population-level infant formula access issues among households with low income but are insufficiently