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Am J Trop Med Hyg 2021 Apr 19. Epub 2021 Apr 19.

2Department of Pediatrics, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia.

The objective of the study was to describe the complexity of diagnosis and evaluation of Zika-exposed pregnant women/fetuses and infants in a U.S. Congenital Zika Program. Read More

JBMR Plus 2021 Apr 15;5(4):e10478. Epub 2021 Mar 15.

Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy University of Gothenburg Gothenburg Sweden.

Osteoporosis and its associated fractures are highly prevalent in older women. Recent studies have shown that gut microbiota play important roles in regulating bone metabolism. A previous randomized controlled trial (RCT) found that supplementation with ATCC PTA 6475 () led to substantially reduced bone loss in older women with low BMD. Read More

Front Sociol 2020 29;5:578213. Epub 2020 Oct 29.

Institute of Sociology and Gender Studies, German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

In relation to conceptualizing sports, beliefs about sex binary and male hegemony are dominant. To match these assumptions and provide level playing fields, sport systems are based on sex-segregation. Thus, people who do not fit into or reject fitting into sex categories are hindered from participating in sports, particularly organized sports. Read More

Front Sociol 2020 7;5:563204. Epub 2020 Oct 7.

School of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences, Halmstad University, Halmstad, Sweden.

This article stresses the importance of understanding that women and men in gender-segregated programmes experience their gender minority positions very differently. It stems from an interest in the kind of interventions that academia should address in order to reduce gender segregation and provide women and men with the same educational opportunities and personal development. In relation to the obvious and continuing gender differences along a horizontal dimension, previous research seems to have had a limited impact in breaking gender stereotypes and promoting women and men to more atypical fields. Read More

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2021 Apr 7. Epub 2021 Apr 7.

Cardiovascular Imaging Program (Departments of Medicine and Radiology), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Electronic address:

Objectives: This study sought to evaluate cardiac computed tomography (CCT) findings and their clinical impact among patients being considered for transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR).

Background: CCT is used to evaluate whether patients are candidates for TMVR, but limited data exist on the yield of such tests.

Methods: Patients referred for pre-procedural CCT for TMVR planning in the context of failing mitral bioprosthetic valves, annuloplasty rings, and severe native valve disease with annular calcification were included in this study. Read More