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Soc Sci Med 2022 Jul 21;309:115197. Epub 2022 Jul 21.

Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto and London, Ontario, Canada; Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada; Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address:

We report on the system of care and sources of strength and resilience for mental health among First Nations People experiencing the impacts of historical and contemporary colonization. Aamjiwnaang First Nation, a vibrant community of approximately 2400 members in southwestern Ontario, Canada, partnered in research to reveal sources of strength and resilience among community members with lived experiences (PWLE) with mental health and/or substance use challenges. A thematic content analysis was done using qualitative data collected as part of two complementary studies. Read More

Int J Drug Policy 2022 Aug 3;108:103813. Epub 2022 Aug 3.

Center for Health Policy & Health Services Research, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, USA.

Background: Despite the efficacy of methadone to treat opioid use disorder (OUD), retention is an urgent priority, particularly among low-income, minoritized populations. Peer recovery specialists are well-positioned to engage vulnerable patients, particularly when trained in an evidence-based intervention to promote retention. This hybrid effectiveness-implementation pilot trial aimed to demonstrate the proof of concept of a peer recovery specialist-delivered behavioral activation and problem solving-based approach (Peer Activate) to improve methadone retention. Read More

World J Urol 2022 Aug 6. Epub 2022 Aug 6.

Urology and Renal Transplantation Service, Department of Surgery, Virginia Mason Medical Center, 1100 Ninth Ave., Seattle, WA, 98101, USA.

Purpose: Transrectal ultrasound (US) imaging is paramount to the successful completion of prostate biopsies. Certain US features have been associated with prostate cancer (PCa), but their utility remains controversial. We explored the role of multiparametric US (mpUS) in the detection of clinically significant PCa. Read More

J Coll Physicians Surg Pak 2022 Aug;32(8):1076-1079

Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Evliya Celebi Training and Research Hospital, Kutahya, Turkey.

Brucella infection is often an occupational disease of veterinarians, agricultural workers, and slaughterhouse workers. The infection is generally spread by contact of broken skin (open cuts or wounds) with infected animal tissues or by ingesting unpasteurized milk and dairy products from the infected animals. Brucellosis, which can have many different clinical presentations, may rarely cause joint prosthesis infection. Read More

Acta Biomater 2022 Aug 2. Epub 2022 Aug 2.

Laboratory of regenerative medicine for neurodegenerative disease, Stand Up Therapeutics, Hannamdaero 98, Seoul, 04418, Republic of Korea; Department of Molecular biology, Nuturn Science, Sinsadong 559-8, Seoul, 06037, Republic of Korea. Electronic address:

The efficient production of dopaminergic neurons via the direct conversion of other cell types is of interest as a potential therapeutic approach for Parkinson's disease. This study aimed to investigate the use of elongated porous gold nanorods (AuNpRs) as an enhancer of cell fate conversion. We observed that AuNpRs promoted the direct conversion of fibroblasts into dopaminergic neurons in vivo and in vitro. Read More